Dickson Iroegbu

{{short description|Nigerian film director and producer}}

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| name = Dickson Iroegbu

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| birth_name = Dickson Nnamdi Iroegbu

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| birth_place = Mbaise, Imo state, Nigeria

| nationality = Nigerian

| citizenship = Nigerian

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| occupation = Director, Producer

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Dickson Nnamdi Iroegbu{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/save-our-plateau%E2%80%A6as-healing-metaphor-for-the-generational-change-of-a-troubled-nation/|title=Save Our Plateau - As healing metaphor for the generational change of a troubled nation|date=7 August 2010|work=Vanguard|accessdate=15 March 2011|location=Lagos, Nigeria}}{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200602270205.html|title=Any Producer who Sleeps with an Actress Before Giving a Role Is a Weakling - Nollywood Director|date=25 February 2006|work=AllAfrica.com|publisher=AllAfrica Global Media|accessdate=15 March 2011}} {{Ipac-en||audio=Ig-Dickson Nnamdi Iroegbu.ogg}} is a Nigerian film director and producer. He has directed and produced several Nollywood hit movies. In 2005, at the maiden edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards, Iroegbu won three awards for the movie The Mayors, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Director.{{cite news|url=http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2006/jun/16/showtime-16-06-2006-004.html|title=Day I shot a movie in hell – Dickson Iroegbu|last1=Amatus|first1=Azuh|first2=Okoye|last2=Tessy|work=Daily Sun|accessdate=15 March 2011|location=Lagos, Nigeria}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2005 |title=AMAA Awards and Nominees 2005 |publisher=Africa Movie Academy Awards |accessdate=22 January 2013 |location=Lagos, Nigeria |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129073035/http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2005 |archivedate=29 January 2013 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-70131157.html|title=Tagelöhner des Ruhms|last=Krahe|first=Dialika|date=19 April 2010|work=Der Spiegel|language=German|accessdate=15 March 2011|location=Hamburg, Germany}}{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200912180910.html|title=Dickson Iroegbu Turns Preacher, Shaves 7- Year Old Dreadlock|last=Njoku|first=Benjamin|date=18 December 2009|work=AllAfrica.com|publisher=AllAfrica Global Media|accessdate=15 March 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,690344,00.html|title=Nollywood's Film Industry Second only to Bollywood in Scale|last=Krahe|first=Dialika|date=23 April 2010|work=Der Spiegel|accessdate=15 March 2011|location=Hamburg, Germany}}{{cite news|url=http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201007101040723 |title=I didn't divorce my wife – Dickson Iroegbu |last=Ohai |first=Chux |date=10 July 2010 |work=The Punch |accessdate=15 March 2011 |location=Lagos, Nigeria |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715163928/http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201007101040723 |archivedate=15 July 2011 }}{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/nollywood-lights-nigerias-silver-screen/story?id=10474316|title=Nollywood Lights Up Nigeria's Silver Screen|last=Krahe|first=Dialika|date=26 April 2010|work=ABC News|accessdate=15 March 2011|location=New York City, New York, USA}}{{cite news |url=http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?datex=03/05/2011&theartic=Art201103051232040 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715135348/http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?datex=03%2F05%2F2011&theartic=Art201103051232040 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2011-07-15 |title=The Punch:: Faces behind hit movies |last=Ben-Nwankwo |first=’Nonye |date=5 March 2011 |work=The Punch |accessdate=15 March 2011 |location=Lagos, Nigeria }}{{cite news|url=http://nationalmirroronline.net/index.php/entertainment/entervanganza/19350.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222182725/http://nationalmirroronline.net/index.php/entertainment/entervanganza/19350.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=22 February 2013 |title=Dickson Iroegbu … |last=Popoola |first=Kazeem |date=28 August 2011 |work=National Mirror |accessdate=22 January 2013 |location=Lagos, Nigeria }}