Joy Grant-Ekong | |
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Born | Joy Aiyegbeni
Lagos State, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Citizenship | Nigeria |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2008-present |
Notable work |
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Joy Grant-Ekong formerly known as Joy Aiyegbeni [1] is a Nigerian television and film producer, [2] director, script supervisor and a production consultant, [3] known for her 2020 drama film Mama Drama [4] [5] and One Too Many. [6] [7]
Joy Grant-Ekong was born in Lagos, Nigeria. [1] She started production in 2003 when she joined the Ojo Ladipo Theatre troop and then moved to Wale Adenuga Productions as a continuity manager. [8] Joy Grant-Ekong joined the M-Net's multicamera daily soap opera Tinsel from the second season and became the head of the department for director's assistants to the fourth season. [8]
In 2016, she produced a movie titled Babysitting Ejiro a M-Net movie by Victor Sanchez Aghahowa and a movie titled InLine directed by Tope Oshin, which was aired in cinemas nationwide in 2017. [9] Joy Grant-Ekong produced a feature-length film Mama Drama and Echoes in 2019. [9] In 2020 she produced Hell Ride which won Best First feature international at the 2022 Toronto International Nollywood film festival (TINFF). [10] In 2020 she was named among movie producers shaping Nigerian film industry by Vanguard. [11] In 2021 she produced One Too Many. [12] [13]
Year | Title | Role | Ref | |
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Director | Producer | |||
2016 | Baby-sitting Ejiro | No | Yes | |
2017 | Inline | No | Yes | [14] |
2019 | Echoes | No | Yes | |
Deceived | No | Yes | ||
2020 | Hell Ride | No | Yes | [15] |
Mama Drama | No | Yes | [16] | |
2022 | One Too Many | No | Yes | [12] |
2023 | Easily Broken | Yes | Yes |
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref |
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2017 | Back in the box film festival, California | Best Feature Length Film | Inline | Won | |
2022 | Zuma Film Festival | Best Picture | Hell Ride | Won | |
Toronto international Nollywood film festival (TINFF) | Best First feature international | Hell Ride | Won | [10] |
Joy Grant-Ekong | |
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Born | Joy Aiyegbeni
Lagos State, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Citizenship | Nigeria |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 2008-present |
Notable work |
|
Joy Grant-Ekong formerly known as Joy Aiyegbeni [1] is a Nigerian television and film producer, [2] director, script supervisor and a production consultant, [3] known for her 2020 drama film Mama Drama [4] [5] and One Too Many. [6] [7]
Joy Grant-Ekong was born in Lagos, Nigeria. [1] She started production in 2003 when she joined the Ojo Ladipo Theatre troop and then moved to Wale Adenuga Productions as a continuity manager. [8] Joy Grant-Ekong joined the M-Net's multicamera daily soap opera Tinsel from the second season and became the head of the department for director's assistants to the fourth season. [8]
In 2016, she produced a movie titled Babysitting Ejiro a M-Net movie by Victor Sanchez Aghahowa and a movie titled InLine directed by Tope Oshin, which was aired in cinemas nationwide in 2017. [9] Joy Grant-Ekong produced a feature-length film Mama Drama and Echoes in 2019. [9] In 2020 she produced Hell Ride which won Best First feature international at the 2022 Toronto International Nollywood film festival (TINFF). [10] In 2020 she was named among movie producers shaping Nigerian film industry by Vanguard. [11] In 2021 she produced One Too Many. [12] [13]
Year | Title | Role | Ref | |
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Director | Producer | |||
2016 | Baby-sitting Ejiro | No | Yes | |
2017 | Inline | No | Yes | [14] |
2019 | Echoes | No | Yes | |
Deceived | No | Yes | ||
2020 | Hell Ride | No | Yes | [15] |
Mama Drama | No | Yes | [16] | |
2022 | One Too Many | No | Yes | [12] |
2023 | Easily Broken | Yes | Yes |
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Back in the box film festival, California | Best Feature Length Film | Inline | Won | |
2022 | Zuma Film Festival | Best Picture | Hell Ride | Won | |
Toronto international Nollywood film festival (TINFF) | Best First feature international | Hell Ride | Won | [10] |