Charles Uwagbai is a Nigerian-Canadian[1] filmmaker. He hails from Edo state of the Southern part of Nigeria.[2] Charles Uwagbai is a media producer and director. He has experiences in media production, editing, directing, and animation. His works include TV/radio commercials, documentaries, reality shows and movies, among others.[3]

Early life

Charles Uwagbai is an Edo-born graduate of Engineering from Ekiti State University He enrolled at the New York Film Academy and trained under directors like Andy Amenechi and Alex Mouth. He started his career with motion graphics and animations but has since moved on to make some of Nollywood's cinema movies like Black Silhouette, Breathless, The Ghost and the Tout, Kondo Games.[4]

Career

Charles Uwagbai made his first movie titled 'Okoro, the Prince" in the year 2010.[2] The movie starred actors such as late Sam Loco, Alex Osifo and a host of many other. But before then, he has been involved in other projects and other films.[2] He started out in the music industry, and shot music videos, and TV commercials before he ventured into Nollywood.[2]

Selected filmography

  • Okoro the Prince - Director, 2013
  • Breathless - Director, 2015
  • The Black Silhouette - Director, 2015
  • Brother Jekwu - Director, 2016
  • The Friend Zone - Director, 2017
  • Esohe - Director, 2017
  • Displaced - Director, 2017
  • London Fever - Director, 2017
  • The Inlaws - Director, 2017
  • Nwanyioma - Director, 2018
  • Never Yours - Director, 2018
  • What Just Happened - Director, 2018
  • The Washerman - Director, 2018
  • Akunne - Director, 2018
  • Tailor My Heart - Director, 2018
  • Expired Maiden - Director, 2018
  • The Ghost and the Tout - Director, 2018
  • Forever and a Day - Director, 2019
  • The African Couple (TV Series) - Director, 2019
  • Lucked Up - Director, 2019
  • The Gentleman - Director, 2019
  • Entangle - Director, 2020
  • The Therapist - Director, 2020
  • His Queen - Director, 2020
  • Nkem - Director, 2020
  • A Story from Zazu - Director, 2020
  • True Vision - Director, 2020
  • Quit Notice - Director, 2021
  • Nerve Wreck - Director, 2021
  • Charlie Charlie - Director, 2021
  • Small Thing - Director, 2021
  • Missing - Director, 2021
  • Blood of Enogie (TV Series) - Director, 2021
  • In the Way of Love - Director, 2022
  • Seeking Solace - Director, 2022
  • Devil's Angel - Director, 2022
  • Celebrity Crash - Director, 2022
  • Virtue of Ignorance - Director, 2022
  • Half Brothers - Director, 2023
  • The Thorn - Director, 2023
  • Alone - Director, 2023
  • Holy Heist (can a man rob god)** - Director, 2023
  • Finding Odera - Director, 2023
  • The Wall Street Boy (Kipkemboi) - Director, 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ "Charles Uwagbai". Directors.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "What it takes to make a Nigerian film — Nollywood director, Charles Uwagbai". www.premiumtimesng.com. 7 July 2018.
  3. ^ "THE INLAWS". FilmFreeway.
  4. ^ "Why actresses get sexually harassed by movie directors – Charles Uwagbai". 15 July 2018.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Uwagbai
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