In the early hours of Christmas , the Nigeria movie industry lost an iconic filmmaker, Chico Ejiro . The Punch highlights eight things to know about the popular movie maker.
– Nicknamed Mr Prolific , Chico Ejiro , was the younger brother of legendary filmmaker , Zeb Ejiro , who taught him the rudiments of the job.
– He attended Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile- Ife where he obtained a Diploma in Agriculture after two years, then moved to the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike to complete his course in Agriculture.
– He owned a production company called Grand Touch Pictures and he directed over 80 movies within a five -year period — each one shot in as little as three days . It is often said that he held the record of the Nollywood director with the highest number of released movies .
– Born in Isoko, Delta, Nigeria, he was drawn into video production because Nigerians would not buy blank video cassettes. He became a director by accident . He developed an interest in being a director when he worked in NTA for a while.
– The most challenging movies he directed were Full Moon, Festival of Fire and Slave.
– During the production of Slave, was shot in the jungle of Abakaliki, he lost one of the actors .
– Most of his friends referred to him as the chairman of Arsenal football club because he was a die- hard fan.
– He was married to Joy Ejiro and had two children.


source: https://punchng.com/eight-things-to-know-about-the-late-popular-filmmaker-chico-ejiro/

Dude was a legend. One of nollywood's greatest.

rest in peace

young man..

have always envisioned him and zeb as very elderly ppl,i grew up seeing those names

valentineuwakwe:
In the early hours of Christmas , the Nigeria movie industry lost an iconic filmmaker, Chico Ejiro . The Punch highlights eight things to know about the popular movie maker.
– Nicknamed Mr Prolific , Chico Ejiro , was the younger brother of legendary filmmaker , Zeb Ejiro , who taught him the rudiments of the job.
– He attended Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile- Ife where he obtained a Diploma in Agriculture after two years, then moved to the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike to complete his course in Agriculture.
– He owned a production company called Grand Touch Pictures and he directed over 80 movies within a five -year period — each one shot in as little as three days . It is often said that he held the record of the Nollywood director with the highest number of released movies .
– Born in Isoko, Delta, Nigeria, he was drawn into video production because Nigerians would not buy blank video cassettes. He became a director by accident . He developed an interest in being a director when he worked in NTA for a while.
– The most challenging movies he directed were Full Moon, Festival of Fire and Slave.
– During the production of Slave, was shot in the jungle of Abakaliki, he lost one of the actors .
– Most of his friends referred to him as the chairman of Arsenal football club because he was a die- hard fan.
– He was married to Joy Ejiro and had two children.


source: https://punchng.com/eight-things-to-know-about-the-late-popular-filmmaker-chico-ejiro/

Thanks for the memories you left with us...rest on .

A legend I must confess he is..... Rest on sir