Malina NNendi Nwabuonwor
WRITER
Malina Nnendi Nwabuonwor comes from a family of carpenters and undertakers in rural Austria, but soon ventured into other realms. She studied screenwriting at the Vienna Film Academy, as well as at the "Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica" in Mexico City.
Additional to her screenwriting work Malina is jury member at the Vienna Film Fund, Head of Studies at the EPI Media Workshop series "Beyond Stereotypes” and founded the Austrian initiative for diversity in film called “Gewächshaus".
She is writing series for Netflix, Amazon and others as well as feature films for the German and international market. Her most recent projekts are "Sam - a Saxon" (Disney+) und "Para - We are King 2" (HBO Max).
She lives in Vienna and Berlin.
Malina Nnendi Nwabuonwor is represented by Katrin Näher.
SAM - EIN SACHSE
COMING UP
Dr. Nice - Mein liebster Feind
Malina Nnendi Nwabuonwor wrote a new episode of "Dr. Nice" together with Elke Rössler, which will be filmed in fall 2024. Dreamtool Entertainment is producing for ZDF, with Kerstin Ahlrichs directing.
VARIA
Dance scenes always get me. This form of expression, coupled with good storytelling, strikes me as a powerful way of bringing a character's inner monologue to the screen. In my books you will always find a dance scene. In obvious and surprising places.
Contribution by Malina Nnendi Nwabuonwor