Obi Emelonye

{{short description|Nollywood movie director}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

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| name = Obi Emelonye

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1967|03|24}}

| birth_place = Port Harcourt, Nigeria

| nationality = Nigerian

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| education = PhD

| alma mater = Eastern Mediterranean University
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
University of Wolverhampton

| years_active = 2000–present

| occupation = film maker
producer
director

| credits = {{unbulleted list

|Last Flight to Abuja

|Echoes of War

|The Mirror Boy, and Last Flight to Abuja

|Heart 2 hearth

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| awards = See below

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Obi Emelonye{{Audio|Ig-Obi Emelonye.ogg|listen|help=no}} (born 24 March 1967) is a Nigerian film director.{{cite news | url= http://www.tribune.com.ng/entertainment/item/3574-i-donated-my-kidney-as-reparation-obi-emelonye/3574-i-donated-my-kidney-as-reparation-obi-emelonye | title=I donated my kidney as reparation –Obi Emelonye | newspaper=Nigerian Tribune | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006172525/http://www.tribune.com.ng/entertainment/item/3574-i-donated-my-kidney-as-reparation-obi-emelonye/3574-i-donated-my-kidney-as-reparation-obi-emelonye | access-date=2 October 2014| archive-date=6 October 2014 }} He is known for directing award-winning films such as Last Flight to Abuja (2012), The Mirror Boy (2011), and Onye Ozi (2013).{{cite news | url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/161508-nigerian-movie-producer-obi-emelonye-arrested-released-police-michael-abimboye.html | title=Nigerian movie producer, Obi Emelonye, arrested, released by police |author=Micheal Abimboye| newspaper=Premium Times |date=27 May 2014| access-date=2 October 2014}}{{cite news | url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/my-mirror-boy-story-by-obi-emelonye/ | title=My Mirror Boy story, by Obi Emelonye | newspaper=Vanguard Nigeria |author=Benjamin Njoku|date=9 July 2011| access-date=2 October 2014}}

In 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down businesses globally, Obi Emelonye became the first film director to make a movie via Zoom, by working remotely with cast members in London and Lagos. The movie, Heart 2 Heart, received critical acclaim from major media outlets all over the world.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In December 2022, Obi Emelonye was presented with the British Urban Film Festival honorary award by producer/director Don Omope for a 20+ year outstanding contribution to cinema at a ceremony in London.