Jerry Chiemeke
Film Critic, UK
Jerry Chiemeke is a Nigerian-born writer, journalist and film critic based in the United Kingdom. His writing has appeared in Die Welt, The I Paper, The Africa Report, The British Blacklist, Berlinale Press, The Johannesburg Review of Books, The Lagos Review, Culture Custodian and Olongo Africa, among others.
Chiemeke’s work has won or been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Ken Saro Wiwa Prize, Diana Woods Memorial Award for Creative Nonfiction, Best Small Fictions, and the Quramo Writers Prize. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed short story collection, “Dreaming of Ways to Understand You.”
For his work as a writer and critic, Chiemeke has been invited to the Sundance Film Festival, Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival. He is currently a Visiting Editor at Afrocritik, a leading African publication and media outfit.