User:Martinabazie

Martin Abazie is a filmmaker and script writer, born February 3rd 1971, in Lagos Nigeria, originally from Isialangwa in Isialangwa- north LGA area of Abia state, Nigeria. He attended Reservation primary school Apapa Lagos and finished his secondary education at Igbobi college Lagos, where he was a social prefect. Bachelor of arts in film directing from AFDA. Martin has been present in the Nigerian film industry since 1997 He is know for scripts like "Mourn you forever, Night of evil, lost love, last Job, evil between us etc. His directorial debut was in 1999 with the Movie "Night of evil" which wasn't what can be called a market success even though a year before, his script "Mourn you forever" made well over five hundred thousand dollars in the first month of release. In 2005 Martin Abazie also received the Nigerian Film and video censor board best movie award for a movie titled "Lost love" written and directed by him which starred the likes of Bimbo Akintola, Emeka One, Chinyere Winifred and a host of others. Martin Abazie has not been consistent with movie making as he has been with television commercials and in 2008, he decided to try his hands on music video directing with "Ayaya" a song from Mr. Kool a veteran musician and song writer in Nigeria. Martin Abazie started his own film production company in Johannesburg South Africa in 2011 called "Africafied-front films".