Joy Grant-Ekong formerly known as Joy Aiyegbeni is a Nigerian television and film producer, director, script supervisor and a production consultant, known for her 2020 drama film '' Mama Drama'' and ''One Too Many''.

Early life

Joy Grant-Ekong was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She started production in 2003 when she joined the Ojo Ladipo Theatre troop and then moved to

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as a continuity manager. Joy Grant-Ekong joined the M-Net's multicamera daily soap opera ''

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'' from the second season and became the head of the department for director's assistants to the fourth season.

Career

In 2016, she produced a movie titled ''Babysitting Ejiro'' a M-Net movie by Victor Sanchez Aghahowa and a movie titled ''InLine'' directed by

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, which was aired in cinemas nationwide in 2017. Joy Grant-Ekong produced a feature-length film '' Mama Drama'' and ''Echoes'' in 2019. In 2020 she produced ''Hell Ride'' which won Best First feature international at the 2022 Toronto International Nollywood film festival (TINFF). In 2020 she was named among movie producers shaping Nigerian film industry by ''

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''. In 2021 she produced ''One Too Many''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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