Akinola Davies Jr.
British filmmaker, writer, and visual artist
Akinola Davies Jr. is a British-Nigerian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. He is best known for his debut film My Father's Shadow, winning of a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut, a British Independent Film Award and a Gotham Independent Film Award.
Early life and education
Davies was born in London and raised between there and Lagos, Nigeria, as well as the United States. He is Yoruba. He began his career assisting photographers and filmmakers before completing a workshop at the New York Film Academy in 2009.
Career
He went on to start creating music videos and commercials for brands like Gucci, Acne Studios, Moncler, Kenzo, Mulberry, and Louis Vuitton.
His 2020 short film Lizard, inspired by his childhood in Nigeria won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Film at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for Best British Short Film at the 2021 BAFTA Awards. Lizard also received a nomination from the London Critics Circle Film Awards and was selected for the BFI London Film Festival and Raindance Film Festival.
In 2025, Davies made his feature-length directorial debut with My Father's Shadow, co-written with his brother Wale Davies.
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