Biography
EARLY LIFE
Born Ogechukwu Charity Ugwu in Zaria, she is the only child of her parents and an indigene of Ezeagu LGA in Enugu. She completed her secondary school education at the Lagos State Government Secondary School, Ijanikin, she went further to study English Language at the Lagos State University, LASU. In her early days as a child, Oge always dreamt of becoming an academia with a strong voice, as she loved reading, debating and writing articles on subject matters that caught her attention.
CAREER
Oge Obasi has production experience spanning almost a decade, working on various TV and film projects. Her first role as a producer was on a feature film, Apostates in 2012. She also worked on projects like October 1, The Figurine by Kunle Afolayan, Amstel Malta Box Office, Miss Earth Nigeria, Heineken's Champion's Planet, Desperate Housewives Africa, and MTV Base Shuga, serving as production coordinator and production manager. In 2012, Oge became a partner and production head at Fiery Film Company, a production company founded to create genre-based films from an African perspective. With Fiery Film, Oge produced the acclaimed zero-budget zombie feature film "Ojuju" (2014), which won the "Best Nigerian Film" at the Africa International Film Festival 2014. In 2015, she produced "O-Town," a semi-autobiographical gangster saga, which was an official selection at the Goteborg Film Festival and received 3 nominations at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards, winning for Achievement in Soundtrack. Obasi executive produced "Bruja," a segment of the anthology short "Visions" (2017). She then produced the short film "Hello, Rain" (2018), which premiered in the International Competition of the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen and received the Special Mention of the Jury prize at Fantasia Film Festival, also nominated for the Short Film Award at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival. Obasi produced "Juju Stories" (2021), a Franco-Nigerian anthology film that premiered at Locarno Film Festival, winning the Boccalino D'Oro Award for Best Film, and later the Best Director(s) Award at AFRIFF. Her current project is "Mami Wata" (2023), initially described as a female-driven revenge thriller based on West African mermaid goddess folklore. "Mami Wata" received the EAVE prize at Ouaga Film Lab and had its World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival in January 2023, being the first film by a Nigerian-based filmmaker to be showcased at the festival.
PERSONAL LIFE
Ogechukwu Charity Ugwu, known as Oge Obasi, is the only child of her parents and an indigene of Ezeagu LGA in Enugu. She is married to filmmaker C.J. Obasi, who is also her partner in Fiery Film Company.
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