Queen of Katwe (2016)
Overview
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $15,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $10,367,161.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 10.903 |
Directed By
Mira Nair
Crew
Mira Nair
William Wheeler
Moses Bwayo
Moses Bwayo
Barry Alexander Brown
Stephanie Carroll
John B. Carls
Mobolaji Dawodu
Linda Cohen
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Troy Buder
Sean Bobbitt
Alex Heffes
Dinaz Stafford
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Will Weiske
Danie du Toit
Christopher Damuura
Paula Case
Avani Batra
Thami Nkosi
Dan Silver
Fritz Joubert
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Isabella Asiimwe
Mike Topoozian
Evelyn Gambe
Will Weiske
Tim Crothers
Neville Esterhuizen
Miles Goodall
Edward Echwalu
Atilla Salih Yücer
Michael McCue
Tumi Poen
Houston Hadden
Ali Musoke
Diana Najago
Peter Kasaija
Melanie Harris
Connor Schell
Jeanette Scott
Nadine Prigge
Cordell McQueen
Richard Tugume
Blake Leyh
Emerson Nosek
Izouna de Vasconcelos
Anne Ford
Kenneth Fletcher
Dominick Tavella
Nikissi Serumaga
Blake Leyh
Allen Lau
Marko Costanzo
Arlo Markantonatos
Andile Vuyolwethu Pakade
Cordell McQueen
Blake Leyh
Ian Holden
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera
Simon Rankin
Heather Gross
Patricia Olwoch
Kelley Cribben
Emmanuel Chonco Sithole
Polly Hope
Jade Manuel
Colin Lubega
John Ashton Thomas
Nico Louw
Eniola Dawodu
Abdul Bar Hussein
Gina Alfano
Trevanna Post
Jim Bruening
Bernard Ennu
Moses Kibuuka Muwanga
Spring Sutter
George A. Lara
Robyn Aronstam
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Yahya Chavanga
Nicola Graydon-Harris
Eliza Paley
Annie Gaudet
Byron Tofas
TOP CAST
Madina Nalwanga
Phiona Mutesi
David Oyelowo
Robert Katende
Lupita Nyong'o
Nakku Harriet
Martin Kabanza
Mugabi Brian
Taryn "Kay" Kyaze
Margaret Night Nantongo
Esther Tebandeke
Sarah Katende
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Tendo
Ethan Nazario Lubega
Mukumbya Benjamin
Nikita Waligwa
Gloria Nansubuga
Ronald Ssemaganda
Ivan
Peter Odeke
Enoch Barumba
Philip Luswata
Minister Aloysius Kyazze
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera
Mrs. Gali
Ivan Jacobo
Buyinza Richard (young)
Nicolas Levesque
Buyinza Richard (older)
Babirye Stellah
Babirye Stellah
Edgar Kanyike
Joseph
Hope Katende
Hope Katende
Maurice Kirya
Theo
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