I have loved filmed from when I was a child, but I never considered it as a future career.

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).

It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'.

While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can and do relate to.

There was no way I was going back to school to study anything for another three or four years. I was done with that. So I tried working on other people's projects, but didn't find any where I felt I could learn what I needed to learn.

I entered the film industry sprinting, but not for long.

I would describe myself as a filmmaker, period.