Enah Johnscott (born Enah John Scott, 24 March 1982) is a Cameroonian movie director and producer. Movies done by Johnscot include ''Triangle of tears'' (2011), ''Decoded'' (2012), ''Whispers'' (2013), ''The African Guest'' (2013),''The Fisherman's Diary'' (2020) and ''Half Heaven'' (2022). He directed the television series ''Samba'' (2016) and ''Apple For Two'' (2017). Johnscot gained international audience as a director for his 2013 movie ''My Gallery'' featuring
Ghana
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ian born actor
John Dumelo
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and Decoded featuring Ghanain
Van Vicker
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. ''
The Fisherman's Diary'' was selected as the Cameroonian entry for the
Best International Feature Film at the
93rd Academy Awards
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.
Career
Johnscot's first movie was ''Triangle of tears'' in 2011. One of his works was nominated by
FESPACO
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It ...
2017 list of films competition in
Burkina Faso
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for TV series Samba. In 2015, he won best director for the movie ''Rose on the Grave'' by Eleganzza Entertainment Awards in
Cameroon
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.
His work was nominated for the 8th edition of
Ecrans Noirs 2014 in movies such as my Gallery and Viri.
See also
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List of Cameroonian Actors
This is a list of notable Cameroonian actors.
* Achille Brice
* Achiri Victor
* Alenne Menget
*Chief Epey JR
* Agbor Gilbert Ebot
* Anurin Nwunembom
* Asobo De
* Babila Clovis
* Bechem Bisong BB
* Chu Eu
* Dupree Koual
* Enah Johnscott
* Epu ...
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Cinema of Cameroon
The cinema of Cameroon includes French and English-language filmmaking. The Anglophone film industry is sometimes known as Collywood.
History
In 1919, the movie ''Haut-Commissariat de la République française au Cameroun'' was shot in the Fr ...
References
External links
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Cameroonian male actors
Cameroonian film producers
Living people
Cameroonian film directors
1982 births
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