Umeh Charles Sobechukwu, professionally credited as Sobe Charles Umeh is a Nigerian-Canadian film and TV director and producer, best known for the films ''Sorelle'', ''Black Vision'' and ''Bad Drop'', as well as the 2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice ( AMVCA) winning movie ''Amonye Bu Onye''.

Early life

Sobe was born in

Enugu Enugu () verbally pronounced as "Enụgwụ" by the Igbo indigenes is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi, Ebonyi State to the east and southeast, Abia State to the so ...

, Southeast Nigeria, He is the last of six children.

Personal life

In 2014, Umeh married Isioma Concilia, with whom he subsequently moved to Regina,

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

, Canada.

Career

Sobe started his

filmmaking Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

journey in 2015 when he co-produced his first feature-length film ''Bad Drop'' with Actor Producer Stan Nze, which also served as his feature length Directorial Debut. The film went ahead to win 2 awards and many nominations.

Filmography

References

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