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Johnson Awolola

Johnson Emmanuel Awolola is a Nigerian film and television editor. He is best know for his editing work on the critically acclaimed international sex-trafficking Netflix drama oloture. This is Lagos, Netflix/UNESCO grant winner Adieu Salut Ebonylife Studio's international political drama Sons of the Caliphate, Halita (S1&2) and baby drama both for MNET's African magic showcase and in Love and Ashes, an eight-part limited series funded by the U.S Agency For International department(USAID).

Life and career

He was born in Nigeria, west Africa. He attended National film Institute Jos. He edits film for school events and personal projects. He began editing television shows and documentaries in Kaduna with Newage Network, before moving to Abuja. After editing The Lost Café and Sons of Caliphate Johnson moved to Lagos, where he was placed on the editing team for Oloture and the lost café a Nigerian/Norwegian co-production that won the golden palm in feature narrative at the 2018 Mexico International Film Festival. In 2020, Johnson was awarded for the future awards African price for film, a significant recognition from Africa's top youth culture platform.

The same year Johnson's short film SIMI won best Nigerian short film at The Real time International Film Festivals.

Johnson also worked for documentary films for international donor agencies and media production companies like UKaid, Christian Aid TSHIP, BBC Media Action, Newage Network, Mnet, ITK and Cinema kpatakpata. He is currently editing This is Lagos a new crime-comedy directed be Kenneth Gyang.

Flimography
FILM

As editor