Daniel Etim Effiong, also Daniel Etim-Effiong is a Nigerian

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and film director.

Life and education

He was born in Jaji,

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and had lived in Benin City, Edo State;

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 states, it is both the most populous and smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Ben ...

and Abuja. His dad was in the

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. His father, former Lt. Col. Moses Effiong was granted official presidential pardon by the Nigerian president

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alongside five others sentenced to life imprisonment in 1986 after the allegedly failed Vatsa Coup during the

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regime on charges of treason concealment against the regime and released in 1993 but without official proclamation and restoration of ranks and entitlements. In his formative years, he attended St. Mary's Private School,

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and afterwards advanced for his secondary education at Government College,

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, Lagos. He thereafter proceeded to the

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, where he studied and obtained a first degree in

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. After a brief working period in the

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industry as an engineer, he decided to switch careers and proceeded to study

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and directing at AFDA Film School in

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and later undertook a course at the

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in filmmaking.

Career

After quitting his oil and gas job, he became a content producer for

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. In 2017, he directed a five-minute-long short film titled, "''Prey''", which was produced by his newly wedded wife, Toyosi, featuring

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and Odenike Odetola. He was featured in 2019 by ''Bland2Glam'' in her #thePowerof7 campaign to celebrate her seven years in the

fashion industry Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashio ...

. He featured alongside Kenyan actresses Sarah Hassan and Catherine Kamau Karanja in the 2019 comedy movie, '' Plan B'' where he played Dele Coker, a Nigerian CEO of a

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-based company, . The movie got him a nomination in the ''Best Actor in a Comedy (Movie/TV Series)'' category at the 7th AMVCA awards 2020. He starred in a number of 2020 movies. He played a lead role in the movie, "''Fish Bone''", produced by Editi Effiong also starring Shaffy Bello and Moshood Fattah. He was featured alongside Ike Onyema and Atteh 'SirDee' Daniel in the short film, "''Storm''", produced by Diane Russet and directed by Michael 'AMA Psalmist' Akinrogunde. Still in 2020, he directed a documentary titled, "''Skin''", produced by Beverly Naya. It was slated to be shown on

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Filmography

TV Shows

Films

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Effiong has been married to Toyosi Phillips since November 4, 2017. They first met in August 2016 while processing a project. In December 2018, they were said to be expecting a baby. The couple welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on January 7, 2019.

References

External links

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