- Born
- Birth nameSamuel Bazawule
- Nickname
- Blitz The Ambassador
- Blitz Bazawule is a Filmmaker and Musician born in Ghana and based in New York. Blitz's feature directorial debut 'The Burial Of Kojo' premiered on Netflix in 2019 via array. He co-directed Beyoncé's Black Is King which earned him a Grammy nomination in 2020. Blitz is directing 'The Color Purple Musical' for Warner Bros produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Scott Sanders. Blitz is the founder of Africa Film Society and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, the TED Fellowship and the Vilcek Prize.- IMDb Mini Biography By: dc/mgmt
- Directed 1 actress to an Oscar nomination: Danielle Brooks, who was nominated for The Color Purple (2023).
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