Wingonia Ikpi

Wingonia Ikpi is a Nigerian film director, scriptwriter, producer. She is the founder of Boxonia Blueprint, a film company that specializes in scripts and video production for projects that range from cinema to advertisements, animation, telenovelas, video games etc. Wingonia's films are characterized by dark elements, complex characters, witty dialogue, aestheticization of violence and peculiar soundtracks to fit the mood of the project. In 2017, she wrote 'Eno's Demons', a short advocacy film which won The Best African Film Award at the Amazing Shorts Film Festival in Madrid, Spain. Wingonia Ikpi also has firsthand experience contributing to popular television shows like Tinsel and Halita. In 2019, she took the role of a facilitator for a scriptwriting class at the Nigerian government's N-Power program. Her recently concluded directorial debut, "Otana", is a horror film which she wrote, directed and produced.