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Ebele Okoye

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Ebele Okoye
Born6 October 1969
Other namesOmenka Ulonka
CitizenshipNigerian / German
Education
Occupations
Notable workAnna Blume, The Legacy of Rubies
Websiteebeleokoye.com spunkytoonz.com jollysquid.com

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]

Some awards and recognitions received by Okoye
Year Work Award Association Result
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

Animation Club Africa - 2010

Shrinkfish Media Lab (smedLAB) - 2013

Open Toonz Animation Lab - 2015

Motion to the Sound - 2021

Ebele is also involved in branding, design, and art. She founded the art and ethnic fusion labels "Kalodei Berlin ®" and "Olomenka ®."

  • 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)
  1. 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