Ernest Napoleon, is a Russian–Tanzanian film producer and actor.

Personal life

He was born in

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, Russia to a Tanzanian father and a Russian mother. When he was 5 years of age, his family moved to Tanzania. After living in

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for 14 years and

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for 8 years, he currently relocated to

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, Sweden.

Career

At the age of 3, he made his first acting in a Christmas play titled ''New Year's in the old Soviet Union''. While in Tanzania, he worked as a TV presenter for EATV, the largest TV station in East Africa at the time. He also performed as a DJ artist at 'Club Billicanas', a prominent nightclub in Africa where he became a recording artist of Bongo Flava, a music genre in East Africa. He performed there by the name of 'MC Napo'. As a teen, Ernest moved to Los Angeles and obtained a computer science degree. Then he studied acting and writing for 7 years while in Los Angeles. With the help of his friends and colleagues, he made his maiden feature film '' Going Bongo''. The film is inspired by the life of a British surgeon, Dr Lewis Burger, in which Ernest played the titular role. His film is regarded as the first international film produced by a Tanzanian and the first ever East African film to be accepted by iTunes. In 2017, he made the film '' Kiumeni'' which was shot in Dar es Salaam. The film received critical acclaim and later won two awards at the

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. He is the founder of the production house, ''Enigma Pictures''. In 2017, he was appointed as the president of 'D Street Media Group', international production and distribution company. He also produced the TV Series ''Mother City'' and third film ''Peponi''. During the same time, he co-produced the British film ''Let No Man Know'' which rotates around a true story about an African American slave.

Filmography

References

External links

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The Swedish Actor Ernest Napoleon a Scandinavian Talent
{{DEFAULTSORT:Napoleon, Ernest Living people Tanzanian male film actors Russian people of Tanzanian descent Year of birth missing (living people) Tanzanian expatriates in the United States Tanzanian expatriates in Sweden Tanzanian actors