Pascal Atuma

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Pascal Atuma
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Pascal Atuma

Nationality Nigerian
Alma mater University of Port Harcourt
OccupationActor

Pascal Atuma is a Canadian-Nigerian Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer, [1] Film Director, and CEO/Chairman of TABIC Record Label. (A label dedicated to the less privileged but the talented in Africa). Pascal was born in Ikwuano Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. He attended Government College, Umuahia, and attended the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. He also attended KD Conservatory-College of Film & Dramatic Arts in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was also awarded a Certificate in Entrepreneurship Specialization from the University of Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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As a director, he’s helmed most of his movie productions. As an actor, he starred in several of his productions, as well as other projects including 'Sweet Revenge,(Winner 2018, Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud, Just For Laughs “Eat my Shorts" Lions Gate Competition)." “Bloodlines” “LAPD African Cops” “The Other Side of Love,” “My American Nurse” “Faithfulness” and "Secret Past," Among others. Pascal's body of works includes blockbuster movies like “My American Nurse 1& 2, Hurricane in the Rose Garden” Only in America” Okoto the messenger” Who is the Man” , Accidental life, and Life In NY. Pascal is a multi-talented artiste and a veteran TV Presenter who produced and presented his 26 episodes self- signature reality program in 2005 - titled “ One- World with Pascal Atuma” Pascal has discovered and influenced a generation of Nollywood actors and actresses of today.

He is also a theater director that has directed many world-class shows that include the Afro Australian Music & Movie Awards in Sydney Australia, South Sudanese Got Talent, Melbourne Australia, Oturkpo Got Talent, Benue State, Nigeria, etc, and also directed numerous live shows with notable African Music Superstars like Awilo Logomba, Davido, 2Face Idibia, Timomatic, etc. He is also the host of “The Pascal Atuma Show" and the popular Youtube talk show “The House of Commons”. Most recently he directed the first season (13 episodes) of communications giant Global Com's TV Series titled “Professor JohnBull”

In 2018, he directed and produced the first Canadian- Nigerian co-produced feature film titled “Clash”, set for release worldwide in 2019.


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