Ebele Okoye

Ebele Okoye  bɛ lahi mi o mi ni "Omenka Ulonka," o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Berlin-based Nigerian/German independent Animation ŋun tuma nim nyɛ ; producer/director, designer, n ti pahi multi-media artist. Bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiingoli October dabaayɔbu dali , yuuni 1969 tiŋyuli booni Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. O nyɛla salo pam ni mi so ka o nyɛ pioneers of African animation ka niribi too mi o ni gbansabila tingban ni ma,  ka silimiingi boli ni "mother of African Animation." 

 O pilli mini shikuru chandi 
Okoye nyɛla ŋun bɔhim bɔhimbu yaɣishɛŋa din nyɛ Fine and Applied Arts (Graphic Design/Illustration) ka deegi shɛhira gbaŋ din nyɛ Higher National Diploma shikuru yuli booni Institute of Management and Technology n be Enugu binshɛɣu din gbaagi yuuni 1985 mali ni yuuni 1989. Binshɛɣu din gbaai yuuni 1990 mini yuuni 1995, o daa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Graphic designer, Copywriter, n ti pahi  Branding specialist n ti lan pahi  cartoonist n zaŋti daabiligu nim pam , ni  Tabloids, n ti lahi pahi  newspapers din be  Nigeria din shɛŋa nyɛ defunct posh "Classique magazine" ran by May Ellen Mofe-Damijo n ti pahi Richard Mofe-Damijo.Nkiru Nzegwu, "Immigration and African Diaspora Women Artists"  in Isidor Okpewho and Nkiru Nzegwu, eds., The New African Diaspora (Indiana University Press 2009): 324. 

Career 

O kpaŋmaŋ pina
+Some awards and recognitions received by OkoyeYearWorkAwardAssociationResult2015The Legacy of RubiesAfrica Movie Academy Award for Best AnimationAfrica Movie Academy Awards2015The Legacy of RubiesAfrica International Film FestivalAfrica International Film Festival2015The Legacy of RubiesSilicon Valley African Film FestivalSilicon Valley African Film Festival2012PatternsRedefreiheitAmnesty international2010Anna BlumeZebra Poetry Film Festival, BerlinZebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin2010The EssenceSilicon Valley African Film FestivalSilicon Valley African Film Festival2010The EsenceCalifornia State LegislatureCalifornia State Legislature2010Anna BlumeZebra Poetry Film Festival, BerlinZebra Poetry Film Festival 2008The LunaticAfrica Movie Academy Award for Best AnimationAfrica Movie Academy Awards2007Anna BlumeRobert Bosch FoundationRobert Bosch Foundation2006Feet VotersDEFA FoundationDEFA Foundation2007Paper MouseMade for Mobile Awards Cologne, GermanyMade for Mobile Awards Cologne, Germany

 O Initiative nima 
Animation Club Africa - 2010

Shrinkfish Media Lab (smedLAB) - 2013

Open Toonz Animation Lab - 2015

Motion to the Sound  - 2021

 O Brands 
Ebele is also involved in branding, design, and art. She founded the art and ethnic fusion labels "Kalodei Berlin ®" and "Olomenka ®."

 O Filmography nima 

 2023 Spunky TALES | The Lion, the elephant and the Giraffe [03 min | Director, Voice over]
 2022 Jurassic World Dinos De Facto _ Trainhopper [A promo animation commissioned by Universal Pictures]
 2021 The world in my head [A compilation of several VR animation projects]
 2020 Martha and the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street [A Motown Hit music video | Commissioned by Universal Music | Scriptwriter, Director | Animator]
 2020 Oil Promises [120 min, DW Documentary | Co-director, Animator, Voice over]
 2019 Summer trance [Immersive VR Animation]
 2017 Marcas de amor [2D Short, Germany, Spain | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
 2016 The Man who fell up [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
 2016 Three Wise Women [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
 2015 Red Fruits [Music Video | Germany, Austria | Scriptwriter, Animator, Director, Producer]
 2015 The Legacy of Rubies [2D Mid length, Germany, Nigeria, USA | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
 2014 Die Liebe in den Zeiten der EU [2D Short, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
 2013 Closer N' Closer [Music video, Nigeria, Germany | Scriptwriter, Director, Animator, Co-producer]
 2012 Meine Heimat [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
 2011 Footy My Love [An abstract on Chi-Chi Igbo, the Nigerian female football player]
 2010 The Essence [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
 2009 Anna Blume [2D Short, Germany, Bulgaria | Co-Writer, Animator, Co-Director, Producer]
 2009 Patterns [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
 2008 Papermouse [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Producer]
 2007 The Lunatic [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Writer, Animator, Director, Co-Producer]
 2004 Tag Attack - 05.00 mins. 2D animation. Ifs Cologne (co-director/animator)
 2002 Once upon a dance - 04.00 mins. digital collage (director/animator)

 O Selected solo exhibitions 

 2012 Tears of the Invisible  - Organ kritischer Kunst, Berlin, Germany
 2008 Nomadic Diaries  - Zimt & Koriander Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 2003 Between Territories - Galerie Haus 23 Cottbus, Germany
 2002 Nomadic Diaries (A travelling pictorial storytelling) - Munich, Cologne, Halle; Germany & Neulengbach, Austria
 2001 Woman about Women - Cologne Germany
 1999 New Culture - Didi Museum, Lagos Nigeria
 1998 Selected Paintings and Portraits in Oil - Lagos. Nigeria
 1996 Realities - Didi Museum Lagos. Nigeria
 1995 Storms of the Heart - National Museum, Lagos Nigeria

 O Selected group exhibitions 
 1995 Mirrors of Society - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
 1996 Nigeria/China Co-operative exhibition, Lagos (Nigeria)
 1996 Selected Nigerian artists as chosen by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Nigeria (South Korea)
 1997 Small-Small Things - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
 1998 The Rape of Nature - Brazilian Embassy, Lagos (Nigeria)
 2000 Threshold of Peace - African First-ladies' Peace-Summit exhibition, Abuja (Nigeria)
 2001 Women about Women - Goethe Institut, Lagos (Nigeria)
 2003 Ipade Begegnung - Afroasian Institute Gallery Vienna (Austria)
 2004 Globalia - Frauenmuseum (Women's Museum), Bonn (Germany)

Kundivihira

 External links 

 Ebele Okoye's website
 Jolly Squid Media (Ebele Okoye's remote work based Studio)
 Spunky Toonz (Ebele Okoye's EdTech for preschoolers and young children)
 Motion to the Sound (Ebele's training Initiative for freelance animators)
 AniJolly Girls (Ebele's Special Animation training for women and girls aged 18 – 25)
 smedLAB2013 (Nigeria's pioneer Animation Course)
 Ebele on LinkedIn
 Ebele on Instagram


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Category:Nigerian animated film producers
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