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Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen is a Actor, Director and Producer born on 20 june 1971

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
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Birth 20 june 1971 (52 years)

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen is a Nigerian film director, screenwriter and film producer best known as one of the founding figures of Nollywood Cinema.

In 2008 a Canadian documentary Nollywood Babylon co-directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, and produced by AM Pictures and the National Film Board of Canada in association with the Documentary Channel followed Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen while he was shooting his 157th film Bent Arrows.

The documentary played in the Official Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. Bent Arrows was released into the Nigerian home market in 2010.

His films feature unexplored aspects of the African experience including tribalism, witchcraft, crime, poverty, religion, and folk beliefs.

Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen has worked in the film industry since 1999 mainly as a film director and producer. He currently lives in Lagos.

Imasuen has plans to commence filming an epic movie titled Nogbaisi Ovonramwen in 2013. It will be about the last Oba of Benin.

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Filmography of Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (6 films)

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Actor

Director

A Private Storm, 2h10
Directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
Origin Nigeria
Genres Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Ramsey Nouah, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Ufuoma Ejenobor, John Dumelo

Gina (Omotola Jalade Ekeinde) and Alex (Ramsey Nouah) seem like the ideal couple from the outside, but the urge to always be in control of all aspect of Gina's life is threatening their relationship. Alex abuses her emotionally and physically anytime he sees her getting close to the opposite sex.
Games Men Play
Directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
Origin Nigeria
Actors Kate Henshaw, Ini Edo, Chioma Chukwuka, Kalu Ikeagwu, Chinedu Ikedieze, Jim Iyke

The film looks at the indiscretions among several wealthy Lagosian couples. The main protagonist Tara (Kate Henshaw-Nuttal) decides to do a research on relationships for a TV show, centering her research on couples which include a television talk show host Abby (Monalisa Chindu); her boyfriend Richmond (Michael Ezuruonye) and his greedy woman on the side (Ini Edo); a housewife with a painful past (Chioma Chukwuka) and her husband (Bob-Manuel Udokwu), haunted by dark secrets; and another housewife (Uche Jombo) struggling with a wealthy, cheating husband (Jim Iyke) and his demanding mistress (Dakore Egbuson).

Producer

ABCs of Death 2, 2h4
Directed by Bill Plympton, Álex de la Iglesia, Vincenzo Natali, Jérôme Sable, Marcus Dunstan, Larry Fessenden, Todd Rohal, Jim Hosking, Erik Matti, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, Sion Sono, Julien Maury, Julian Gilbey, Julian Barratt, Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado, Kristina Buožytė
Genres Comedy-drama, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Martina García, Julian Barratt, Ian Virgo, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Andy Nyman, Laurence R. Harvey
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.7005952.7005952.7005952.7005952.700595
26 réalisateurs, 26 façons de mourir. Comme dans le premier film, 26 cinéastes proposent 26 nouveaux courts métrages horrifiques, développés à partir de chacune des 26 lettres de l'alphabet.