- Oliver Mbamara
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Oliver O. Mbamara is a filmmaker, actor, writer, lawyer and publisher from Nigeria, West Africa.
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Law career
After graduating in Law from the University of Lagos Nigeria and the Nigerian Law School, he practiced law in Nigeria while simultaneously engaging in writing scripts and poetic pieces in which he also performed and while touring around Nigeria with a theater troupe called Prime Circle. He later moved to the United States where he passed the New York bar examination and was subsequently admitted to practice as an attorney. He is currently an administrative law judge with the State of New York.
Written works
Aside from his professional training as a lawyer, Oliver is a published writer, poet, publisher, editor, actor, filmmaker, director and more. He continues to simultaneously make impact in these varied fields. Oliver is an international freelance writer as well as columnist with several national, international and regional newsmagazines, news journals, newspapers, and online magazines. His audience is spread around the world and cuts across tribe, race, gender, and profession. Oliver’s articles, poems, and editorials are regularly featured in many diverse newspapers, newsmagazines, online magazines, and websites around the world from the United States, to England, Netherlands, Nigerian and other countries. Currently, he has at least six books to his credit. They include: Why Are We Here? 2004, Flame of Love, The Unrestricted, 2004, Flame of Love, The Spark of God, 2002, Love Poems and Quotes, 2003, Poems of Life, 2nd Edition, 2002, and Poems of Life, 2001.
Theater and film
In 2001, a few years after arriving in the United States, Oliver launched his first book Poems Of Life and immediately won and played the lead-actor role in an off-Broadway dance drama – Prof. Chudi’s Prisoner of The Kalakiri. In 2003, Oliver directed and played the lead-actor role in the stage recreation of Zulu Sofola’s Wedlock of The Gods, in New York. Oliver is currently starring in two feature films: This America and Slave Warrior. He is the writer of This America, in which he also served as Assistant Director and Co-Producer. He is also the writer and director of the feature film Slave Warrior, an African historical action thriller. He is currently working on releasing a book version of the story as a novel or historical literature piece at some point.
NEW FILMS
Currently, Oliver Mbamara has released a number of films and is in the production of many more. Some films written and directed by Oliver Mbamara include: SLAVE WARRIOR, THIS AMERICA, THE RETURN OF SPADE, and more. Others include:
- SPADE: The Last Assignment - Summer 2008 SEE http://www.SpadeMovie.com/
- ON THE RUN AGAIN (The Sequel to THIS AMERICA) - Fall 2010 SEE http://www.NollywoodMovies.com/
Oliver has also starred (and continues to star) in many other films and stage performances.
TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Recently, Oliver has delved into Television production and has just concluded a new TV Series titled CULTURES which he created, wrote, and directed. CULTURES aims at tolerance amongst differing cultures using humor. In it, an African Chief sent from Africa by his kinsmen to bring a wife to their son Ozobio who has stayed too long in America without returning home, arrives America to find out that Ozobio is engaged to an American woman. The Chief’s persistence leads to a conflict of cultures with the American woman and ultimately to Ozobio’s dilemma. More about the television drama could be found at: http://www.CulturesTVSeries.com
External links
Online magazines featuring Mbamara
Oliver O. Mbamara is the editor and writes for the following online magazines:
Categories:- Nigerian lawyers
- University of Lagos alumni
- Living people
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