Francis Onwochei

Onwochei began his creative journey as an actor in 1984 at the National Arts Theatre in Lagos. He honed his skills with renowned companies like Prof JP Clark's PEC Repertory Theatre and later joined the National Troupe of Nigeria under Prof. Bayo Oduneye. His key producing projects have received awards & commendations across the globe, some of which are "Raging Storm", "Final Onslaught", "Saving Alero" which won the Best Actress award & Best Nigerian Film at the 2002 National Film festival. "Claws of the Lion" which he directed won both Best Short Film at Abuja International Film Festival & Zuma International Film Festival in 2005 & 2006 respectively. Francis has played significant roles as actor on film projects with Netflix, Prime Video, DSTV, Rok Studios & Showmax amongst many independent features on cinema. Since 2015, Onwochei has focused on script consulting works and project development essentials with many film credits under his belt, helping to strengthen big pictures in the Nigerian film circuit. Some of his recent credits in that space among others include, 52 Episodes TV Series "OASIS" which ran on DSTV & NTA, Moses Inwangs "Alta Ego" & "LockDown", Charles of Play's "Blood Vessel", AYs "Merry Men 3" and currently working on Imasuens remake of "Issakaba". Francis has presented compelling position papers on development of the African motion picture environment in Nigeria, Ghana, UK, USA, France, Germany and South Africa.