Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
Nigerian film director and producer
Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (born 20 June 1971) is a Nigerian film director and film producer. Popularly known as De' Guvnor of Nollywood.[1] He is an Edo-born filmmaker who has produced over five hundred films and counting. He is well known for his 2014 epic historical film, Invasion 1897.
Education and career
He studied at the University of Port Harcourt. Imasuen has worked in the film industry since 1995, mainly as a film director and producer. He currently lives in Lagos.
His films feature unexplored aspects of the African experience including tribalism, witchcraft, crime, poverty, religion, and folk beliefs.
Imasuen has filmed an epic movie titled Nogbaisi Ovonramwen in 2013. The film was about Oba Ovonramwen, the last independent Oba of Benin. In 2025, he celebrated his thirty years in the industry.
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