“The work that I create for myself has to be enough to sustain me, creatively. It's tricky because this industry is so much about having an audience and having people support you and give you approval, but you have to learn how to exist without it in whatever shape that takes.”

American filmmaker

Nia DaCosta is an American filmmaker who emerged as a notable new voice with her feature debut, Little Woods, released in 2018. Her work first drew wider attention through that film and the recognition it received on the festival circuit. Little Woods earned a nomination for the American Independent Award for Best Feature Film at the Denver Film Festival and won the Nora Ephron Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Her public profile is closely tied to that debut and to her work in film.