website years_active alias residence image article_title education birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.afieryfilm.com/ official website -rsb- 2011 & ndash ; present c.j. , `` the fiery one '' . `` fiery '' obasi , `` fiery '' lagos state , nigeria thumb c.j. obasi
 university of nigeria chukwudi joseph obasi film director , screenwriter , editor
c.j. obasi

c.j. obasi -lrb- also known as `` fiery '' -rrb- was born and raised in small town , owerri , nigeria .
c.j. grew up watching hammer house of horror films and reading stephen king novels .
as a child , he developed a knack for drawing and selling comics based on all his favourite movies and superheroes at the time .
much later on in life , c.j. would put aside his degree in computer science from the university of nigeria -lrb- unn -rrb- to launch into film making , full-time .
c.j. , called `` fiery '' or `` the fiery one '' by many within and without the industry , has worked on short films , documentaries , tv series and music videos as director , writer , cinematographer and editor .
jim & joan , his debut feature , was shot in his childhood home in owerri , as well as some choice beach spots on lagos island .
jim & joan , an art house surrealistic piece , was made without a formal budget , with financial backing from c.j 's friend and partner , benjamin stockton .
jim & joan was screened as the closing film at the eko international film festival in november 2012 , were it was noted as `` the most daring film '' in the festival , and c.j 's work was compared to the danish auteur , lars von trier 's expressionism .
c.j. set up his company `` fiery film '' in 2012 .
soon after , his friend benjamin stockton , a screenwriter and movie aficionado from california came on board to help run the company .
the no-budget horror thriller feature film `` ojuju '' , written , directed and edited by c.j. premiered at afriff where it won the award for best nigerian movie .
c.j. won the trailblazer award at the 2015 africa magic viewers choice awards in march .
c.j. is currently working on `` o-town '' , a crime thriller epic piece , which c.j. calls his `` western in an eastern land '' and describes as `` his exploration into genre-film making '' .
o-town won the restless pitch at the africa international film festival .
c.j. has also worked as an editor on productions , such as apostates -lrb- a feature film -rrb- , and commercials for brands , including globacom .
he has cited martin scorsese , quentin tarantino , alfred hitchcock , stanley kubrick , david lynch , terrence malick , sam raimi , lars von trier as influences .
