Charles Uwagbai

Charles Uwagbai is a Nigerian-Canadian filmmaker. He hails from Edo state in southern Nigeria. Uwagbai is also a media producer and director. He has experience in media production, editing, directing, and animation. His works include TV/radio commercials, documentaries, reality shows and movies, among others.

Early life Uwagbai is an Edo-born graduate of engineering from Ekiti State University. He enrolled at the New York Film Academy and trained under directors like Andy Amenechi and Alex Mouth. He started his career with motion graphics and animations but has since moved on to make some of Nollywood cinema movies like Black Silhouette, Breathless, The Ghost and the Tout, and Kondo Games.

Career Uwagbai made his first movie titled Okoro, the Prince in 2010. The movie starred actors such as the late Sam Loco and Alex Osifo. Before then, he was involved in other projects and films. He started out in the music industry, and shot music videos and TV commercials before he ventured into Nollywood.

Selected filmography Okoro the Prince - Director, 2013 Breathless - Director, 2015 The Black Silhouette - Director, 2015 Brother Jekwu - Director, 2016 The Friend Zone - Director, 2017 Esohe - Director, 2017 Displaced - Director, 2017 London Fever - Director, 2017 The Inlaws - Director, 2017 Nwanyioma - Director, 2018 Never Yours - Director, 2018 What Just Happened - Director, 2018 The Washerman - Director, 2018 Akunne - Director, 2018 Tailor My Heart - Director, 2018 Expired Maiden - Director, 2018 The Ghost and the Tout - Director, 2018 Forever and a Day - Director, 2019 The African Couple (TV Series) - Director, 2019 Lucked Up - Director, 2019 The Gentleman - Director, 2019 Entangle - Director, 2020 The Therapist - Director, 2020 His Queen - Director, 2020 Nkem - Director, 2020 A Story from Zazu - Director, 2020 True Vision - Director, 2020 Quit Notice - Director, 2021 Nerve Wreck - Director, 2021 Charlie Charlie - Director, 2021 Small Thing - Director, 2021 Missing - Director, 2021 Blood of Enogie (TV Series) - Director, 2021 In the Way of Love - Director, 2022 Seeking Solace - Director, 2022 Devil's Angel - Director, 2022 Celebrity Crash - Director, 2022 Virtue of Ignorance - Director, 2022 Half Brothers - Director, 2023 The Thorn - Director, 2023 Alone - Director, 2023 Holy Heist (can a man rob god)** - Director, 2023 Finding Odera - Director, 2023 The Wall Street Boy (Kipkemboi) - Director, 2023