Meet Uyoyou Adia, a Filmmaker hungry for growth...

Meet Uyoyou Adia, a Nigerian Scriptwriter, Actor and Director. She holds a B.SC in Microbiology from the Osun State University, she hails from Isoko, Delta State.

In 2013 she acted in a movie called 'Child Not Bride' directed by Toba Tegbe, it also starred Tomiwa Tegbe and Oruaro Adia. Uyoyou immediately fell in love with the industry and informed her friend she has stories she would love to share, he encouraged her to write them herself, she went online to read more about it, and in 2014 she wrote her first feature film titled 'Unbroken'.

She began attending auditions, but had to take a break to round off school. In 2017, she moved to Lagos to concentrate in the industry. She starred in a short film, she co-wrote  titled 'Broken' Directed by Peter Petrelii, the movie went on to win the Best Nigerian Film at the African Smartphone Film Festival 2017 and 'Wild Thoughts' that got to screen at the New York Mobile Film Festival 2018.

Same year, 2017, she saw a call for writers to be a part of the Homevida awards, she applied and was selected to be among the 30 participants that got groomed and trained as writers by professionals in the Industry. 

During the Homevida workshop she met Micheal 'AMA Psalmist' Akinrogunde, they bonded fast and an idea came to shoot a short film about a female footballer that her parents didn't want to play football, After nursing a dream of becoming a footballer herself for years, it was a dream come true for Uyoyou to play the role of the lead female that was a footballer, she and Micheal went on to shoot the short film called 'Gana Street League' directed by Micheal 'AMA Psalmist' the movie also starred  Femi Branch who played the father of the lead actress played by Uyoyou Adia.

She was also a part of Chris Ihidero's 'Story Story' scriptwriters workshop 2018.
As a writer she has written Lost, Akachi Series season 1, The Family, N.E.W, The Fourth Side, e.t.c, she also does a lot of Assistant Director Jobs, she was the Assistant Director for Chris Odeh's Hausa TV Series 'Rai' and also for Akachi web series pilot directed by Priye Diri. 

In 2018, she decided to take a giant step and went ahead to write, shoot, direct and produce her first film, she challenged herself to make something out of what she had and shot the film with her phone. The short film is titled 'Lost' and it stared Oruaro Adia as the lead actor and also the Editor. 

Synopsis of LOST:

After being diagnosed with depression, everyday for Dave is a battle, with the help and presence of his sister, he tries to get through each day without taking his medication. Will he continue fighting when he finds out she is no more?

Uyoyou released the poster online few days ago, designed by Rex Franklin of Rex Posters. No release date has been set for the film yet. 

Uyoyou Adia is a working Scriptwriter, Actor and she is an amazing Assistant Director. She is highly dedicate, hardworking, intelligent, determined to be a better version of herself and always ready to learn new things and take on big challenges. You can reach her on social media via:

Instagram:@missy_uyi 

Twitter: @missy_uyi

Uyoyou Adia

Oficial Poster for LOST