10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT NOLLYWOOD VETERAN FILMMAKER, ZEB EJIRO

By AZUH AMATUS

1 Name: Zeb Ejiro.

2 He is veteran Nollywood filmmaker and founder of Zeb Ejiro Film Academy.

3 The father of seven was decorated with the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), for his immense contributions to the film industry in 2005, by ex president Obasanjo.

4 Ejiro, a multiple award winning producer and mentor to many Nollywood stars and stakeholders, hails from Ozoro, in Isoko North LGA of Delta State.

5 The Sheikh or Presido as he is fondly called is a mass communications graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

6 Hugely celebrated Ejiro who was born on February 2,  also studied production at the university of California, US.

7 His late younger brother, Chico Ejiro was also a leading filmmaker in Nollywood, alongside another sibling, Peter Red.

8 The revered filmmaker was a former president of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP).

9 Amiable Ejiro, was the producer and director of defunct Ripples, one of Nigeria’s longest running soaps on air.

10 The iconic filmmaker who grew up in the Ajegunle area of Lagos, is also one of the few Board of Trustees (BoT) members of the Directors Guild of Nigeria.

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