T.W. Pittman

TW Pittman founded Rasquaché Films with Kelly Daniela Norris in 2008. She wrote and co-directed the short film Sinnerman (2009), and produced Ms. Norris' debut feature Sombras de Azul (2013) on location in Cuba. Pittman co-wrote (with Ghanaian filmmaker Isaac Adakudugu) and co-directed (with Ms. Norris) the Ghana-set drama Nakom (2016), which premiered at Berlinale. Nakom had its North American premiere at New Directors / New Films, won the Audience Award for Best Film at the Durban International Film Festival - its African premiere - and was nominated for the John Cassavettes Award at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards. A trans woman of color, Pittman was born and raised in San Francisco, CA, and received her B.A. in Film and Political Science from Columbia University.