Ebele Okoye
Ebele Okoye | |
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| Born | 6 October 1969 |
| Other names | Omenka Ulonka |
| Citizenship | Nigerian / German |
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| Occupations | |
| Notable work | Anna Blume, The Legacy of Rubies |
| Website | ebeleokoye |
Ebele Okoye (
pronunciation) bɛ lahi mi o mi ni "Omenka Ulonka," o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Berlin-based Nigerian/German independent Animation ŋun tuma nim nyɛ ; producer/director, designer, n ti pahi multi-media artist. Bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiingoli October dabaayɔbu dali , yuuni 1969 tiŋyuli booni Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria.[citation needed] O nyɛla salo pam ni mi so ka o nyɛ pioneers of African animation ka niribi too mi o ni gbansabila tingban ni ma, ka silimiingi boli ni "mother of African Animation."
O pilli mini shikuru chandi
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Okoye nyɛla ŋun bɔhim bɔhimbu yaɣishɛŋa din nyɛ Fine and Applied Arts (Graphic Design/Illustration) ka deegi shɛhira gbaŋ din nyɛ Higher National Diploma shikuru yuli booni Institute of Management and Technology n be Enugu binshɛɣu din gbaagi yuuni 1985 mali ni yuuni 1989. Binshɛɣu din gbaai yuuni 1990 mini yuuni 1995, o daa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Graphic designer, Copywriter, n ti pahi Branding specialist n ti lan pahi cartoonist n zaŋti daabiligu nim pam , ni Tabloids, n ti lahi pahi newspapers din be Nigeria din shɛŋa nyɛ defunct posh "Classique magazine" ran by May Ellen Mofe-Damijo n ti pahi Richard Mofe-Damijo.[1]
Career
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]O kpaŋmaŋ pina
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]| Year | Work | Award | Association | Result |
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| 2015 | The Legacy of Rubies | Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation | Africa Movie Academy Awards | Won |
| 2015 | The Legacy of Rubies | Africa International Film Festival | Africa International Film Festival | Won |
| 2015 | The Legacy of Rubies | Silicon Valley African Film Festival | Silicon Valley African Film Festival | Won |
| 2012 | Patterns | Redefreiheit | Amnesty international | Won |
| 2010 | Anna Blume | Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin | Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin | Won |
| 2010 | The Essence | Silicon Valley African Film Festival | Silicon Valley African Film Festival | Won |
| 2010 | The Esence | California State Legislature | California State Legislature | Won |
| 2010 | Anna Blume | Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin | Zebra Poetry Film Festival | Won |
| 2008 | The Lunatic | Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation | Africa Movie Academy Awards | Won |
| 2007 | Anna Blume | Robert Bosch Foundation | Robert Bosch Foundation | Won |
| 2006 | Feet Voters | DEFA Foundation | DEFA Foundation | Won |
| 2007 | Paper Mouse | Made for Mobile Awards Cologne, Germany | Made for Mobile Awards Cologne, Germany | Won |
O Initiative nima
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Animation Club Africa - 2010
Shrinkfish Media Lab (smedLAB) - 2013
Open Toonz Animation Lab - 2015
O Brands
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Ebele is also involved in branding, design, and art. She founded the art and ethnic fusion labels "Kalodei Berlin ®" and "Olomenka ®."
O Filmography nima
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 2023 Spunky TALES | The Lion, the elephant and the Giraffe [03 min | Director, Voice over]
- 2022 Jurassic World Dinos De Facto _ Trainhopper [A promo animation commissioned by Universal Pictures]
- 2021 The world in my head [A compilation of several VR animation projects]
- 2020 Martha and the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street [A Motown Hit music video | Commissioned by Universal Music | Scriptwriter, Director | Animator]
- 2020 Oil Promises [120 min, DW Documentary | Co-director, Animator, Voice over]
- 2019 Summer trance [Immersive VR Animation]
- 2017 Marcas de amor [2D Short, Germany, Spain | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
- 2016 The Man who fell up [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
- 2016 Three Wise Women [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
- 2015 Red Fruits [Music Video | Germany, Austria | Scriptwriter, Animator, Director, Producer]
- 2015 The Legacy of Rubies [2D Mid length, Germany, Nigeria, USA | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
- 2014 Die Liebe in den Zeiten der EU [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
- 2013 Closer N' Closer [Music video, Nigeria, Germany | Scriptwriter, Director, Animator, Co-producer]
- 2012 Meine Heimat [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
- 2011 Footy My Love [An abstract on Chi-Chi Igbo, the Nigerian female football player]
- 2010 The Essence [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
- 2009 Anna Blume [2D Short, Germany, Bulgaria | Co-Writer, Animator, Co-Director, Producer]
- 2009 Patterns [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
- 2008 Papermouse [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
- 2007 The Lunatic [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
- 2004 Tag Attack - 05.00 mins. 2D animation. Ifs Cologne (co-director/animator)
- 2002 Once upon a dance - 04.00 mins. digital collage (director/animator)
O Selected solo exhibitions
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 2012 Tears of the Invisible - Organ kritischer Kunst, Berlin, Germany
- 2008 Nomadic Diaries - Zimt & Koriander Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- 2003 Between Territories - Galerie Haus 23 Cottbus, Germany
- 2002 Nomadic Diaries (A travelling pictorial storytelling) - Munich, Cologne, Halle; Germany & Neulengbach, Austria
- 2001 Woman about Women - Cologne Germany
- 1999 New Culture - Didi Museum, Lagos Nigeria
- 1998 Selected Paintings and Portraits in Oil - Lagos. Nigeria
- 1996 Realities - Didi Museum Lagos. Nigeria
- 1995 Storms of the Heart - National Museum, Lagos Nigeria
O Selected group exhibitions
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 1995 Mirrors of Society - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
- 1996 Nigeria/China Co-operative exhibition, Lagos (Nigeria)
- 1996 Selected Nigerian artists as chosen by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Nigeria (South Korea)
- 1997 Small-Small Things - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
- 1998 The Rape of Nature - Brazilian Embassy, Lagos (Nigeria)
- 2000 Threshold of Peace - African First-ladies' Peace-Summit exhibition, Abuja (Nigeria)
- 2001 Women about Women - Goethe Institut, Lagos (Nigeria)
- 2003 Ipade Begegnung - Afroasian Institute Gallery Vienna (Austria)
- 2004 Globalia - Frauenmuseum (Women's Museum), Bonn (Germany)
Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Nkiru Nzegwu, "Immigration and African Diaspora Women Artists" in Isidor Okpewho and Nkiru Nzegwu, eds., The New African Diaspora (Indiana University Press 2009): 324. ISBN 9780253003362
External links
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]| Ebele Okoye at Wikipedia's sister projects | |
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- Ebele Okoye's website
- Jolly Squid Media (Ebele Okoye's remote work based Studio)
- Spunky Toonz (Ebele Okoye's EdTech for preschoolers and young children)
- Motion to the Sound (Ebele's training Initiative for freelance animators)
- AniJolly Girls (Ebele's Special Animation training for women and girls aged 18 – 25)
- smedLAB2013 (Nigeria's pioneer Animation Course)
- Ebele on LinkedIn[permanent dead link]
- Ebele on Instagram
- Ebele Okoye at IMDb
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