Uzee Usman


Uzee Usman Adeyemi is a Nigerian actor and film Producer known for his film Oga Abuja. His ability for fusing Nollywood and Kannywood won him several awards and recognitions including Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2016 National Heritage Award.

Early Life

Uzee Usman hails from Kwara State born & grew up in Kaduna, Kaduna State. He holds two degrees in Political Science and English Language from the University of Abuja and University of Jos respectively before he proceeded to study Special Effects in South Africa.

Career

He began his career in 2003 as a make-up artist, In 2013, he delved into film-making and has produced award winning films, both in Kannywood and nollywoodincluding Oga Abuja, which won Best Hausa Movie of the Year at the 2013 City People Entertainment Awards; and Maja which won Best Film of the Year at the 2014 City People Entertainment Awards and was nominated in the Best Picture category at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. In 2016, he was awarded the Best Film Producer at the 20th African Hollywood Awards. Uzee is presently the host of Taurarin Zamani, a talk show which airs on Africa Magic Hausa.

Awards

Awards received by Uzee Usman.
YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2008Africa Movie Academy AwardsBest Make up-
2013City People Entertainment AwardsBest Movie of the Year Kannywood-
2014Africa Magic Viewers Choice AwardsBest Movie of the Year -
2014City People Entertainment AwardsBest Movie of the Year Kannywood-
2016African Hollywood AwardsBest Film Producer-

Filmography

List of films by Uzee Usman
YearTitleRoleGenre
2015Oga AbujaProducedDrama
  2015MajaProducedDrama
  2016Dark ClosetProducedDrama
  2016Power of TomorrowProducedDrama
2016Hassana da HussainaProducedDrama
  2015Har da mijinaActorDrama
 Muqabala Produced & ActorDrama
  2016Red LineProducedDrama
Dear AffyActorDrama
2017If I am PresidentProducedDrama
2018Lagos Real Fake LifeProducedDrama
2018MustaphaActorDrama
2019'Almost PerfectActorDrama
  2019Least ExpectedProduced & ActorDrama
  2019MaimunaProduced & ActorDrama
  2018SharoActorDrama
2020Good CitizenProducedDrama