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Chucks Mordi is a film
screenwriter, director and producer in the Nigerian film
industry popularly known as Nollywood. He originally earned
a bachelor degree in Fine and Applied Arts and Education,
but found himself gravitating towards a career in film soon
after completing his studies in 1992.
He started training as an
analogue editor and computer graphic artist in 1994, but
branched off into script writing where he found his most
challenging career interest in the craft of directing,
working as assistant director on a number of features in
Nigeria.
Having gone into the industry
at its early stage in Nigeria he was drawn towards
contributing to the professional development of the
industry. He became involved in a number of production
guilds, among these the Directors Guild of Nigeria.
In 2000 he relocated to London
from where he has been operating as an independent filmmaker
and has directed three features to date.
Chucks has been involved in
numerous initiatives to promote Nollywood filmmaking in the
UK and considers himself as a self-appointed ambassador of
Nollywood in the UK.
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