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Cinéma/TV
Adeniji Akanni
Réalisateur/trice, Scénariste
Nigeria
Facebook : www.facebook.com/niji.akanni
Français
Kemi Adeniji AKANNI est réalisateur nigérian.
Parfois crédité sous le nom de
Niji AKKANI
Parfois crédité sous le nom de
Niji AKKANI
English
Nigerian Writer/Director, Niji Akanni, is an established screenwriter and director in the Nigerian film and television practice. He holds a B.A. (Dramatic Arts) of the University of Ife, an M.A. (Film Studies) of the University of Ibadan, and an M.F.A (Screenplay Writing & Film Directing) of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Film Narrative and Aesthetics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
He has written many award-winning films for first-rate Nigerian producers, including Dangerous Twins and Playing Games (for Tade Ogidan), Saving Alero (for Francis Onwochei) and Narrow Path (for Tunde Kelani).
He has directed three 35mm short films (Just Do It, Hollywood Goodbyes and Vini Vidi) as well as home-videos (including Jogun O Mi, Bojuboju, and Ewe Oju Omi), and several TV Drama Series/Sitcoms as well as documentaries. He is currently the Director of Nowhere to be Found, a weekly TV soap-opera from the stable of AK Media Concepts, now in its fourth season and showing on TV channels across Nigeria, UK, US and Italy.
He has also featured as Director in all the top Reality TV shows in Nigeria, including Amstel Malta Box Office (Season One, 2005), Big Brother Nigeria (2006) and The Apprentice Africa (2008). In 2009, he co-directed the second season of the Oceanic Bank Football Talent Hunt TV Show featuring Jay Jay Okocha.
He directed Abobaku, a Super16mm celluloid film, produced by Femi Odugbemi’s DVWORX, as Nigeria’s entry for the 2008 MNET New Directions project. This work was adjudged the Best Short Film at the 2010 ZUMA Film Festival in Abuja, Nigeria. It was also chosen as the Best Short Film at the TERRACOTA Film & Television Awards which held on July 17, 2010 in Lagos.
Source:
http://aramotu.blogspot.fr/p/behind-scene.html
He has written many award-winning films for first-rate Nigerian producers, including Dangerous Twins and Playing Games (for Tade Ogidan), Saving Alero (for Francis Onwochei) and Narrow Path (for Tunde Kelani).
He has directed three 35mm short films (Just Do It, Hollywood Goodbyes and Vini Vidi) as well as home-videos (including Jogun O Mi, Bojuboju, and Ewe Oju Omi), and several TV Drama Series/Sitcoms as well as documentaries. He is currently the Director of Nowhere to be Found, a weekly TV soap-opera from the stable of AK Media Concepts, now in its fourth season and showing on TV channels across Nigeria, UK, US and Italy.
He has also featured as Director in all the top Reality TV shows in Nigeria, including Amstel Malta Box Office (Season One, 2005), Big Brother Nigeria (2006) and The Apprentice Africa (2008). In 2009, he co-directed the second season of the Oceanic Bank Football Talent Hunt TV Show featuring Jay Jay Okocha.
He directed Abobaku, a Super16mm celluloid film, produced by Femi Odugbemi’s DVWORX, as Nigeria’s entry for the 2008 MNET New Directions project. This work was adjudged the Best Short Film at the 2010 ZUMA Film Festival in Abuja, Nigeria. It was also chosen as the Best Short Film at the TERRACOTA Film & Television Awards which held on July 17, 2010 in Lagos.
Source:
http://aramotu.blogspot.fr/p/behind-scene.html
Films(s)
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Heroes and ZerosLong-métrage – 2012Amos Ayefele est un réalisateur très exigeant sur le tournage du film « The search ». Il attend beaucoup des comédiens qu’il dirige sur son plateau. Seul Tonia Amabibi réussit à contrer ce caractériel en lui faisant des at…Adeniji Akanni est lié(e) à ce film en tant que réalisateur/trice
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Abobaku– 2010Court métrage. Réalisateur : Niji Akanni Producteur : Femi ODUGBEMIAdeniji Akanni est lié(e) à ce film en tant que réalisateur/trice
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AramotuLong-métrage – 20101909, sur la terre yoruba, la jeune commerçante Aramotu (Idiat Sobande) essaie d’utiliser les aspects révolutionnaires du Culte Gelede afin d’amener sa société vers une direction progressive pour le drois des femmes et u…Adeniji Akanni est lié(e) à ce film en tant que réalisateur/trice
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Narrow path (The)Long-métrage – 2005Awero hésite entre deux prétendants qui se battent pour sa main. Mais son sort change dramatiquement quand elle rencontre Dauda, voyou de la ville. Défense de la voix des femmes à travers une fresque qui montre le quotid…Adeniji Akanni est lié(e) à ce film en tant que scénariste
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Dangerous twinsLong-métrage – 2004Talye est un homme d’affaires nigérian installé à Londres. Il vit avec son épouse anglaise, Judy, mais ne parvient pas à lui faire un enfant. Au cours d’un voyage surprise au Nigéria, il pose le problème à son frère jume…Adeniji Akanni est lié(e) à ce film en tant que scénariste
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