Chike C. Nwoffiah (born 22 July 1965 in Nigeria) is a Nigerian
filmmaker and arts consultant. He was listed as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential African Americans" in the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
by ''City Flight Magazine'' in 2000.
Education and career
Nwoffiah was educated at
Government College, Umuahia, and the
University of Lagos, before moving to the United States to study at the
Columbia University Graduate School of Business (INM) and the
Hollywood Film Institute.
He was the president of the Rhesus Media Group and executive director of the Oriki Theater, both in California. He was an
adjunct faculty member at
Menlo College, California.
He was the Principal Partner in C3 Media,
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
, Nigeria. He was the director of the
Silicon Valley African Film Festival
The Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) is an annual film festival held in California to promote an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. Nigerian filmmaker Chike Nwoffiah founded the SVAFF in 2010 an ...
.
Filmography
* 2000: ''Growing Black in America''
* 2001: ''Jamaica - Spirit of Enterprise''
* 2002: ''Tantu''
* 2003: ''A Jewel in History''
* 2004: ''A Killing in Choctaw''
* 2005: ''Every Drop Counts''
* 2006: ''Bridges''
* 2007: ''Wake Up Africa''
* 2009: ''A Prayer for the Inauguration''
* 2009: ''Sabar - life is a dance!''
See also
*
List of Nigerian film producers
This is a list of notable Nigerian film producers.
* Abdalla Uba Adamu
* Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II
* Adekunle Adejuyigbe
* Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino
* Afro Candy
* Aisha Augie-Kuta
* Akanimo Odon
* Akin Ogungbe
* Remi Abiola
* Toyin Abraha ...
References
External links
*
*https://web.archive.org/web/20090801033222/http://c3media.net/
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1965 births
Nigerian film directors
Living people
University of Lagos alumni
21st-century Nigerian male actors
Columbia Business School alumni
Nigerian theatre directors
Government College Umuahia alumni
Igbo actors
Nigerian male television actors
Nigerian film producers