NOLLYWOOD FILMMAKER, NDAVE DAVID NJOKU SPEAKS

There are a lot of amazingly creative individuals out there but very few dedicated among them. One of these amazingly creative dedicated personnel is Nollywood Producer and Director, Ndave David Njoku.

This gracious young man hails from Ukelefi in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu state but was born and bred in Abraka, Delta state. Ndave is the last kid from a family of seven children and grew up without a father owing to the untimely demise when Ndave was just 14 years old.

Growing up was a bit tough for Ndave due to the fact that he didn’t have a father figure to lean on most times for guidance, but his mother who is a God-fearing woman succeeded in her capacity in raising him with a Christian law book. The street tried to pull him down but his mother’s adherence to the Bible’s rule; ‘train up a child in the way he should grow and when he is old, he shall not depart from it’ kept him up on Holy grounds and made him who he is today.

Ndave David Njoku did both his secondary and tertiary education in Abraka, the tertiary institute being Delta State University (DELSU) to be precise.

When asked how the whole movie career started Ndave David Njoku said,

Acting is an in-born desire that I have never allowed any pressure quench. At first my family didn’t believe in it, but it never stopped me from pursuing my dream. My favorite subjects back then in secondary school were English language and Literature, and I preferred the Drama unit in church to any other department. Any church I saw without a Drama unit was boring to me… all for the love of acting.

Ndave’s first audition was in 2004 under the supervision of Mr. Perfect, who cajoled him and told him he had no future in the movie scene. The next day he went back to the audition ground and took a piece out of their script. He used the script to modify and story in his head and wrote a 4-page script. He took the script to St. Paul Catholic Church, Delsu and went for an outing with the drama team. From there people began encouraging him to venture into the movie world.

Although he never studied Theatre Arts, Ndave found himself on so many stage acts.

His first movie was SMACK DOWN, where he co-starred with A-list actors like Van Vicker, Chiwetalu Agu and Uche Jombo. He then produced a short film titled THE WAR LORD and 2008, Ndave wrote, co-directed and also was a co-executive producer alongside Oshilim Gabriel and Oshilim Anthony, a movie, WICKED CONSCIENCE, starring Chiwetalu Agu, John Paul, Uche Elendu, and Emmanuel Ahummadu a.k.a. Labista.

The movie had a poor turn out and he went in for a four year break.

In 2012, Ndave started from scratch as a location manager in Awka, Anambra state. A year later he combined both location manager and the position of production manager. Then he went into Producing again and has made the following movies;

• JohnPaul and Rebecca
• The Widower
• Broken Bottle
• Little Calabash
• Plantain girl
• Ghetto Packaging
• Oh Blood Money
• Sorrows of Nene
• Tears of Nene, etc.

In 2015, Ndave David Njoku co-produced the first ever blockbuster cinema movie in the Eastern region, THE LAST KIDNAP. The movie was produced by KAS-VID International and directed by Ifeanyi Ikenyi a.k.a. Mr. Hollywood.

This year 2016 gave Ndave the opportunity to shoot his first short cinema film titled THE INHALER by CD Initiative Films. He also co-produced another blockbuster, POLYGAMOUS FAMILY starring Pete Edochie, Remi Ohajianya, Imet Goodluck .a.k.a. Tallest man. The film was produced by OG Best International.

Recently he is working on a new movie starring Nkem Owoh, Tana Adelena Egbo and others, for AMACO Investment and just concluded a movie project for Dekross Productions.

When I see people doing what they love to do without stress

this was the answer he gave when asked his greatest inspiration. And when asked where he sees himself in 3 years he said,

Only God knows.

His hobbies are making researches and playing games.

Ndave’s favorite directors are Mr Ifeanyi Ikenyi (Mr. Hollywood) and Mr. Chris Nkem Okafor a.k.a. ChrisNX. His role model is Jesus Christ and best foreign filmmaker is Steven Spielberg.

Also ladies, run come! come! Ndave David Njoku is still single. To get him online visit his

Facebook account: NDAVE DAVID NJOKU

Twitter: @ndavedavid

Instagram: @ndavedavid

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