Lorenzo Menakaya

Lorenzo Menakaya
Menakaya at Real Estate Formula Conference in 2021
Born	Tochukwu Lorenzo Uzonna Menakaya (1986-04-04) 4 April 1986 (age 38) Enugu, Nigeria
Alma mater	University of Nigeria Nsukka
Occupations	Radio personality Actor Filmmaker singer Event host [1]
Years active	2006–present
Awards	Phoenix Global Awards, 2012

Tochukwu Lorenzo Uzonna Menakaya (born 4 April 1986) is a Nigerian on-air personality, actor, event host, filmmaker and singer. ^{[2] [3] [4]} He received nominations for On-Air Personality (OAP) of the Year at The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) in 2011 and 2012, ^{[5] [6]} and he won the award of Outstanding Radio Presenter at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards in 2016. ^[7] He also hosted the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards. ^[8]

Biography

Menakaya was born into the Menakaya family of Umunya in Anambra State, Nigeria. He was educated at the University of Nigeria Secondary School, Nsukka, and studied religion at the University of Nigeria before receiving a short training in broadcasting by the Institute Panos Afrique de l’Ouest (PANOS Institute West Africa) in Dakar, Senegal, and the Institute for Media and Society in Lagos, Nigeria. ^[9] He recorded his first short film, Sundown Tale, in 2015, and in 2019, he produced his debut feature film, Ordinary Fellows, co-directing with Ikenna Aniekwe. ^{[10] [11]} In 2019, he was one of the hosts of the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards along with actress Kemi Lala Akindoju and comedian Funny Bone. ^[12] He played the role of Ubong on Trace TV's Crazy, Lovely, Cool. ^[13]

Personal life

He is a cousin of Chichi Menakaya, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in the United Kingdom.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Notes
2011	The Future Awards Africa	On-air Personality of the year [5]	Nominated
2012	The Future Awards Africa	On-air Personality of the year [6]	Nominated
	Phoenix Global Awards	On-air Personality of the year	Won
	Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards	Most popular Radio Presenter (South East) [14]	Nominated
2013	Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards	Outstanding Radio Presenter of the year [15] [16]	Nominated
2014	Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards	Nigerian Broadcaster of the year [17]	Nominated
2015	Nigeria Fashion & Style Awards	Radio Personality of the year [18]	Won
2016	Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards	Outstanding Radio Presenter (Midday) [19] [20]	Won
	Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards	Nigerian Broadcaster of the year (Male) [21]	Nominated

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	My Confession	Okezie
	Lonely Walk	Lorenzo/Music Composer	Composed original soundtrack
	Room Service	Music Composer
	Parish House	Ishmael
2011	Spokesman for the Oracle	Ikem
2012	My Diva	Chika
2013	15 Minutes	Mark/Music Composer	Composed original soundtrack
2015	Sundown Tale	Juma/Producer/Director/Screenplay	Composed original soundtrack
2018	Wrong Initiation	Capone
	Agwaetiti Obiụtọ	Akah
2019	Ordinary Fellows	Director/Producer
2020	River Rise	'Renzo	Short
2021	Badamasi	Colonel UK Bello
2022	Yahoo+	Mansa
2023	Dark October	Student Leader

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Crazy, Lovely, Cool [22]	Ubong	Directed by Obi Emelonye

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Role	Ref.
2019	"I Pray"	Umu Obiligbo	Man

References

1. "Radio Personality Lorenzo Drops New Single For New Nigeria – Good Morning Nigeria". 3 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
2. "Winners for di 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards". 28 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
3. "Wale Ojo, Somadina Adinma and Chiwetalu Agu star in "Ordinary Fellows," new Nollywood movie produced by Lorenzo Menakaya". 7 August 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
4. "360Fresh: This Is Lorenzo". 3 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
5. "TFAA 2011 NOMINEES".
6. "TFAA 2012 NOMINEES".
7. "BEHOLD! Winners at 6th Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (NBMA)". Nigerian Voice. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
8. "Sola Sobowale, Adesua Etomi win at 2019 AMAA [FULL LIST]". Punch Newspapers. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
9. "'There's joy that comes with working for yourself'". guardian.ng. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
10. "Ordinary Fellows (2019) – nlist | Nollywood, Nigerian Movies & Casting". nlist.ng. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
11. "Wale Ojo, Somadina Adinma and Chiwetalu Agu star in "Ordinary Fellows," new Nollywood movie produced by Lorenzo Menakaya » YNaija". YNaija. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
12. "AMAA 2019: Here are all the winners at the 15th edition of movie award". www.pulse.ng. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
13. "Obi Emelonye's Crazy, Lovely, Cool TV series ready". Tribune Online. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
14. "NIGERIAN BROADCASTERS MERIT AWARDS FULL NOMINATION LIST | Helen Events Blog". Helen Events Blog. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
15. "Linda Ikeji, Jaguda And Bella Naija Head For A Showdown As Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards Releases Nominees' List | Jaguda.com" . Retrieved 11 May 2020.
16. "Here are the Nominees for Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards 2013". Olori Supergal. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
17. "Nominees For Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (NBMA) 2014". Pulse Nigeria. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
18. "'There's joy that comes with working for yourself'". 23 July 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
19. "Pulse TV wins best online TV at broadcasters merit awards". www.pulse.ng. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
20. "Past Winners | Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards".
21. Correspondent (29 January 2016). "Here Are Nominees' Numbers For Voting At NBMA 2015". Glamtush. Retrieved 11 May 2020.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
22. "Obi Emelonye Set With New TV Series, "Crazy, Lovely, Cool"". TNS. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.