Umanu Elijah is a young successful Filmmaker, PR Strategist, Nation Builder, Humanitarian and Political Enthusiast.
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He is the national Technical Director of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign under TBN, the Founder/President of Krystal filmworks Ltd, Krstal Tv Africa and Krystal Film Academy, the Managing Director of Origin8 Global Service, Executive Director of TUDI Africa, Co-Pioneer of EDO Focus movement, E.T.C
In 2020, Umanu Elijah received an international recognition from the UNITED NATIONS educational, scientific and cultural organization, (UNESCO) for his active participation against dis- and misinformation his COVID 19 project.
He is one of Africa's leading prolific and most decorated filmmaker whose role in the movie industry with series of works across Netflix, Amazon Primevideo and across several international platform.
Umanu Elijah is one of the few who believes story telling is a powerful tool that can be used to change complex narrative in Nigeria.
Over the years he has proven to be a fearless filmmaker and have told compelling African stories on various issues like insurgency, gender-based violence, Covid, Climate change e.t.c.
He has an international degree in Digital storytelling from Birmingham University and Cinematic filmmaking from the British council.
He is the founder of Krystal Filmworks Ltd, Nigeria's leading Film/TV production house that comprises of Africa's finest young Creatives. He has been part of several Nollywood blockbuster such as ALMAJIRI, Devil in Agbada, The Millions (Netflix), Made In Heaven, SHE IS..., LOUD the movie, Locked, Bitter Rain, “A place called forward, E.t.c... He has received notable awards and recognition from UNESCO, AMVCA, AFRIFF, AMAA, Best of Nollywood Award, NewYork Film festival, NTFF Berlin Germany, NGOIFF kenya, SIFF Moldova, PB22 world summit USA, and others.
Umanu Elijah was born October 10th, 1992, he hails from Agwoko clan in Ifeku Unyi village in Ifeku Island of Etsako central Local government area of Edo state. His nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary education were done in Delta, Edo state and UK respectively.