Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
Born20 June 1971 (1971-06-20) (age 53)
Benin City, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
Occupation(s)director, producer
Years active1995–present
SpouseAimua Lancelot Imasuen

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (born 20 June 1971) is a Nigerian film director and film producer.[1] Popularly known as De' Guvnor of Nollywood.[1]

Career

Imasuen has worked in the film industry since 1995, 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]

Nollywood 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)
  • The Last Burial (2000)
  • Isaakaba (2001)
  • 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)
  • ABCs of Death 2 (Segment L is for Legacy) (2014)
  • "ATM (Authentic Tentative Marriage)" (2016)
  • Love Upon the Hills (2018)
  • Rant Queens (2019)
  • Enakhe (2020)[6]
  • Mutual Benefits (2021)
  • For the Love of Isiuwa (2021)
  • Gbege (2022)[7]
  • Love Under Repair (2023)
  • Senior Man (2023)
  • Issakaba Returns (2024)[2]

Awards and nominations

Year Award ceremony Category Film Result Ref
2017 Best of Nollywood Awards Lifetime Achievement Award — Won [8]
2020 2020 Best of Nollywood Awards Director of the Year WEDE Nominated [9]
2021 Honorary Academic Chair Benson Idahosa University Honorary [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen". IMDb. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. ^ Review at The AFRican Lifestyle Magazine
  3. ^ "Imasuen sets to rewrite Benin history – Vanguard News". 13 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ National Film Board of Canada Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Nollywood Babylon | Sundance Festival 2009". Festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Africa Magic's Enakhe goes South to find its Flavor". TNS. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. ^ Online, Tribune (16 September 2022). "Lancelot Imaseun's comeback movie, Gbege, gets Oct 7 release date". Tribune Online. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  8. ^ "BON Awards 2017: Kannywood's Ali Nuhu receives Special Recognition Award". Daily Trust. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ Augoye, Jayne (2 December 2020). "2020 BON: Here are 5 nominees for 'Best Kiss' category". Retrieved 11 October 2021.


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