31 year old handsome movie director, Thomas Ikimi, may not be known in Nollywood, but in Hollywood, the Nigerian movie director has made a name for himself as the first Nigerian to direct a Hollywood movie.
His movie, Legacy, featuring Idris Elba (featured above with Thomas) will be released in Nigeria later in the year.
Legacy will be showing next at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, followed by the American Black Film Festival in Miami.
Mini BioThomas Ikimi was born in Westminster, London on April 10th 1979. He is of Nigerian descent. He attended primary school in Nigeria, prep and public school in England and university in America. He holds a literature and writing degree from Columbia University, New York.
Thomas' student film, 'Limbo' (2005), after a showing at the Cannes Film Market in 2005, was subsequently invited to the Taormina International Film Festival in Sicily, Italy as an Official Selection. It was one of only 12 films chosen worldwide, and had the added honour of opening the festival. This brought attention to Thomas due to the fact 'Limbo' only cost $9000 to produce mostly on his student credit card, and it was in a fest where the $153 million Batman Begins was premiering in Italy.
Thomas was a second year student when he wrote, directed and produced the film, balancing the 2 1/2 week shoot with his mid term exams. He was nominated for best director and best picture at the Eerie Horror Festival 2004, and he won the Honorable Mention Award at the Flint International Film Festival 2005. Thomas has been working as a screenwriter in London since 2005, writing and developing screenplays for producers.
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He's just 31. And he's over 6feet tall. And he's so cute.
Is he single?
I'm not the one who wants to know o...it's my friend...
*cough cough* lol
Fine boy!
Ladies if you want to follow him on twitter - it's Tjrokoko...he's also on FB...*wink* *wink*
me too: *cough cough* lol
ReplyDeletefine boy no pimples!!!...lol
ReplyDeletehe is not the first Nigerian hollywoodian producer.
ReplyDeleteOlatunde Osunsanmi produced a full featured hollywood movie staring milla jovovitch. the movie grosse 45 millions. Olatunde is just discrete
Olatunde directed the fourth kind which i dont remember receiving a warm welcome talk less of an award.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Ikimi is the first Nigerian to direct a Hollywood movie.
ReplyDeleteOne of veteran journalist Babs Fagbenle's kids is a big time Hollywood buff but his surname is not Fagbenle and he is half caste.
Linda, he is more handsome than Ikimi. He was once shown on Bisi Olatilo Show. Nigerians are everywhere, even Iraq. Ha ha ha!
richard famuyiwa
ReplyDeletePlease take note it is POLITICALLY INCORRECT to refer to a human being as HALFCAST the appropriate word is MIXED RACE
ReplyDeletechatnoir READ! before you WRITE! she wrote first DIRECTOR not PRODUCER and she wrote produced without a FIRST.
ReplyDeleteby the way he is of NIGERIAN DESCENT not a Nigerian. its just like Charlize Theron being of European descent but not European.