Osasogie
After months of working on location with cast and crew, Nollywood filmmaker Egbon Joshua Osasogie is now gearing up for the premiere of his latest movie. Though the title is yet to be made public, the star-studded flick is billed for premiere sometime in October.
In a chat with the filmmaker on his latest movie project, Broken Water-Pot director said his passion for filmmaking has kept him in Nollywood. The Benin City, Edo State born Osasogie recalled that his career in Nollywood started in 2005, when he joined the industry as a production assistant.
However, today, Osasogie has risen to the pinnacle of his career through dint of hard work, perseverance and God’s love.
“God and hard work have taken me this far in my Nollywood’s odyssey. After working for few years as a production assistant on various movie sets, I eventually upgraded my training and became a continuity man in 2007, then in 2010, I took my game higher by becoming a movie editor. And to God be the glory, in 2012, I completely elevated my craft by producing and directing my first movie, Broken Water-Pot. Ever since then, it has been success stories all the way,” he enthused.
While shedding light on his achievements in Nollywood, the amiable filmmaker with six short films, three feature length films and one historic documentary to his credit, further revealed that work had gone far on his forthcoming cinema movie.
“We are keeping the title of this big budget movie under wraps for now, pending when we are fully ready to unleash it to Nigeria and the rest of the world. We have set aside the first week of October for its world premiere. It will break in all Nigerian cinemas the week preceding the premiere. We have put in so much into this project. Nollywood has done so much for my career and me and the only way I can pay back is to remain focused and steadfast on my job as a professional filmmaker,” he said.