User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox/Amayo Uzo Philips
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{{Infobox person
| name = Amayo Uzo Philips
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| residence = Enugu, Nigeria
| nationality = Nigerian
| other_names = Amayo Uzo Phillips
| known_for = Aki na ukwa
| occupation = Screenwriter
Film director
| years_active= 2001-present
| alma_mater = University of Jos
| home_town = Lagos, Nigeria
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Amayo Uzo Philips (also Amayo Uzo Phillips) is a Nigerian screenwriter and film director, and the National President of Omenigbo, an association of Igbo actors promoting the re-introduction of Igbo films to Nollywood in order to promote the Igbo language.
Background
Phillips is a 1984 theater arts graduate of the University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, known for his work directing Aki na ukwa, the film which launched the careers of Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze, and listed in 2009 by Nigeria Films as one of the "all-time best" Nollywood movies.
Partial video filmography
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- Lion Finger (2003)
- Lion Finger 2 (2003)
- Good Mother (2003)
- Good Mother 2 (2003)
- Drummer Boy (2003)
- Bullet (2003)
- Bullet 2 (2003)
- Baby Police (2003)
- Baby Police 2 (2003)
- Aki na ukwa (2003)
- Aki na ukwa 2 (2003)
- Died to Save (2004)
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- Died to Save 2 (2004)
- Sacred Tradition (2005)
- Sacred Tradition 2 (2005)
- 9 Wives (2005)
- 9 Wives 2 (2005)
- Zoza (2006)
- Zoza 2 (2006)
- ''Recharge Card (2006)
- Recharge Card 2 (2006)
- Pastor's Blood (2006)
- Pastor's Blood 2 (2006)
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- ''Chicken Madness (2006)
- Chicken Madness 2 (2006)
- ''Toronto Connection (2007)
- Toronto Connection 2 (2007)
- The Prof and Den-Gun] (2007)
- The Prof and Den-Gun 2 (2007)
- Cain & Abel (2007)
- Cain & Abel 2 (2007)
- Naked Wrestler (2008)
- Naked Wrestler 2 (2008)
- Deadly Price (2010)
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- Pastor's Blood (2006)
- Pastor's Blood 2 (2006)
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'Lion Finger'' (2003)
- Lion Finger 2 (2003)
- Bullet (2003)
- Bullet 2 (2003)
- Baby Police (2003)
- Baby Police 2 (2003)
- Aki na ukwa (2003)
- Aki na ukwa 2 (2003)
- Died to Save (2004)
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- Died to Save 2 (2004)
- Sacred Tradition (2005)
- Sacred Tradition 2 (2005)
- Zoza (2006)
- Zoza 2 (2006)
- ''Recharge Card (2006)
The Prof and Den-Gun] (2007)
The Prof and Den-Gun 2 (2007)
Cain & Abel (2007)
Cain & Abel 2 (2007)
Naked Wrestler (2008)
Naked Wrestler 2 (2008)
Deadly Price (2010)[7]
Odum na Ogbuagu (2010)
Odum na Akwaeke (2010)
Shot Gun (2011)
Beautiful Boy (2011)
My head office (2011)
Sherikoko (2010)
MY YORIYORI (2010)
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Recognition
=Awards and nominations=
- 2001, won 'Playwrite of the Year' at the Festival of Nigerian Plays (FESTINA) organized by the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP).
- 2007, was awarded 'The Director of the year' at the launch of the papyrus magazine in Makurdi, Benue State of Nigeria
- 2010, was awarded the 'Nollywood Personality Award (NOPA) by the Association of Movie Journalists
- 2011, was awarded the 'Nollywood Ambassador award' by the Igbo Film Forum for his contributions to the crusade to return to the igbo language movies in Nollywood
- 2011 was awarded the 'Ambassador on entertainment Award/ Best Nollywood Director 2011 by 9ja TV in conjunction with Crystal Moment South Africa
- 2012 Was awarded the 'ARIK/NAFCA People's Choice Award/Best Director 2012 by Nollywood African Film Critics {NAFCA} Carolina USA
References
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{{cite news |title=A Director's Search for New Haven |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26900842_ITM |work=This Day |date=13 November 2002 |accessdate=15 October 2009 |format=subscription required }}
{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VCFkXd1QPtQJ:www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/03/13/20021113art02.html+%22Amayo+Uzo+Philips%22&cd=24&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=A Director's Search for New Haven|last=Odigbo|first=Emeka|work=Thisday|date=March 9 2010|accessdate=5 September 2010}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Africanfilm.html|title=Movies by African Filmmakers|work=University of Berkeley|accessdate=5 September 2010}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/ferguson-centre/nollywood-uk/archive/dvd-list.htm|title=The Nollywood Film Industry and the African Diaspora in the UK|work=The Open University|accessdate=5 September 2010}}
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External links
- [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2353738/ Amayo Uzo Philips] at the Internet Movie Database
- BBC (UK) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3674322.stm]
- The Nation (New York) [http://www.thenation.com/article/imperfect-cinemas?page=full]
- Observer (Gambia) [http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/face-to-face-with-pawpaw-one-of-nollywood-leading-stars]
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Category:Nigerian screenwriters
Category:Nigerian film directors