Kunle Afolayan Biography: Age, Son, Net Worth, Profile, Children, Daughter, Pictures, Wikipedia, Wife, Family, Father, State of Origin

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Kunle Afolayan Biography

Kunle Afolayan, born on September 30, 1975, is a Nigerian actor, film producer, and director. 

He was born in Ebute Meta, Lagos State, in the Southwest region of Nigeria. Afolayan made an appearance at the Subversive Film Festival in 2011.

Early Life and Education

Kunle Afolayan was born on 30 September 1975. Afolayan is of Igbomina-Yoruba descent, from Kwara State.

Kunle Afolayan is the son of theatre and film director, Ade Love. He studied finance, started out by working at a bank, and then decided to switch into full-time filmmaking before enrolling in a course at the New York Film Academy. He also did some acting on the side.

Kunle Afolayan Career

Kunle Afolayan majored in economics and started out working in a bank while doing some casual acting, before deciding to move into full-time filmmaking and taking a course at the New York Film Academy.

Since 2005 Kunle Afolayan has been active in the Nigerian film industry. He has made several films including: The Figurine: Araromire which was in the Yoruba and English languages and Phone Swap which featured Wale Ojo, Joke Silva, Nse Ikpe Etim and Chika Okpala. 

The Figurine won five major awards in the African Film Academy and was successful in Nigerian movie theaters.

Kunle Afolayan appeared at the Subversive Film Festival in 2011 where he represented the Nigerian film industry with his colleague Zeb Ejiro.

In May 2013, Phone Swap premiered in France at the first edition of NollywoodWeek Paris and won the Public Choice Award.

Kunle Afolayan Movies

• Saworoide
• Agogo Eewo
• Ti Ala Ba Ku
• Irapada
• Èjiwòrò
• Onitemi
• The Figurine
• Farayola
• Phone Swap
• Dazzling Mirage
• October 1.
• The CEO
• The Bridge
• Omugwo
• Crazy People
• Mokalik
• Diamonds in the Sky
• Citation
• Ayinla
• Swallow
• A Naija Christmas
• Anikulapo

Afolayan Controversy

Afolayan implied in a tweet on April 6, 2015, that Igbos made up the bulk of those responsible for copyright violations in Nigeria.

After receiving criticism from his followers, Afolayan apologized and said he was worried about film piracy, particularly concerns over the prospective release of unlicensed versions of October 1, his most recent movie at the time.

On April 13, 2015, shortly after his outburst, October 1 was released in pirated form.

Afolayan claimed in an interview with Cable magazine that he rarely watches Nigerian films because he prefers to see films that will challenge him and push him to shift his perspective on certain issues. and as a result, he received a number of vehement criticisms from both fans and some of his colleagues in the Nigerian film business.

Days after this news surfaced, Afolayan sent a video to social media in which he apologized for being misquoted and attempted to correct the record.

Social Media Handle

• Instagram: @kunleafo

Kunle Afolayan Awards and Nomination

• Africa Movie Academy Award nominee for Best Director – 2010
• Golden Jury award for Best Film at the Abuja International Film Festival – 2012
• Festival Prize for Outstanding Film Directing at the Abuja International Film Festival – 2012
• Nollywood Movie Award nominee for Best Director – 2013
• Nigeria Entertainment Award nominee for Actor of the Year – 2015
• Africa Movie Academy Award nominee for Best Director – 2015
• Best Movie Director at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards – 2015
• October 1 won the Best Costume Design at the 2015 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).
• Best Nigerian Film – October 1 at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) – 2015
• October 1 – Best Movie of 2014 at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 2015.
• An Icon in the African Entertainment Industry Award at the Afro-Heritage Broadcasting and Entertainment Awards (AHBEA) – 2016
• City People Movie Award-nominated him for Best Movie Producer of the Year (English) – 2017
• Nominated for the City People’s Movie Award for Movie Director of the Year (English) – 2017
• The Best Film Award at the Durban International Film Festival (2019)
• Nominated for Director of the Year at the Best of Nollywood Awards (Diamond in the Sky), 2019.
• Nominated for the Most Searched Actor at the Net Honours, 2021.

Personal Life

Tolu and Kunle Afolayan are married, and the two of them have four children. He calls himself an independent thinker.

In 2021, the director inked an arrangement with Netflix to produce three full-length movies, one of which would be a cinematic rendition of Swallow by Sefi Atta.

The script was written by Kunle Afolayan and the author, and it supposedly involves a considerable alteration from the original plot.

A woman in Lagos in the middle of the 1980s who begins to consider getting involved in drug trafficking is the main character of the movie.

Kunle Afolayan Net Worth

Kunle Afolayan is a Nigerian actor, film producer, and director. He has an estimated net worth of $2 millions.