Niija kuykendall biography

Niija Kuykendall Is Transforming The Landscape Of Hollywood As Netflix’s Vice President of Film

Niija Kuykendall is spearheading an emerging filmmaker slate and uplifting the stories of first-time filmmakers of color. 

“Film can be like pushing a boulder up a mountain and you need to have the fortitude, determination and passion to continue pushing and not be discouraged by a fallback,” Niija Kuykendall says.

And given the Netflix Vice President of Film’s track record of working on films like A Star Is Born, Stephen King’s It and Judas and the Black Messiah during her groundbreaking career (to just name a few), it’s abundantly clear that there’s no challenge or obstacle that she can’t face and overcome. 

Kuykendall’s love for movies blossomed during movie nights with her parents when classics like Pretty Woman and Die Hard played centerstage quite literally in her mind.

But storytelling overall was her real first love, mostly through having her nose in books sin