Popular Nollywood actress and filmmaker Omoni Oboli, has shared her journey of trading scripts for movie roles during her early career days.
In an interview with Radionow 95.3 FM, the actress said she realized her vision wasn’t being brought to life after watching films made from her scripts, which lead to her transitioning from being an actress to a director.
In her words: “I was trading my scripts for movie roles, I’d say you know what, don’t pay me just give me a role in the film.
“So, I started to do that. But then I will watch the film and realise it is not what I had in my head when I was writing because I write in pictures. I see what I’m writing, so when I’m watching the movie it’s so different.
“Not to say that it wasn’t good because no two directors will direct the same script in the same way. So I said to myself, if my stories are going to have my DNA, then I’m going to have to direct them myself.
“And it was a scary thought, but then I said to myself, Warri no dey carry lass na. wetin dem get wey I no get? I was like, I will do this thing.
“So I started understudying directors, like I’m acting on set but I am watching the director closely. And I said maybe I need some formal education on this. So I went for a short course at the New York Film Academy”.
Written by Cheta Enyoghasi
