This is a list of Nigerian films released in 2001.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | ||||||
Girls Hostel 1 and 2 | Ndubuisi Okoh | Olu Jacobs Alexandra Lopez | Released on VHS and produced by Christian Dior and Catwalk Pictures | [1] | ||
Holy Law: Sharia | Ejike Asiegbu | Alex Usifo Ibrahim Mandawari | Released on VHS and produced by Kingstream Productions | |||
Last Prophet | Lancelot Imasuen | Zulu Adigwe Ejike Asiegbu Larry Koldsweat | VHS Release | [1] | ||
Oil Village 1 and 2 | Kalu Anya | Sam Loco Efe Sam Obiekheme Sandra Achums Nnamdi Eze | Released on VHS and produced by Hycromax Investments | |||
Okuzu Massacre: The Robbers Revenge | John Evah | Segun Arinze | Released on VHS and produced by Grand Touch Pictures and CE-MAX Investment | |||
Outkast | Chico Ejiro | Sandra Achums Lilian Bach | Thriller | [2] [3] |
Genevieve Nnaji is a Nigerian actress, producer, and director. She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, making her the first actor to win the award. In 2011, she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contributions to Nollywood. Her directorial debut movie, Lionheart, is the first Netflix film from Nigeria and the first Nigerian submission for the Oscars. The movie was disqualified for having most of its dialogue in English. After having spent decades in the movie industry, she was profiled alongside some celebrities and business executives in 2020 in two new books by publisher and Editor in Chief of Yes International! magazine, Azuh Arinze.
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The award presentation is attended by numerous media representatives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMA Awards is widely considered to be Africa's most important film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa. A variety of international observers have fondly called the African Movie Academy Awards the "African Oscars".
Beverly Naya (born Beverly Ifunaya Bassey; 17 April is a British-born Nigerian actress. Beverly won Most Promising Talent at the 2010 Best of Nollywood Awards. She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Entertainment Awards.
Sola Sobowale is a Nigerian film actress, screenwriter, film director and film producer. Sola Sobowale had her big break in 2001, in the premiere of Nigeria's popular television drama series Super Story: Oh Father, Oh Daughter.
Shan George is a Nigerian Nollywood actress. Prior to debuting in the movie Thorns of Rose, she had previously featured in a 1997 soap opera titled Winds of Destiny. She is best known for her role in the movies Outkast and Welcome to Nollywood.
Tope Oshin is a Nigerian television and film director, producer and casting director, listed as one of the most influential Nigerians in film in 2019. In 2015 Pulse magazine named her as one of "9 Nigerian female movie directors you should know" in the Nollywood film industry. and in March 2018, in commemoration of the Women's History Month, Tope was celebrated by OkayAfrica as one of the Okay100 Women. The interactive campaign celebrates extraordinary women from Africa and the diaspora making waves across a wide array of industries, while driving positive impact in their communities and the world at large.
Outkast is a 2001 Nigerian crime-drama film produced and directed by Chico Ejiro.
Sandra Achums is a Nigerian television personality, philanthropist, and most imperative, a veteran actress.