Jawal Nga
Jawal Nga founded Tiny Dancer Films, a New York-based production company dedicated to independent film and designed to reflect Nga’s desire to follow in the tradition of directors Robert Altman, Terence Malick and Peter Bogdanvich, with carefully-structured, character-driven stories.
Nga served as Associate Producer on The Clearing starring Robert Redford and Helen Mirren and then later went on to producer Ira Sachs’ previous film, Forty Shades of Blue. In 2005, Forty Shades of Blue won Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Tiny Dancer is currently developing the script adaptations of Kevin Canty’s novel Into the Great Wide Open with writer Coleman Hough, and Michael Ignatieff’s Charlie Johnson in the Flames with writer Justin Haythe, screenwriter for The Clearing.
Nga grew up in Tripoli, Libya and London. He graduated New York University in 1996. Nga currently resides in New York City.