Teco Benson is a Nigerian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He was nominated for Best Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2006 and 2008, and won Director of the Year at the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards. In 2012, he was decorated by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic.[1][2][3] He started his career as an actor in 1994 before switching to producing and directing. In 2003, he made the first Sierra Leone-made film titled Blood Diamonds.[4][5][6][7][8]
Teco Benson | |
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| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
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| Years active | 1994 - Present |
| Known for | Red Hot, Accident, Mission to Nowhere, State of Emergency, Two Brides and a Baby, High Blood Pressure, Explosion |
| Awards | Director of the Year at the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards |
Filmography
edit- Compromise (1996) (writer and actor only)
- Atrocity (1997) (writer only)
- Water-loo (1997) (also actor)
- Confusion (1998) (writer only)
- Dirty Game (1998)
- Suicide Mission (1998) (writer only)
- Power to Bind (1998) (also writer and producer)
- Scores to Settle (1998) (writer only)
- Magic Money (1998) (also writer and producer)
- Day of Reckoning (1999)
- End of the Wicked (1999) (also writer)
- Holy Crime (1999) (also writer and producer)
- The Price (1999)
- Cursed From Beyond (1999)
- The Bastard (1999) (also writer)
- Elastic Limit (2000)
- Grace to Grass (2000) (also writer and producer)
- Highway to the Grave (2000) (also writer)
- State of Emergency (2000)
- Wasted Years (2000)
- Broad Daylight (2001)
- Formidable Force (2002)
- Stupid! (2002) (also producer)
- Accidental Discharge (2003)
- Blood Diamonds (2004)
- Danger Signal (2004) (also producer)
- War Front (2004)
- Day of Atonement (2005)
- Six Demons (2005)
- Explosion (2006)
- Silence of the Gods (2006)
- Mission to Nowhere (2008)
- The Fake Prophet (2010) (also writer)
- High Blood Pressure (2010)
- Two Brides and a Baby (2011)
- Accident (2013) (also writer)
- Mr & Mrs, Chapter 2 (2017)
- Executive Crime (2000)
- Eye for Eye (1999)
- False Alarm
- Felony
- Iku doro
- Mfana Ibagha
- Red Hot
- The Senator
- Terror
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Full List of 2012 National Honour Recipients". Channels Television. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Teco Benson and Peace Anyiam Osigwe to get National honours". TheNetNg. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Anyiam-Osigwe ,Teco Benson for National Honour". Daily Independent Nigeria. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Teco Benson on IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Nollywood Personalities: Teco Benson". Africafilms.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Teco Benson Biography". Happenings9ja. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Teco Benson". Africa Film Festival Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Teco Benson Filmography on iROKOtv". iROKO Partners Ltd. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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