Dul Johnson

Dul Johnson (amụrụ na 16 Septemba 1953) bụ onye Naijiria na-eme ihe nkiri na onye edemede. Ọ malitere ọrụ ya dị ka onye nduzi ihe nkiri na Nigerian Television Authority, Jos, ma rụọ ọrụ ọtụtụ afọ tupu ọ laa ezumike nká na ime ihe nkiri na nkuzi onwe ya. Ihe nkiri ya a ma ama gụnyere There is Nothing Wrong with my Uncle (ihe ngosi ọdịbendị), The Widow's Might (ihe nkiri), Against the Grain, Wasting for the West, na Basket of Water.
A mụrụ Johnson na 1953 na obere obodo Zamlaka na mpaghara gọọmentị ime obodo Langtang North nke Plateau State. A mụrụ ya n'ezinụlọ nwere ọtụtụ nwanyị, nwa nke anọ n'ime ụmụ 10 Kongdak. Ezinụlọ ahụ kwagara mgbe Johnson dị afọ ise site na Zamlaka n'ebe ugwu gaa Gina n'ebe ndịda Langtang, ebe ọ mụtara ọzụzụ atụrụ na ịkpụ ihe. Otú ọ dị, Johnson laghachiri n'ebe ugwu ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị site na 1961 ruo 1965. A laghachiri ya n'ụlọ n'afọ 1965 n'ihi ọrịa, ọ hapụrụ otu afọ agụmakwụkwọ.
Mgbe ọ laghachiri n'ụlọ akwụkwọ na 1967, nna ya zigara ya nne nne ya n'okpuru ugwu ugwu na Timwat, oge ndụ ya Johnson mechara kọwaa na obere akụkọ ya, "Living with Shadows".
A kpaliri Johnson ịmalite ide banyere ndụ ya mgbe ọ nọ n'ụdị nke abụọ nke ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, mgbe ọ gụrụ The African Child site Camara Laye, onye dị ka Johnson bụ nwa nke onye na-eji oji, na-edekwa isiokwu ndị ọ nwere ike ịkọ. N'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Johnson malitekwara ime ihe na ogbo, na-ekere òkè na mmepụta nke otu n'ime egwuregwu mbụ Ngugi na Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Mmasị a mụbara mgbe ọ banyere mahadum, ebe ọ malitekwara ide na iduzi egwuregwu egwuregwu.
N'afọ 2010, Johnson meriri na Mahadum Brown na United States, ebe o dere ọtụtụ n'ime akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, Deeper into the Night . Na Brown, Johnson nwere ike izute ndị edemede ama ama gụnyere George Lamming, Chinua Achebe, John Edgar Wideman, Ama Ata Aidoo na onye edemede na onye nduzi nke INP. O mekwara obere emume Naijiria dị ka akụkụ nke o nyere ọrụ akụkọ ifo ya na ihe nkiri na-aga n'ihu.
O mechara biri na Ebedi na steeti Oyo, Nigeria, gaa Goa maka International Film Festival of India na 2012, wee gaa Edinburgh, Scotland, n'afọ 2013 ebe ihe nkiri ya enweghị ihe ọjọọ na nwanne nna m nọ na mmemme.
Johnson ebipụtala ọrụ ise dị mkpa: Shadows and Ashes, Why Women Won't make it to Heaven (nchịkọta akụkọ dị mkpirikpi), Ugba Uye: The Living Legend (akụkọ ndụ), Deeper into the Night (akwụkwọ akụkọ) na Melancholia (egwuregwu). E gosipụtara abụọ ikpeazụ n'ihu ọha na 28 Ọktoba 2014.
Na mgbakwunye na ide ihe nkiri, Johnson emeela uri, edemede akụkọ na akụkọ mkpirikpi. N'afọ ndị 1970 o dere ihe nkiri maka redio (Rima Radio, Sokoto) na maka ikpo okwu, ụfọdụ n'ime ha bụ ndị e mepụtara mgbe ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ. Otu n'ime mmepụta ya nwetara nyocha dị egwu site n'aka otu n'ime ndị nkuzi ya nke na ọ zoro onwe ya n'ime ụlọ ya ruo ụbọchị abụọ ma jụ ịga klas onye nkuzi ahụ ruo otu izu. Ọ dịghị nke ọ bụla n'ime ihe nkiri mbụ ya site n'oge a ka dị. Dị ka nwa akwụkwọ, Johnson dekwara maka magazin asịrị ụlọ akwụkwọ a maara dị ka The Spark, na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye njikwa mmepụta.
Mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ na NTA, Johnson ritere ọtụtụ ihe nrite na ihe nkiri TV ya. Ihe nkiri ya onwe ya The Widow's Might nwetakwara ihe nrite na 2002 Pyonyang International Film Festival, ebe a họpụtara ihe ngosi ya There is Nothing Wrong with my Uncle maka ihe ngosi kachasị mma na mmemme ihe nkiri mba ụwa, gụnyere 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards. E nyere Johnson ihe nrite nke 2017 Association of Nigerian Authors prose fiction maka akwụkwọ akụkọ ya Across The Gulf . A họpụtara Melancholia maka 2018 Nigeria Prize for Literature .
Johnson nwere PhD na Literature, asambodo na Drama Direction sitere na ụlọ akwụkwọ ọzụzụ BBC, yana asambodo na Advanced Drama Directing sitere na kọleji NTA Television. Ọ bụ onye otu Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Nigerian Popular Theater Alliance (NPTA), na Independent Television Producers' Association of Nigeria (ITPAN), ma na-anọdụ na Board of Trustees nke Motion Picture Practitioners' Association of Nigeria. (MOPPAN).