Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
| Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 21, 1971 (age 45) Benin City, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse(s) | Aimua Lancelot Imasuen |
Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (born July 21, 1971) is a Nigerian film director, screenwriter and film producer.[1]
Career
Imasuen has worked in the film industry since 1999 mainly as a film director and producer. He currently lives in Lagos.
His films feature unexplored aspects of the African experience including tribalism, witchcraft, crime, poverty, religion, and folk beliefs.[2]
Imasuen has plans to commence filming an epic movie titled Nogbaisi Ovonramwen in 2013. It will be about the last Oba of Benin.[3]
Nollywod Babylon
In 2008 a Canadian documentary Nollywood Babylon co-directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, and produced by AM Pictures and the National Film Board of Canada in association with the Documentary Channel, followed Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen while he was shooting his 157th film Bent Arrows.[4]
The documentary played in the Official Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009.[5] Bent Arrows was released into the Nigerian home market in 2010.
Selected filmography
- The Soul That Sinneth (1999)
- Private Sin (2003)
- Enslaved (2004)
- Moment of Truth (2005)
- Games Men Play (2006)
- Yahoo Millionaire (2007)
- Sister's Love (2008)
- Entanglement (2009)
- Home in Exile (2010)
- Bent Arrows (2010)
- Adesuwa (2012)
- Invasion 1897 (2014)
See also
External links
- Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen at the Internet Movie Database
- Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen at AllMovie
- Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen at Rotten Tomatoes
References
- ↑ The Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Review at The AFRican Lifestyle Magazine
- ↑ Vanguard Media Ltd., Nigeria
- ↑ National Film Board of Canada
- ↑ "Nollywood Babylon | Sundance Festival 2009". Festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2009-09-29.