She is a self-taught writer and director. She was born in Zambia and grew up in Wales. Rungano’s first short film The List won a BAFTA Cymru award and the Best Short Narrative Prize at Tribeca Film Festival. Her subsequent short film was selected for over 100 international film festival and was nominated for a BAFTA. Her debut feature, I Am Not a Witch, premiered in Cannes and was nominated for numerous international awards. In 2018 she won the BAFTA for outstanding debut by a British writer, director, or producer.

Filmography

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024, D'A 2025), I Am Not a Witch (2017), Listen (short film, co-directed, 2014), Mwansa the Great (short film, 2011), The List (short film, 2009), Twenty Questions (short film, 2009)