Kene Okwuosa has over 16 years’ experience in Cinema Development, Operations management, Film Distribution and Production gained from several locations across the world including the UK, US and Nigeria. He is the Co-founder and currently the Group Deputy Managing Director of Filmhouse Cinemas and FilmOne Distribution and Production Limited, Nigeria.
Filmhouse is the largest cinema chain in West Africa and FilmOne is the fastest growing studio-styled organisation responsible for box office hits such as LOGAN, ASSASSIN’S CREED, FIFTY, WIVES ON STRIKE, A TRIP TO JAMAICA and Nigeria’s highest grossing box office film ever ‘THE WEDDING PARTY’. Before his time at Filmhouse and FilmOne, Kene was a founding employee and Head of Field Operations of Genesis Deluxe Cinemas (now Genesis Cinemas 2008 – 2011) and was responsible for the cinema chain’s roll out to Port Harcourt and Enugu, Nigeria. Kene started out his professional career as a Team Member at Europe’s Largest Cinema Chain Odeon Cinemas and quickly rose through the ranks to the position of Assistant General Manager before relocating to Nigeria in 2008.