Africa's most consistent movie
producer, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, will be recognized at the 2017 edition of
Best of Nollywood Awards again.
The iconic figure who is now
regarded as the producer of producers and director of directors will be given a
Special Recognition award, the organisers have announced.
The event holds Saturday,
December 16th at the Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, with the state
governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, as the chief host.
Speaking on the choice of the
awardees, Seun Oloketuyi, executive producer, BON Awards, said, “You would
concur that Lancelot deserve it for his achievements and contributions to the
industry.”
Oloketuyi describes him as a
director’s director. “Lancelot’s longevity and relevance in Nollywood is the
stuff of legends. In spite of the incursion of younger, technology-savvy
directors into Nollywood, Lancelot has evolved and attained a pied piper status
of sort. He deserves the recognition like the others.”
Over the years, the BON Awards
Special Recognition has been received by among other actors, Liz Benson-Ameye,
Nobert Young, Pete Edochie, Adebayo Salami and Kasim Yaro, a legend in the Hausa
entertainment industry.
Recalled, 'Beyond Your Sight', a Nigerian
Police Public Relations Department image TV series which was created,
produced and directed by him following his blockbuster, Invasion1897, got four
nominations for the Best Television Series at the 2017 AMVCA, making him one of
the most rounded motion picture practitioner in Nigeria.
It has become a norm that there
is hardly any award platform year in year out that does not find a Lancelot's
work worthy of consideration. His comedy extraordinaire, ATM, which was
screened in January 2017 at the Denton Black Film Festival had more than 8
weeks of impressive run in Nigerian cinemas after its official release.
A run which saw the comedy flick
winning the Best Comedy Film at the 2016 Abuja International Film Festival.
The movie also screen in Dallas,
before moving to other cities like Austin Tx, and Houston before the London
screening and now, he's adding another feather to his much crowded cap at the
2017 BON Awards.
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