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Ishaya Bako
Ishaya Bako (ⓘ) (born 30 December 1986) is a Nigerian film director and screenwriter.[1][2] Early lifeHe was born in Kaduna, where he lived all his life and later moved to London, where he studied at the London Film School.[2] CareerAfter attending the London Film School, Bako went on to script and direct the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)-winning Braids on a Bald Head. He won the Best Short Film Awards at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[2] He is an emerging voice of his generation and a member of a select few Global Shapers, a collection of enterprising youths initiated by the World Economic Forum.[3][4] His film, Fuelling Poverty, a documentary on poverty and fuel subsidy in Nigeria, is narrated by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka. He lives in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria.[5] His film The Royal Hibiscus Hotel was screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] He also was one of the writers for the movie Lionheart (2018 film).[7] See alsoReferences
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