Will Niava

Will Niava is an Ivorian-Ghanaian film director based in Montréal, Canada. After his education in film production at Concordia University, Will directed and edited a number of projects around the world. One of them is "Violence Of The Lambs", a music video released on "nowness" from which he made his first short film "ZOO". "ZOO" is selected at over 40 international film festivals of which 15 are Oscar qualifying. ZOO racked up 4 awards so far including Best Actor for the lead at the French Riviera film festival in Cannes. The film is set to be released on The Criterion Collection Chanel paired up with Jaques Audiard's " A Prophet". Will just wrapped the shooting of Mtv Shuga Babi Season 2 as well as his 2nd short film "Element", all the while preparing his first feature film experience, co-writing alongside Jérémy Comte, the Oscar-nominated director.