AdvertisementChiwetel Ejiofor's Directing Debut Takes Him To Malawi To Capture 'The Wind'February 28, 2019Ari ShapirofacebookEmailIn The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Chiwetel Ejiofor (left) plays Trywell, the father of titular teenager William Kamkwamba (played by Maxwell Simba). Ejiofor also directed the movie and wrote the screenplay. (Netflix)