This is a list of notable Nigerian film directors. * Tope Adebayo * Onuora Abuah * Dagogo Diminas *

Toyin Abraham Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi (born Olutoyin Aimakhu; 5 September 1980) is a Nigerian actress and filmmaker. Career Abraham started acting in 2003 when Nigerian actress Bukky Wright came to Ibadan to shoot a movie. Abraham has made, directed, and s ...

* Adekunle Adejuyigbe * Uyoyou Adia * Ola Cardoso * Yewande Adekoya * Dolapo 'LowlaDee' Adeleke *

Wale Adenuga Wale Adenuga (born 24 September 1950) is a Nigerian former cartoonist/publisher, and currently series producer, best known for the productions ''Ikebe Super'', ''Binta and Friends'' and '' Super Story'', as well their televised versions through ...

Funsho Adeolu Funsho Adeolu (born 9 May 1968) is a Nigerian actor, film director and film producer. Early life Adeolu was born on 9 May 1968 in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria. Funsho went to Baptist Academy. Adeolu featured in '' Heroes and Zeroes'', a ...

Sikiru Adesina Sikiru Adesina (1971 – February 8, 2016), popularly known as Arakangudu, was a Nigerian film actor, director and producer. He was best known for taking up roles as either a herbalist, armed robber or occultist in films. On February 8, 2016 ...

Kemi Adetiba Kemi Adetiba (born 8 January 1980) is a Nigerian filmmaker, television director and music video director, whose works have appeared on Channel O, MTV Base, Sound City TV, BET and Netflix. Early life Kemi Adetiba was born in Lagos, Nigeria ...

* Judith Audu * Newton Aduaka *

Kunle Afolayan Kunle Afolayan (born 30 September 1975) is a Nigerians, Nigerian actor, producer, and director. He is credited for elevating the quality of Nollywood movies through larger budgets, shooting on 35mm, releasing in Movie theater, cinemas, and impro ...

* Toka Mcbaror * Afro Candy *

Eric Aghimien Eric Enomamien Aghimien is a Nigerian director, producer, screenwriter and editor. His debut feature film, '' A Mile from Home'' won awards at both the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards and the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Early lif ...

Niji Akanni Niji Akanni is a Nigerian dramatist, screenwriter, director, producer and filmmaker. Education Akanni received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dramatic Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University and a master's degree in Film Studies from the University ...

Mahmood Ali-Balogun Mahmood Ali-Balogun is a Nigerian filmmaker Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or comm ...

Genevieve Nnaji Genevieve Nnaji (; born 3 May 1979) is a Nigerian actress, producer, and director. She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, making her the first actor to win the award. In 2011, she was honoured as a ...

Niyi Akinmolayan Niyi Akinmolayan is a Nigerian filmmaker and director Known for his work in both blockbuster and independent films, He directed '' The Wedding Party 2'' (2017) '' Chief Daddy'' (2018), '' Prophetess'' (2021), '' My Village People'' (2021), ...

* Pascal Amanfo *

Fred Amata Fred Amata is a Nigerian actor, producer and director. A graduate of Theatre Arts from the University of Jos, Fred shot into the limelight in 1986 for his role in a film titled ''Legacy''. He served as the President of the Directors Guild of ...

Jeta Amata Jeta Amata is a Nigerian filmmaker, born on August 21, 1974, to popular Nigerian actor Zack Amata. He comes from a family of veteran filmmakers including Ifoghale Amata, Zack Amata and Fred Amata. Growing up in the film industry, following his ...

Bolaji Amusan Bolaji Amusan (born 15 October 1966), commonly known as Mr Latin, is a Nigerian comic actor, filmmaker, director and producer. Since 2018, he has served as the president of the Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria. Early l ...

Chet Anekwe Chet Anekwe is an actor and filmmaker who was born in Nigeria and raised in New York City. His work spans Hollywood, Nollywood and the New York Theater. Filmography Awards and nominations Other awards *1997 AUDELCO Award nomine ...

Tosin Igho Tosin Igho is a Nigerian producer and film director. Life and career Tosin is the son of NTA veteran Peter Igho. He obtained his first degree in Visual Effects from the prestigious AFDA in Cape Town, South Africa and received another bach ...

Frank Rajah Arase Frank Rajah Efosa Arase is a Nigerian film director. Arase is a native of Edo State, Nigeria. He was nominated for ''Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director'' at the 4th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Early life Arase was born ...

* Ejike Asiegbu *

Pascal Atuma Early life Pascal Atuma is a Nigerian actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer, and entrepreneur. He is the CEO of TABIC Record Label. Born in Ikwuano, Umuahia, Abia State, he attended Government College, Umuahia, and attended Univer ...

Ishaya Bako Ishaya Bako (born 30 December 1986) is a Nigerian film director and screenwriter. Early life He was born in Kaduna (city), Kaduna, where he lived all his life and later moved to London, where he studied at the London Film School. Career After ...

Ola Balogun Ola Balogun (born 1 August 1945) is a Nigerian filmmaker and scriptwriter. He also ventured into the Nigerian music industry in 2001. Balogun, who has been making films for more than three decades, is part of the first generation of Nigerian filmm ...

Gloria Bamiloye Gloria Olusola Bamiloye is a Nigerian dramatist, film actress, producer and director. She is a co-founder of Mount Zion Drama Ministry. Early life She was born on 4 February 1964 in Ilesa, a city in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria. Gloria w ...

Biyi Bandele Biyi Bandele (born Biyi Bandele-Thomas; 13 October 1967 – 7 August 2022) was a Nigerian novelist, playwright and filmmaker. He was the author of several novels, beginning with ''The Man Who Came in From the Back of Beyond'' (1991), as well as ...

* Michelle Bello * Teco Benson * JJ Bunny *

Sam Dede Samuel Dedetoku, popularly known by his stage name Sam Dede (born 17 November 1965), is a Nigerian veteran actor, director, politician and lecturer. Sam Dede, as he is widely known in movies, studied Theatre Arts at the University of Port Harcou ...

* Nonso Diobi * Andrew Dosunmu * Emamode Edosio *

Chico Ejiro Chico Ejiro (born Chico Aziakpono; died 25 December 2020) was a Nigerian movie director, screenwriter, and producer. Little was known about Ejiro other than he was born in Isoko, Delta, Nigeria; he originally studied agriculture; and he was drawn ...

* Prince Eke *

Desmond Elliot Desmond Oluwashola Elliot (born 4 February 1974) is a Nigerian actor, director and politician. He was elected as a lawmaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Surulere Constituency in the 11 April 2015 Nigerian General Elections. Elliot c ...

* Obi Emelonye *

Rick Famuyiwa Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker and television director. He is best known for the films ''The Wood'' (1999), ''Brown Sugar'' (2002), and '' Dope'' (2015), as well as for his work on the television series ''The ...

* Tam Fiofori * Shan George * Kenneth Gyang *

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (born 20 June 1971) is a Nigerian film director and film producer. Popularly known as De' Guvnor of Nollywood] Career Imasuen has worked in the film industry since 1995, mainly as a film director and producer. He currentl ...

* Charles Uwagbai * Chinedum Iregbu * Dickson Iroegbu *

Uche Jombo Uche Jombo is a Nigerian actress, screenwriter, and film producer. She has appeared in over 250 Nollywood movies and has also written and produced. She is known for her roles in movies such as Visa to Hell, Girls Hostel, Fire Love, Endless Lies, ...

Tunde Kelani Tunde Kelani (born February 26,1946), popularly known as TK, is a Nigerian filmmaker. In a career spanning more than four decades, TK specialises in producing movies that promote Nigeria's cultural heritage, particularly that of the Yoruba. He ...

* Mak 'Kusare *

Akin Lewis Akin Lewis (born 1957) is a Nigerian film actor, director, and producer. Early life and career Lewis was born in 1957 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, and grew up in Zaria, Kaduna State. He began his acting career in 1973, the same year he join ...

* Director Pink * Ndave David Njoku *

Charles Novia Charles Osa Igbinovia (born 20 November 1971), commonly known as Charles Novia, is a Nigerian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, social commentator and essayist. Born and raised in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, Nigeria, Novia ...

* Chike Nwoffiah *

Lonzo Nzekwe Lonzo Nzekwe is a Nigerian-Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. He creates transnational Nigerian content, including Anchor Baby, his 2010 debut film which premiered at the 2010 Harlem International Film Festival and won the Best Film aw ...

* C. J. Obasi * Saint Obi * Femi Odugbemi *

Tade Ogidan Akintade Ogidan, aka Tade Ogidan (born July 1960), is a Nigerian film and television screenwriter, producer and director. Early life Born in Lagos, Nigeria, to middle class parents Akinola and Rachael Ogidan, he grew up in Surulere, a suburb ...

* Kingsley Ogoro * Akin Ogungbe * Wole Oguntokun *

Izu Ojukwu Izu Ojukwu is a Nigerian film director. In 2007, he won ''Best Director'' for '' Sitanda'' at the 3rd Africa Movie Academy Awards, which received nine nominations and won five awards at the event, including ''Best Picture'' and ''Best Nigerian F ...

* Stephanie Okereke Linus * Mildred Okwo * Mayowa Oluyeba *

Akin Omotoso Akin Omotoso (born 1974) is a Nigerian film director, writer, and actor. He is best known for directing the 2022 film '' Rise''. Both his father Kole Omotoso and his sister Yewande Omotoso are also writers. Early life and education Omotoso ...

* Ikechukwu Onyeka *

Zack Orji Zachee Ama Orji (born 1960) is a Gabon born Nigerian actor, director, producer and filmmaker known for his role in Nollywood movies Glamour Girls (1994 film), Glamour Girls, and Blood Money. Aside from acting, Orji is a preacher. He is an indig ...

* Tope Oshin Ogun *

Olatunde Osunsanmi Olatunde Osunsanmi (born October 23, 1977) is an American film and television director and producer. He is known for his work on Universal's horror film ''The Fourth Kind'' and for the TNT dystopian drama ''Falling Skies'', as well as being di ...

Clarence Peters Clarence Abiodun Peters (born 20 December 1983) is a Nigerian music video director, filmmaker and cinematographer. He is the founder and CEO of Capital Dream Pictures, a production company that specializes in performing arts, film and video. H ...

* Robert O. Peters * Gbenga Salu *

Zina Saro-Wiwa Zina Saro-Wiwa (born 1976, Port Harcourt, Nigeria) is a Brooklyn-based video artist and filmmaker. She makes video installations, documentaries, music videos and experimental films. Saro-Wiwa is the founding filmmaker of the alt-Nollywood mo ...

Joke Silva Joke Silva () MFR is a veteran Nigerian actress, director, and businesswoman. In 1998, she had a major role, starring opposite Colin Firth and Nia Long in the British-Canadian film ''The Secret Laughter of Women''. In 2006, she won "Best Actre ...

Bob-Manuel Udokwu Bob-Manuel Obidimma Udokwu (born 18 April 1967) is a Nigerian actor, movie director, producer and politician. Udokwu was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2013 Nollywood Movies Awards for his role in the film '' Adesuwa'' (20 ...

* Uzee Usman * Babatunde Agunloye * Rogers Ofime * Chijindu Kelechi Eke

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Film directors A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...