{{Short description|British television and film director}} '''Runyararo Mapfumo''' is a British<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidreviews.com/Story.asp?StoryTypeID=1&StoryID=3653|title = Academy Films welcome Runyararo Mapfumo. At David Reviews}}</ref> television director, film director, writer, and producer. She is known for her work on the critically acclaimed Netflix television series ''Sex Education''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/runyararo-mapfumo/|title = Runyararo Mapfumo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/arts/television/sex-education-season-3-netflix.html|title = 'Sex Education' Gets More Inclusive in its Intimacy|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 6 October 2021|last1 = Zornosa|first1 = Laura}}</ref>
==Background== Mapfumo is of Zimbabwean heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/amp/life-style/article/200004211/zim-british-television-director-scoops-emmy-award|title=Zim-British television director scoops Emmy Award|work=News Day|first=Rejoice|last=Phiri|date=28 November 2022|accessdate=9 January 2025}}</ref> In 2013, Mapfumo graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a first class honours degree in film and visual effects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://network.bfi.org.uk/postroom/network-picks/masterpiece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208020430/https://network.bfi.org.uk/postroom/network-picks/masterpiece|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2019|title = Masterpiece|date = 18 September 2017}}</ref>
==Career== Mapfumo has received funding from the British Film Institute, the BBC, and Google Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/runyararo-mapfumo|title=Runyararo Mapfumo | United Agents}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shots.net/news/view/runyararo-mapfumo-signs-to-academy|title=Runyararo Mapfumo signs to Academy}}</ref> She has featured in the BFI London Film Festival.{{cn|date=June 2024}} Her third short, ''Masterpiece'', was shown at the 2020 We Are One: A Global Film Festival.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
==Filmography== ===Director=== Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5486712/|title=Runyararo Mapfumo|website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://network.bfi.org.uk/news-and-features/industry-insights/fck-system-runyararo-mapfumo-grace-bridger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922205532/https://network.bfi.org.uk/news-and-features/industry-insights/fck-system-runyararo-mapfumo-grace-bridger|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2020|title=F*ck the System: Runyararo Mapfumo & Grace Bridger|date=12 December 2018}}</ref> *Sex Education (2021) - TV series *What's in a Name? (2020) - short *The Uncertain Kingdom (2020) - documentary *Dawn in the Dark (2019) - short *Sensational Simmy! (2019) - short *Masterpiece (2017) - short *The Time Is Now (2015) - short *Revelation (2013) - short
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Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University Category:Black British filmmakers Category:British people of Zimbabwean descent Category:British television directors Category:British women film directors