Emamode Edosio, popularly known as Ema, is a Nigerian filmmaker and film director. She obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in

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from

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. She studied digital film making at

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(NYFA) and motion pictures at the Motion Pictures Institute of Michigan, United States. She received the best Film and Director of the year by sisterhood award. In 2013, she returned to Nigeria. She worked with film production company like 66 Dimension is 2007. She later worked with

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, Clarence Peters at Capital Dreams Pictures,

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and as editor at

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. Ema returned to school in

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to further study

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. She have produced many films like “Joy Ride”, “Ochuko” and directed

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Early life and education career

Edosio was born into a Christian home. She is the third child of the seven children in her family. Her father is a retired architect and her mother was a lawyer. She started her education at Loral Nursery and Primary School,

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, Lagos after which she proceeded to the

Federal Government College, Odogbolu Federal Government College Odogbolu is a federal owned secondary school located in Odogbolu town in Ogun State. The school was founded in January 1973 as one of the unity schools by the federal government. It has facilities for both day and bo ...

for a few years before concluding her secondary education at S-tee Private Academy, Festac Town. She obtained a B.Sc. in computer science from

Olabisi Onabanjo University Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is a state owned and operated university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded on 7 July 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) and was renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University on 2 ...

, before she went to study digital film making at NYFA and motion pictures at the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan.

Professional career

She returned to Nigeria in 2013 after her education program in the US. In Nigeria, Ema worked with 66 Dimension, Hip Hop TV, Clarence Peters at Capital Dreams Pictures, Ebonylife TV and BBC. As a director, Ema has worked with notable artists like

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, Lord of Ajasa, Terry da Rapmanand and many others. Her first job at Ebonylife TV is called "Heaven"

References

Living people Nigerian film directors Nigerian cinematographers Nigerian music video directors Year of birth missing (living people) Nigerian documentary filmmakers Nigerian music industry executives Olabisi Onabanjo University alumni Federal Government College, Odogbolu alumni New York Film Academy alumni Nigerian women film directors Nigerian film producers Nigerian women film producers {{Nigerian-cinematographer

Early life and education career

Professional career

See also

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