Charles Uwagbai is a

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Canadian filmmaker. He hails from

Edo state Edo, commonly known as Edo State, is a state located in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. As of 2006 National population census, the state was ranked as the 24th populated state (3,233,366) in Nigeria, However there was controversy ...

of the Southern part of Nigeria. Charles Uwagbai is an 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.

Early life

Charles Uwagbai is an Edo-born graduate of Engineering from

Ekiti State University Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti is a state government owned and operated Nigerian university, located in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. It was established as Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti on 30 March 1982 by the administration of Ch ...

He enrolled at the

New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, ...

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 ''The Ghost and the Tout'' also known as Ghost and the Tout is a 2018 Nigerian ghost film, written and directed by Charles Uwagbai. The film stars Sambasa Nzeribe, Toyin Abraham, Rachael Okonkwo and Omowumi Dada in the lead roles. The film had ...

'', ''Kondo Games''.

Career

Charles Uwagbai made his first movie titled 'Okoro, the Prince" in the year 2010. 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. He started out in the music industry, and shot music videos, and TV commercials before he ventured into

Nollywood Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in ''The New York Times''. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there ...

Selected filmography

Finding Odera - Director, 2023
Kipkemboi
- Director Half Brothers - Director, 2023 The Thorn - Director, 2023
Alone (Short)
- Director, 2023 Holy Heist (can a man rob god)** - Director, 2023 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 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 Entangle - Director, 2020 The Therapist - Director, 2020 His Queen - Director, 2020 Nkem - Director, 2020 A Story from Zazu - Director, 2020 True Vision - Director, 2020 Forever and a Day - Director, 2019 The African Couple (TV Series) - Director, 2019 Lucked Up - Director, 2019 The Gentleman - Director, 2019 Nwanyioma - Director, 2018 Never Yours - Director, 2018 What Just Happened - Director, 2018

The Washerman The Washerman is a 2018 Nigerian romantic comedy film produced by Etinosa Idemudia and directed by Charles Uwagbai. The movie stars Ik Ogbonna, Frank Donga, Mc Abbey, Bryan Okwara, Mofe Duncan, Judith Audu, Sound Sultan, Sexy Steel and Mer ...

- Director, 2018 Akunne - Director, 2018 Tailor My Heart - Director, 2018 Expired Maiden - Director, 2018

- Director, 2018 The Friend Zone - Director, 2017 Esohe - Director, 2017 Displaced - Director, 2017 London Fever - Director, 2017 The Inlaws - Director, 2017 Brother Jekwu - Director, 2016 Breathless - Director, 2015

The Black Silhouette ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

- Director, 2015 Okoro the Prince - Director, 2013

References

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Early life

Career

Selected filmography

See also

References