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Kunle Afolayan

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Kunle Afolayan
Born (1975-09-30) 30 September 1975 (age 49)[1]
NationalityNigerian
Alma materNew York Film Academy
Occupations
Years active1999-Present
Known forSaworoide, Agogo Ewo, Phone Swap, 1 October
SpouseTɛmplet:Marriage
Children4
ParentAdeyemi Josiah Afolayan (Ade Love - father)
RelativesMoji Afolayan (sister)
Gabriel Afolayan (brother)
Aremu Afolayan (brother)
Anu Afolayan (brother)

Kunle Afolayan (listen) ( bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli September bɛɣu pihita dali, yuuni 1975) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Nigerian actor, producer, n ti pahi director.[2]

Year Film Role Notes Ref
Actor Director Producer Writer
1999 Saworoide Yes
2002 Agogo Eewo Yes
2005 Ti Ala Ba Ku Yes
2006 Irapada Yes Yes Yes Yes [3]
Èjiwòrò Yes
2007 Onitemi Yes
2009 The Figurine Yes Yes [4]
Farayola Yes
2012 Phone Swap Yes Yes Yes [5]
2014 Dazzling Mirage Yes [6]
1 October Yes Yes Yes [7]
2016 The CEO Yes Yes [8]
2017 The Bridge Yes Yes [9]
Omugwo Yes Yes [10]
2018 Crazy People Yes
2019 Mokalik Yes Yes [11]
Diamonds in the Sky Yes [12]
2020 Citation Yes [13][14]
2021 Ayinla Yes [15]
Swallow Yes Yes Yes Yes [16]
A Naija Christmas Yes [17]
2022 Anikulapo Yes Yes Yes
2023 Ijogbon [18] yes

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Year Award Category Film Result Ref
2019 Best of Nollywood Awards Director of the Year Diamond in the Sky Nominated [12]
2021 Net Honours Most Searched Actor Nominated [19]
2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best Indigenous Language – Yoruba Anikulapo Won [20]
Best Movie West Africa Nominated
Best Overall Movie Won
Best Director Nominated
  1. Its Kunle Afolayan's birthday. The Nation.
  2. Kunle Afolayan set to release 'ROTI' (en-US) (21 May 2017).
  3. Leila Djansi's Sinking Sands Listed On CNN Among 10 Must-See African Films. news1ghana.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. Obenson, Tambay A. (28 October 2013). Halloween 2013 Countdown - Nigerian Director Kunle Afolayan's Horror/Thriller 'The Figurine'. IndieWire. Shadow and Act.
  5. His New Movie "Phone Swap" Beat Hollywood Blockbusters in Nigerian Cinemas: Find Out How Award Winning Filmmaker Kunle Afolayan Did It! (en-US) (19 April 2012).
  6. Nwanne Chuks (28 June 2014). Lala Dazzles In Kelani's Dazzling Mirage. The Guardian (Nigeria). Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  7. "Pirated copies of October 1 film now released, please don't buy" (13 April 2015).
  8. The CEO: Kunle Afolayan unveils cast of multi-lingual movie (en-US). The Nation (29 August 2015).
  9. nollywoodreinvented (13 September 2019). The Bridge (en-US).
  10. Kunle Afolayan, Omowunmi Dada, Ayo Adesanya attend media screening (en-US) (5 April 2017).
  11. Movie Review: Kunle Afolayan's 'Mokalik' thrives on memory, not viewer satisfaction (en-GB) (24 November 2019).
  12. 1 2 Bada, Gbenga (15 December 2019). BON Awards 2019: 'Gold Statue', Gabriel Afolayan win big at 11th edition (en).
  13. Augoye, Jayne (3 November 2020). Kunle Afolayan screens 'Citation' in Lagos. Premium Times.
  14. Report, Agency (8 July 2022). Kunle Afolayan's Citation wins 'Best International Film' in UK award (en-GB).
  15. Nwogu, Precious (14 December 2020). Tunde Kelani announces production of Ayinla Omowura biopic titled 'Ayinla'.
  16. Swallow (2021) review – this is hard to swallow. (October 2021).
  17. Kennedy, Lisa (16 December 2021). "'A Naija Christmas' Review: Honoring a Mother's Wish - The New York Times". https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/movies/a-naija-christmas-review.html. İstifadə tarixi: 16 December 2021.
  18. "Ijogbon", Wikipedia (in English), 15 October 2023, retrieved 18 October 2023
  19. Net Honours - The Class of 2021 (en-US).
  20. Full List: Here are all our AMVCA 9 Nominees (en).[permanent dead link]

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