Nigerian Film director, screenwriter and editor.

C. J. OBASI is a film director, screenwriter and editor. His debut film Ojuju premiered at the AFRIFF in 2014, and won the award of the Best Nigerian Film. His short film Hello, Rain won the Special Jury Mention in Fantasia Film Festival 2018.

C.J Obasi, born 1985 in Owerri, Nigeria, grew up watching Hammer House horror films and reading Stephen King novels. As a child, he developed a knack for drawing comics based on all his favourite movies and superheroes at the time. Comics which he would sell to his peers much to their delight.
Much later on in life, C.J. would put aside his degree in Computer Science from the University of Nigeria (UNN) to launch into filmmaking, full time.

Source: Göteborg Film Festival 2016
https://festival.giff.se/events/o-town

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SVENSKA (SWEDISH)
C.J Obasi, Född 1985 i Owerri, Nigeria, växte upp med skräckfilm och Stephen Kingböcker. Hans förra film var nollbudget-Zombie-rullen Ojuju.

Regissörens filmografi:
2018 / Hello, Rain, short
2015 / O-Town, Feature;
2014 / Ojuju, Feature.

Source: Göteborg Film Festival 2016
https://festival.giff.se/events/o-town


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سي.جي اوباسي

مخرج وكاتب سيناريو وأخصائي تركيب. تم عرض فيلمه أوجوجو لأول مرة في مهرجان إفريقيا السينمائي في 2014 وفاز بجائزة أفضل فيلم نيجيري. فاز فيلمه القصير Hello، Rainبجائزة لجنة التحكيم الخاصة في مهرجان فانتازيا السينمائي 2018

Source: JCC 2019 - Session Néjib Ayed
www.jcctunisie.org/ar/filmsDetail.php?id_film=135