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Arie Esiri
Filmmaker

Arie Esiri

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Co-directing Eyimofe, a portrait of contemporary Lagos.

Eyimofe

Born
Unknown
Birthplace
Warri, Nigeria

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Arie Esiri

Arie Esiri is a Nigerian filmmaker who works with his twin brother Chuko Esiri.

Early life

Warri and Lagos

Born in Warri and raised in Lagos.

Film school

Graduated from Columbia’s film programme in 2019.

Career

  1. Student years

    Short films

    Worked on Besida and Goose.

  2. 2020

    Feature debut

    Eyimofe premiered at Berlin.

Selected work

Eyimofe

A 16 mm feature following lives in Lagos.

Beyond work

Collaboration

His partnership with Chuko brings complementary approaches to filmmaking.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical data and references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Danielle G. Campbell. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.