Nicole Amarteifio

Nicole Amarteifio (born 1982) is a Ghanaian film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Biography Amarteifio was born in Ghana in 1982 but moved to London as a three-month-old due to the military coups in her country, living in England for six years. Her grandfather, a white district commissioner, married her grandmother in Ghana in 1945. She later moved with her family to Scarsdale, New York, but vacationed in Ghana every year.

While attending Scarsdale Middle School, a classmate reportedly was heard suggesting blowing up Africa in order to solve the HIV problem.

In 2006, Amarteifio moved to Accra, Ghana, to work in economic development at the African Development Foundation. Shortly after her move to Africa, she had the idea to make a show like Sex and the City in Accra.

Using a local Ghanaian film crew, Amarteifio largely shot her show on weekends and nights do not conflict with her work in the World Bank. The series was criticized for representing elitist characters who do not have much in common with most African women.

Amarteifio dispelled this criticism, questioning the idea of the average African woman. The second season of the show came out in 2016. Her first feature film, Before the Vows, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2018. A romantic comedy, it follows the relationship between Afua and Nii as they contemplate marriage.

Filmography 2012: Praying for Daylight (short film; writer and co-producer) 2014–present: An African City (TV series; writer, co-director, producer) 2016: The Republic (TV series; writer, director, producer) 2018: Before the Vows (writer, director, producer) 2020: Indie Nation (as herself)