Abubakar Bashir Maishadda

EARLY LIFE

Abubakar Bashir Maishadda was born on 2 August 1988 in Dandishe, Dala local government of Kano State, Nigeria. He grew up in Gadon Kaya, Gwale local government of Kano State. He is the son of Alhaji Bashir Abdulkarim Maishadda and Safiya Sani Na'ibi. He attended Shukura International Nursery and Primary School Kurna for his nursery school and later moved to Gadon Kaya where he continued his primary school at ACE Academy. He completed his primary and secondary school education from Sheik Bashir El-rayyah School Complex. He obtained a National Diploma in Computer Science and another in Filmmaking from Northwest University.

CAREER

Maishadda joined the Kannywood film industry in 2012 with the help of Abubakar A.S Mai Kwai. He later met Ibrahim Bala, who is also a film director in the Kannywood film industry. They worked together and produced a film titled Ba Girma (2014), which was his first film. Maishadda has produced more than 50 films both in Hausa and English. He has collaborated with Kabiru Jammaje to produce English films such as Light and Darkness (2016), In Search of the King (2018), and This is the Way (2018). In 2019, he released Hauwa Kulu (War against rape), which won best movie of the year at the 2019 City People Entertainment Awards. In 2020, Maishadda collaborated with Ali Nuhu and Kabiru Jammaje to produce The Right Choice (2020), which featured top Nollywood stars.