Teco Benson

Director

Biography

Nigeria

Teco Benson has maintained a very strong track record in the movie industry since 1997 when his directing career began. Originally a civil servant, Benson came into the movie industry in 1994 as an actor and then went into script writing and film production in 1995, and now focuses on directing. Part of the federal government delegation via the Nigerian Film Corporation, he represented Nollywood in Ghana in 2005, as well as being a part of the five-men delegation that represented Nigeria at the 32nd Cairo International Film Festival. In 2006, his movie Explosion was chosen to represent Nollywood in Israel. His 35mm film, Mission to Nowhere, introduced Nollywood to international screens.

Filmography

Dirty Game (1998)
The Price (1999)
End of the Wicked (1999)
Broad Day Light (2001)
Formidable Force (2002)
Born 2 Suffer (2002)
Highway to the Grave (2002)
Power to Bind (2003)
Accidental Discharge (2003)
War Front (2004)
War Front 2 (2004)
State of Emergency (2004)
State of Emergency 2 (2004)
Danger Signal (2004)
Danger Signal 4 (2004)
Blood Diamonds (2004)
Six Demons (2005)
Day of Atonement (2005)
Silence of the Gods (2006)
Silence of the Gods 2 (2006)
Explosion: Now or Never (2006)
Explosion 2: Now or Never (2006)
Explosion 3: Now or Never (2006)
Mission to Nowhere (2008)
Mission to Nowhere 2 (2008)
The Fake Prophet (2010)
High Blood Pressure (2010)
Dr. Cruel (2010)
Blood in the Lagoon (2015)
Just One Blood (2018)

Films Curated by AFF