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Charles Uwagbai hails from Edo state of the Southern part of Nigeria. He is a notable filmmaker. Charles Uwagbai is an award winning media producer and director. He has experiences in media production, directing, editing, and animation. His works include TV/radio commercials, documentaries, reality shows and movies, among others.

Early life
Charles Uwagbai is an Edo-born graduate of Engineering from the University of Ado Ekiti. 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’s most successful cinema movies like ‘Black Silhouette’, ‘Breathless’, ‘Ghost and the Tout’, ‘Kondo Games’ and many others that has in turn positioned him as one of the top film makers in the fast growing industry.

Career
Charles Uwagbai made his first movie titled 'Okoro, the Prince" in the year 2010 The movie starred actors such as late Sam Loko, Alex Osifo and a host of many other. But before then, he has been involved in other projects and other films. He started out in the music industry, shot music videos, TV commercials before I ventured into Nollywood.