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Branwen Okpako was born in i in Lagos, Nigeria.1 She com- pleted the International Baccalaureate at United World College in Wales and went on to study.
Branwen Okpako
Nigerien filmmaker
Prof.Branwen Kiemute Okpako (born 25 February 1969), is a Nigerian–born WelshGermanfilmmaker.[1] She is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed films The Education of Auma Obama, Dirt for Dinner and Landing.
Apart from direction, she is also a writer, producer, cinematographer, film editor as well as a lecturer.[2]
Personal life
She was born on 25 February 1969 in Lagos, Nigeria.[2] At the age of 16, she moved to Wales.[1] In 1991, Okpako obtained her B.Sc.
in political sciences from Bristol University, England and later followed a course of MFA equivalent in film directing from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin GmbH, Berlin (DFFB) in 1999.[3]
She was married to Johannes Brandrup, where they later divorced.
Career
While in the final year of the DFFB, she produced her maiden short film Dreckfresser in 2000.[2] The film focused about the first