Eddie Ugbomah | |
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Born | 19 December 1940 |
Died | 11 May 2019 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
Occupation | Film director And producer |
Notable work | America or Die (1996) |
Eddie Ugbomah (19 December 1940[1] – 11 May 2019) was a Nigerian film director and producer. He directed and produced films such as the Rise and Fall of Oyenusi in 1979, The Boy is Good and Apalara, a film about the life and murder of Alfa Apalara in Oko Awo, Lagos. The plots of some of his films are loosely based on real life events, The Rise and Fall of Oyenusi is based on the career of a notorious robber, Ishola Oyenusi.[2]