Julius Onah is an American-Nigerian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Onah was born in Cross River State, Nigeria, in Okpoma. Adoga Onah, his father, was a diplomat from Nigeria. Before relocating to Arlington County, Virginia, he was raised in the Philippines, Nigeria, Togo, and the United Kingdom. After graduating from Arlington, Virginia's Washington-Lee High School, Onah went on to get a bachelor's degree in drama from Middletown, Connecticut's Wesleyan University. He earned an M.F.A. from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' graduate film course, where he also qualified as a Dean's Fellow. Additionally, he has been awarded the esteemed Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship. He has directed some feature films, including The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Luce (2019), and Captain America: Brave New World (2025).
Big Man
(Director)
Captain America: Brave New World
(Director)
Meditations/A Love Story
(Director)
Meditations/A Love Story
(Writer)
She Waits in the Restless Horizon
(Director)
She Waits in the Restless Horizon
(Writer)
Linus
(Director)
Linus
(Writer)
Szmolinsky
(Director)
Don't Look Back
(Director)
Don't Look Back
(Writer)
Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat
(Director)
Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat
(Writer)
Big Man
(Writer)
Big Man
(Editor)
The Girl Is in Trouble
(Director)
Samo Lives
(Director)
Samo Lives
(Writer)
Samo Lives
(Producer)
The Girl Is in Trouble
(Writer)
Bad Genius
(Writer)
The Cloverfield Paradox
(Director)
The Girl Is in Trouble
(Producer)
Luce
(Director)
Luce
(Screenplay)
Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat
(Producer)
Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat
(Director of Photography)
Don't Look Back
(Producer)
Don't Look Back
(Director of Photography)
Don't Look Back
(Editor)
The Boundary
(Producer)
Babette
(Director)
Babette
(Writer)
Babette
(Producer)
Babette
(Editor)
Szmolinsky
(Director of Photography)
Szmolinsky
(Producer)
Szmolinsky
(Editor)
Linus
(Producer)
Linus
(Editor)
She Waits in the Restless Horizon
(Producer)
She Waits in the Restless Horizon
(Editor)
Luce
(Producer)
The Boundary
(Director)
The Boundary
(Writer)
Captain America: Brave New World
(Screenplay)