Theo Ukpaa

Theo Ukpaa (an haife shi a ranar 30 ga Mayu) daraktan fina-finai ne na Najeriya kuma furodusa a dandamali da talabijin. 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Ukpaa a Surulere, Legas, kuma ya girma a Legas da Los Angeles. Shi ne ɗan Kyaftin Herbert Ukpaa da Beatrice Ukpaa. Mahaifinsa, matukin jirgin ruwa, ya mutu a shekarar 1998. A shekarar 2005, Ukpaa ya kammala karatunsa da digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziƙi daga Jami'ar Benin . Daga nan ya ci gaba da karatun digiri na biyu a fannin Gudanar da Kasuwanci (MBA) a Jami'ar Loyola Marymount da ke Los Angeles. A lokacin da yake Amurka, Ukpaa ya yi rajista don yin karatun fim a Kwalejin Fina-finai ta New York . Yana kuma da Difloma a fannin Dokar Kwantiragi daga Jami'ar Harvard mai daraja. 

 Sana'a 
Ukpaa ya fara aikinsa yana ɗan shekara 16 ta hanyar koyon shirya fina-finai a matakin mataki, kuma a wani lokaci Wole Oguntokun da Rogers Ofime sun ba shi jagoranci a wasan kwaikwayo na mataki.  An kuma koya masa rubutun fina-finai ta hanyar fitaccen mai shirya fina-finai Amaka Igwe, wacce ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mutane biyu da suka zaburar da shi shiga wasan kwaikwayo a matakin farko da fim ɗinta na harshen asali "Ahanna", da kuma Tunde Kelani tare da "Ti Oluwa Nile".

A matsayinsa na daraktan talabijin, ya yi aiki da Soundcity TV, Spice TV da Trace Urban, da Linda Ikeji TV.   A wata hira da ya yi da This Day, ya yaba wa Tajuddeen Adepetu da Sam Onyemelukwe saboda ba shi hanyoyin haɗi zuwa waɗannan damarmaki. "Theo Ukpaa: My Mother Taught Me To Treat Women Delicately. They Are Like Raw Eggs and Should Be Handled Gently". This Day. Retrieved 2023-05-20. Baya ga kasancewarsa darektan aƙalla bugu ɗaya na MTV Africa Music Awards da The Headies Awards, ya kasance darektan wasan kwaikwayo na The Experience na aƙalla bugu biyar.  Ya kuma ɗauki nauyin bikin fina-finai na Coal City, tare da Izu Ojukwu da Chichi Nwoko.  

An fara nuna fim ɗinsa mai suna The Hunter ne kawai a wani fim da Africa Magic ta shirya.  An fitar da fim ɗinsa mai suna Lagos Landing tare da haɗin gwiwar Alliance française . "Nollywood Generates Over $1.2b Annually But Only A Few Are Cashing Out, Nollywood Generates Over 1.2 billion Dollars Annually, But Only A Few Are Cashing Out, Says Afriff COO, Theo Ukpaa". This Day. Retrieved 2023-05-19. Ya yaba da tasirin shigar Netflix da Amazon Prime Video cikin masana'antar fina-finai ta Najeriya, da kuma tasirin sinima.  Shi ne Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa (COO) na Bikin Fina-finai na Duniya na Afirka (AFRIFF),  wanda ta hanyarsa yake ƙirƙira da kuma samar da yanayi inda tsoffin masu shirya fina-finai za su iya ba da kayan aiki da kuma zaburar da daraktoci masu zuwa. 

An naɗa shi a cikin manyan daraktoci a mujallar African Culture a shekarar 2020. 

 Taƙaddama 
An zargi Ukpaa da laifin fyade ta hanyar wata jarumar talabijin Emilia Samuel.  An kuma yi zargin cewa lamarin ya faru ne a karon farko lokacin da yake aiki da Spice TV kuma ta zo a matsayin mai fafatawa a gasar da gidan talabijin ya shirya a 2008.   Ya musanta lamarin kuma ba a shigar da ƙara ba,  kodayake ma'aikacinsa ya bayar da tayin biyan kuɗin shari'a idan wanda aka yi wa laifin yana son a tuhume shi.  Wannan zargi ya sa Linda Ikeji ta kore shi daga aiki a matsayin Shugabar Shirye-shirye daga Linda Ikeji TV.  

 Fim ɗin fim 

 Gasar Marathon ta Gwaninta (gajere) 2015
 MTN Space (gajere) 2015
 MTN Callertunes (gajere) 2016
 Gudu 2017
 Tafiya Legas a 2018
 Sunana Ba Olosho Ba ne 2019
 Yarinyar Kira 2021
 Enitan (gajere) 2022
 Bangaren Na Uku 2022
 Mafarauci 2023
 Haywire 2023 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Marubutan Najeriya
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane