September 18, (THEWILL) – Seasoned filmmaker, Emem Isong, is now an author. The Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Arts Academy, unveiled her first published work, a memoir titled Phoenix: Rising Out of the Ashes, last week. The date coincided with her birthday.
The book was inspired by the fulfilling years that the author has spent in the movie industry as a scriptwriter and movie producer. It captures her journey through the industry, the challenges she encountered, the status of people who study Theatre Arts or Dramatic Arts, the tough choices she had to make, and her successes in the film industry.
The book has since received positive reviews from industry giants. Isong started out as a scriptwriter before going into movie production and later specialised in directing.
Emem Isong wrote her first script in 1994 for the movie titled, Jezebel. Some of her movies have served as launch pads for some A-list actors, such as Stephanie Okereke-Linus, Dakore Egbuson among others.
One of her movies, Emotional Crack was screened at the African Film Festival in New York in 2004. Her expertise in the movie industry resulted in her emergence as a speaker in the Afrinolly Master Class series and a judge for the MTN Afrinolly short film competition in 2013.
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