Peace Anyiam-Osigwe MFR , a graduate of Law and Political Science from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom is perhaps the most outstanding Creative Entrepreneur in Nigeria with extensive global professional connections and affiliations.
More than anyone else, she has promoted the creative industry, most especially Music and the Film segments of the Art and Entertainment Industry in Nigeria to global reckoning in the last 20 years.
She had facilitated the participation of Nigerian film industry practitioners at International Film festivals, workshops and conferences to deepen and sharpen their skills in the business of motion picture.
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is a visionary and catalyst of change. She is one of African Film industry leading lights. She has been at the forefront of the process of expanding the business of film in Africa and making the industry a major contributor to national economies of African countries. She had created several national and pan-continental programs and initiatives to bridge the divide between Africa’s film making communities with the rest of global industry community.
An experienced producer and filmmaker, she chairs the African Film Academy and is the founder the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), which has grown in the past decade into the premiere award program for African film industry. AMAA has consistently been run for the last 17 years.
AMAA has brought not only much needed peer review and acclamation but has also been a platform for pushing African films into global consciousness.
She understands the business side of Arts and Entertainment and how it can be a huge non-oil revenue earner for government and provide hundred of thousands of employments for young people.
She is also a Trustee of the globally recognized Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation.
She was selected as a TED Fellow in 2009 and serves as a jury member of various international film festivals, including Berlin Film Festival, ION International Film Festival and Cines del Sur.
As a much-sough-after resource person within the global film circuit she was at a time the Creative Director and Co-founder of the Africa International Film Festival and a frequent commentator and lecturer on African film and Culture. Arte, the German TV station focused on her achievements in the film industry in year 2008 and produced a documentary on her work titled Peace Mission.
Ms. Anyiam-Osigwe holds a BA in Law & political science from the Oxford Brookes University, Oxford and is a member of the Honorable Society of Inner Temple of Barristers, both in the United Kingdom. She is a poet with three highly regarded poetry books to her credit. A television talk-show presenter. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe was first published as a writer at the age of 9. She published a magazine called Clicks at the age of 16 in the United kingdom. She has also published other authors under her publishing company, All Media International. A TV program host, she produced TV programmes and films from her studio PMOGLOBAL STUDIOS. She serves on the Board of The Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Group.
She was at a time the Financial Director of the Filmmakers Cooperative of Nigeria (FCON) and was a past Vice President of The Association of Movie Producers of Nigeria. Peace in 2015 will celebrating 31 years of undivided attention within the creative industry
Recently, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe received the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles (PAFF) Channel Visionary Award for her efforts in promoting African Culture through her internationally recognized African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). She was nominated for ‘Creative Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria/British Council. She was the overall winner in the film category. She was bestowed with the African Vision Award for Innovative Initiatives for African Cinema at the 60th edition of Cannes Film Festival.
CNN featured her in 2014 on the popular social diary programme Inside Africa to critical acclaim and she was recently listed by Thisday Newspapers as one of the Leading Women in Nigeria that can add real value to any government that seeks competent women in leadership positions in the public service.
Peace is currently the president of the Association of Movie Producers the oldest Registered Association of the Nigerian film industry. PEACE ANYIAM-OSIGWE (MFR) TED FELLOW: A PROFILE IN CREATIVE ENTREPRENUERSHIP Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, a graduate of Law and Political Science from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom is perhaps the most outstanding Creative Entrepreneur in Nigeria with extensive global professional connections and affiliations. More than anyone else, she has promoted the creative industry, most especially Music and the Film segments of the Art and Entertainment Industry in Nigeria to global reckoning in the last 20 years. She had facilitated the participation of Nigerian film industry practitioners at International Film festivals, workshops and conferences to deepen and sharpen their skills in the business of motion picture. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is a visionary and catalyst of change. She is one of African Film industry leading lights. She has been at the forefront of the process of expanding the business of film in Africa and making the industry a major contributor to national economies of African countries. She had created several national and pan-continental programs and initiatives to bridge the divide between Africa’s film making communities with the rest of global industry community. An experienced producer and filmmaker, she chairs the African Film Academy and is the founder the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), which has grown in the past decade into the premiere award program for African film industry. AMAA has consistently been run for the last 17 years. AMAA has brought not only much needed peer review and acclamation but has also been a platform for pushing African films into global consciousness. She understands the business side of Arts and Entertainment and how it can be a huge non-oil revenue earner for government and provide hundred of thousands of employments for young people. She is also a Trustee of the globally recognized Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation. She was selected as a TED Fellow in 2009 and serves as a jury member of various international film festivals, including Berlin Film Festival, ION International Film Festival and Cines del Sur. As a much-sough-after resource person within the global film circuit she was at a time the Creative Director and Co-founder of the Africa International Film Festival and a frequent commentator and lecturer on African film and Culture. Arte, the German TV station focused on her achievements in the film industry in year 2008 and produced a documentary on her work titled Peace Mission. Ms. Anyiam-Osigwe holds a BA in Law & political science from the Oxford Brookes University, Oxford and is a member of the Honorable Society of Inner Temple of Barristers, both in the United Kingdom. She is a poet with three highly regarded poetry books to her credit. A television talk-show presenter. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe was first published as a writer at the age of 9. She published a magazine called Clicks at the age of 16 in the United kingdom. She has also published other authors under her publishing company, All Media International. A TV program host, she produced TV programmes and films from her studio PMOGLOBAL STUDIOS. She serves on the Board of The Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Group. She was at a time the Financial Director of the Filmmakers Cooperative of Nigeria (FCON) and was a past Vice President of The Association of Movie Producers of Nigeria. Peace in 2015 will celebrating 31 years of undivided attention within the creative industry Recently, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe received the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles (PAFF) Channel Visionary Award for her efforts in promoting African Culture through her internationally recognized African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). She was nominated for ‘Creative Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria/British Council. She was the overall winner in the film category. She was bestowed with the African Vision Award for Innovative Initiatives for African Cinema at the 60th edition of Cannes Film Festival. CNN featured her in 2014 on the popular social diary programme Inside Africa to critical acclaim and she was recently listed by Thisday Newspapers as one of the Leading Women in Nigeria that can add real value to any government that seeks competent women in leadership positions in the public service. Peace is currently the president of the Association of Movie Producers the oldest Registered Association of the Nigerian film industry."