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Nnegest Likké Born February 19, 1970
Oakland, California, United StatesNnegest Likké (born February 19, 1970) is an American film director and screenwriter.
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Biography
Likké was born in 1970 in Oakland, California and raised in San Francisco and Oakland.[1] Her father was Ethiopian revolutionary Senay Likké who met her mother at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s.[1] Likké attended Skyline High School in Oakland, and Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] Her début film was 2006 comedy Phat Girlz which starred Mo'Nique.[2]
Filmography
- 2006: Phat Girlz
References
- ^ a b c McMurtrie, John (2006-04-13), "Nnegest Likke - "Phat Girlz" writer - hits it big!", San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.ethiomedia.com/courier/phat_girlz.html, retrieved 2008-12-26
- ^ "Nnegest Likké: Hollywood Filmmaker Bridges the Cultural Gap", African Tribune, 2006-03-09, http://www.africantribune.com/content/view/1843/180/, retrieved 2008-12-26
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Categories:- 1970 births
- African American film directors
- American film directors
- Clark Atlanta University alumni
- American people of Ethiopian descent
- Female film directors
- People from Oakland, California
- Living people
- American film director, 1970s birth stubs
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