Wonoh Massaquoi is an American filmmaker of Sierra Leonean descent who grew up in Houston, Texas. She began her creative endeavors at age ten with her short story, “Where The Sky Ends”, a contest submission that won her the honor of being a Houston Rockets ball girl.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts in both English and Sociology from Prairie View A&M University, a Historically Black University in Texas, and then went on to receive her Master’s of Fine Arts in Motion Picture Producing from the University of Southern California.

As an undergraduate college student, Wonoh was a staffed writer for her school newspaper, The Prairie View Panther, and she also wrote and directed a three-act play, “The Celebration of Kwanzaa”, which was performed at her university and at Texas A&M University.

After graduating, she became an 8th grade English teacher and then an adult school English teacher for “at-risk” inner-city youth in Houston, and motivating others to pursue their dreams finally helped Wonoh to heed her own advice and move to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of filmmaking with a passion.

Through the prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, she learned all aspects of filmmaking, and ultimately chose to pursue writing and directing.

During her schooling, she interned at the story department of DreamWorks SKG and also interned in the writer’s room of the television show Grey’s Anatomy.

In 2012, Wonoh was the winner on the television show “Wheel of Fortune”. She won the 2012 Kia Soul that she still drives and several other prizes. In 2018, her feature film script, “How to Tame an Elephant” was selected as a finalist for the 2018 Sundance Screenwriting Lab. In 2019, Wonoh went to her parents’ birth country, Sierra Leone, and partnered with community leaders in establishing a five acre cacao farm and community development program in the village where her mother was born. She’s currently overseeing the cultivation of 1,500 cacao trees.

Wonoh’s current creative portfolio consists of three feature-length screenplays, an episodic show in development, a children’s book, a three-act play, and several songs and commercials. She has directed several short projects and commercials and she is a member of the USC Women in Cinematic Arts film group, a member of the Organization of Black Screenwriters, a member of the We Are the Industry Film Group, and a Writer’s Boot Camp alumni. She is also a Gates Millennium Scholar, a Fullbright Scholar, and a Thespian.

In her free time, she enjoys dance, yoga and meditation.

A unique talent with an honest, authentic, and insightful voice, Wonoh Massaquoi is a creative professional, educator and activist on a sure path to success.