Draft:Carina Ojoko

Carina Ojoko or Carina ‘CarinaSFX’ Ojoko, as she is fondly known in the industry, is a Nigerian citizen of Igbo extraction. She is a

Lagos based, and Anambra State born Nigerian and Nollywood film make-up artist, hair stylist and special effects artist. She was nominated for best makeup in African Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA) in 2022 for Rattlesnake.

She has worked in productions like Brotherhood, Blood Sisters, The Trade, Rattlesnake, Hey You and more, in make up and special effects capacities.

Early Life And Education
Carina Ojoko is a native of Anambra State, but she was born in Enugu town in Enugu State, Nigeria.

Carina Ojoko attended University Primary School, UNEC Campus, Enugu. She went on to attend secondary education at Holy Rosary College, an all-girls Christian college also located in Enugu state. For her tertiary education, she studied Applied Biology from Ebonyi State University, Isieke, Ebonyi State.

She also attended Del-York Creative Academy in 2019.

Career
Upon graduation Carina Ojoko crossed from her science background into filmmaking, settling for film makeup and special effects. For this, she had to relocate to Lagos State to start her journey.

In 2017, during her NYSC days, she worked briefly as a make-up artist in a photo studio, before venturing more into the moving pictures sector. Her first music video job was in Darey Art Alade’s Pray for Me, and her first movie project was a short film titled “Bariga Sugar” in 2017.

She went on to work with her mentor “Lola Maja Okojevoh“, assisting her on projects like “Crossroads” (A Jungle Filmworks production) and MTV Shuga: Season 3.

After a year of working with Lola Maja-Okojevoh, Carina Ojoko started out on her own, Her first project working as the head of a department for a movie was titled “The Trade”.

She progressed to doing other great films like Brotherhood, MTV Shuga Naija Season 4, Blood Sisters, Breath of Life, Blood Vessel, The Black Book, Oloture Season 2, Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story, 3 Cold Dishes, Nigerian Prince and more.

Personal Life
Carina Ojoko is a practicing Christian and is not married.