Kene Okwuosa

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Kene Okwuosa
Born
Nigeria
Alma mater London Metropolitan University
OccupationFirm producer
OrganizationFilmhouse Group

Kene Okwuosa is a Nigerian Film producer and chief executive officer of Filmhouse Group which house the Filmhouse Cinemas, FilmOne Entertainment and FilmOne Studios. [1] [2] [3] He is a member of the Nigerian Official Selection Committee for the Academy Awards. [4] [5]

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Okwuosais the distributor of Wedding Party which grossed N452 million and Funke Akindele's A Tribe Called Judah , which grossed N1.4 billion. [6] [7]

Filmhouse Cinema

Kene Okwuosa and his partner co-founded Filmhouse Cinema in 2012, [8] after accessing the Intervention Funds created by President Goodluck Jonathan to boost Nigeria's creative industry. With an initial loan of N200 million, they opened their first three-screen cinema in Surulere, Lagos. Following a slow start, the cinema grew to become one of the biggest locations in the country, leading to further expansion. Today, Filmhouse represents about 50% of tickets sold in Nigerian cinemas and aims to become a leading media entertainment company. [9]

In 2018, Okwuosa became the managing director of Filmhouse Cinemas following the exit of Kene Mkparu. [10]

Selected filmography

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