Chris Odeh

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Chris Odeh is a Nigerian film producer and film maker. [1] [2]

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Film career

Odeh started his career on TV working on two seasons of Moments with Mo for Mo Abudu. [1] He went on to work on movies like Oloibiri, Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story, [3] Aki and Pawpaw, [4] Living in Bondage: Breaking Free [5] and Nneka the Pretty Serpent. [6] His works have won and gotten nominations for AMVCA, Africa Movie Academy Awards, and Africa International Film Festival. [7]

He is the Senior Producer of Sozo Films. [8]

Filmography

Awards

AwardWorkCategoryResultReference
2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards ChokeBest Movie West AfricaNominated [15]
2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Rattlesnake: The Ahanna StoryBest Overall MovieNominated [16] [17]
2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice AwardsNneka the Pretty SerpentBest Overall MovieNominated
2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice AwardsRattlesnake: The Ahanna StoryBest Movie West AfricaNominated
2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice AwardsNneka the Pretty SerpentBest Movie West AfricaNominated
2021 Best of Nollywood Awards Rattlesnake: The Ahanna StoryBest CinematographyWon [18]
2021 Best of Nollywood AwardsRattlesnake: The Ahanna StoryBest EditingWon

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