About me

OBI EMELONYE (WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)

(Member: Directors UK / BFI and Chartered Management Consultant)

Obi Emelonye, a former professional footballer and lawyer graduated from The University of Nigeria Nsukka with BA (Hons) Dramatic Arts. He went on to study for an LLB Law degree from the University of Wolverhampton. He completed a Post Graduate Degree in Legal Practice from the London Metropolitan University and practiced Law for a few years before focusing on his first love: films. Obi is presently a Doctoral researcher in film at Goldsmith University of London.

Obi has secured international distribution for most of his films and set himself apart as a truly international commercial filmmaker. His films have grossed millions of dollars in cinema box office revenue. His credits include the multi-award winning The Mirror Boy; the record-breaking Last Flight to Abuja; the mould-breaking Crazy, Lovely, Cool (ALL PRESENTLY STREAMING ON NETFLIX) and the paradigm-shifting biopic BADAMASI (Portrait of a General) coming on soon on Netflix.

Obi Emelonye is now firmly established as one of the new generation of UK filmmakers taking the magic of independent cinema to the world; with what he calls a 'quintessential African cinematic voice'. In this era of Black Lives Matter, how fitting that he was profiled by CNN (for the second time) on the iconic AFRICAN VOICES programme.