Teco Benson is a

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, producer, and

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. He was nominated for Best Director at the

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in 2006 and 2008, and won Director of the Year at the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards. In 2012, he was decorated by President

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of Nigeria as a

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. He started his career as an actor in 1994 before switching to producing and directing. In 2003, he made the first Sierra Leone-made film titled ''Blood Diamonds''.

Filmography

*''Compromise'' (1996) (writer and actor only) *''Atrocity'' (1997) (writer only) *''Water-loo'' (1997) (also actor) *''Confusion'' (1998) (writer only) *''Dirty Game'' (1998) *''Suicide Mission'' (1998) (writer only) *''Power to Bind'' (1998) (also writer and producer) *''Scores to Settle'' (1998) (writer only) *''Magic Money'' (1998) (also writer and producer) *''Day of Reckoning'' (1999) *'' End of the Wicked'' (1999) (also writer) *''Holy Crime'' (1999) (also writer and producer) *''The Price'' (1999) *''Cursed From Beyond'' (1999) *''The Bastard'' (1999) (also writer) *''Elastic Limit'' (2000) *''Grace to Grass'' (2000) (also writer and producer) *''Highway to the Grave'' (2000) (also writer) *''

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'' (2000) *''Wasted Years'' (2000) *''Broad Daylight'' (2001) *''Formidable Force'' (2002) *''Stupid!'' (2002) (also producer) *''Accidental Discharge'' (2003) *''Blood Diamonds'' (2004) *''Danger Signal'' (2004) (also producer) *''War Front'' (2004) *''Day of Atonement'' (2005) *''Six Demons'' (2005) *''Explosion'' (2006) *''Silence of the Gods'' (2006) *''Mission to Nowhere'' (2008) *''The Fake Prophet'' (2010) (also writer) *''High Blood Pressure'' (2010) *''Two Brides and a Baby'' (2011) *''Accident'' (2013) (also writer) *''Mr & Mrs, Chapter 2'' (2017) *''Executive Crime'' (2000) *''Eye for Eye'' (1999) *''False Alarm'' *''Felony'' *''Iku doro'' *''Mfana Ibagha'' *''Red Hot'' *''The Senator'' *''Terror''

References

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Filmography

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