Emem Isong-Misodi, The Most Accomplished Nollywood Producer of the Decade

- September 27, 2017

Emem Isong-Misodi, The Most Accomplished Nollywood Producer of the Decade

The best and the most accomplished Nollywood producer of the decade from 2007 to 2017 is Emem Isong Misodi, CEO of the Royal Arts Academy in Lagos, the film capital of Nollywood.
She is a genius in film production, but does not make noise about it. Her narratives have awesome perspectives in the nuances of human dramas of life which she has not failed to capture in motion picture since her first production Jezebel in 1994 that she produced with only N60, 000 with the support of one of the greatest directors in Nigeria, Tunde Kelani and Niger Films' Femi Aloba of blessed memory. It was co-produced with Francis Agu of blessed memory. Two years after Agu became a Nollywood legend from playing a major role in the Nollywood classic, "Living in Bondgae". Then she produced "Breaking Point" in 1996. Read her interview, How Emem Isong emerged Nollywood’s most prolific filmmaker published on December 28, 2015 by Encomium magazine.
She has produced many bestselling and award winning videos listed in the African Video Collection of the Harvard College Library and other film libraries.

Her favourite movies, include "Games Women Play", 2005, starring top Nollywood stars, Zack Orji, Stella Damasus, Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Bob Manuel Udokwu and Desmond Elliot; "Reloaded", 2009, starring Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, Desmond Elliot, Stephanie Okereke, Ini Edo and Nse Ikpe Etim; "Guilty Pleasures", 2009, starring Ramsey Nouah, Majid Michel and Nse Ikpe Etim; "I'll Take My Chances", 2011, starring Ini Edo, Bryan Okwara, Jide Kosoko and Sam Loco-Efe of blessed memory; "Apaye", 2014, starring Kanayo . O . Kanayo, Clarion Chukwura, Belinda Effah, Mbong Amata and Caro Michael; "Knocking on Heaven's Door", 2014, starring Blossom Chukwujekwu, Adesua Etomi, Majid Michel and Ini Edo and "Ayamma" 2016, starring Adesua Etomi, Wale Ojo, Majid Michel, Ime Bishop Umoh, Theresa Edem and Moses Armstrong.

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