Fidelis Duker

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Fidelis Duker is a Nigerian filmmaker and film festival organiser.

Personal life[]

Born in Lagos, Nigeria to Cross River father (Henshaw Town in Calabar South) and Edo Mother, he had his early education in the Yaba area of Lagos as he attended St Dominic Primary School Yaba Lagos and proceeded to the Federal Government College Kano. ^[1]

After his Secondary education, he attended the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, The Television College in Jos Plateau State, then obtained a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. He also got a Professional Diploma in Public Relations from the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations. He also has an MBA in International Business from Crawford University Ogun State. He also has a Master Degree in Mass Communication from the University of Cross River.

He is married to Temitope Duker.

Career[]

Duker started his career in the year 1988 writing dramas for NTA, Nigeria’s public broadcast television network. He used to write scripts for Tales by Moonlight, a popular television programme for kids in Nigeria. Duker also wrote for Television programmes like ‘Tales by MoonLight; At Your Service, Telemovies, Super Express Show. He further continued working as production manager on sets of most television series between 1989 and 1992 before starting his production with his first ill-fated film in 1992 titled Devils Empire which was not released commercially. However, it was in 1993 that he made his debut as a producer with the Igbo film ‘Skeleton, which was the debut of some of Nollywood greats, a film he produced in Igbo, a language of southeastern Nigerians. ‘Skeleton’ featured the likes of Hank Anuku, Sunny McDon, the late Felicia Milford, Francis Duru, Ngozi Nwosu, and late Sam Loco. Duker was sponsored to attend some International Conferences on Film and television. In 2001 he was sponsored by the BBC to participate in the BBC TV25 training for young Television producers.

In 2005, he was sponsored by the German Government to attend the Training on Festival organisations at the Deutsche Welle Training Akademie in Berlin Germany.  For over three decades, Duker has produced over 100 films and Television programmes both locally and internationally.

In 2003, Duker birthed the idea of the Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF),^[2] one of Africa’s biggest and longest-running film festivals held yearly in Abuja of Nigeria, for which he sits on the board as the Founder of the event holding for its 18th time in 2021. ^[3]

Duker is the group CEO of FAD media Group, a consortium comprising FAD 93.1 FM Calabar, FAD Films Nigeria, FAD Estates, and FAD 360 TV in Abuja, Calabar, and Lagos. The media group was founded in 2005. ^[4]

Nominations and awards[]

In 2016, Duker won a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award,’^[5] at the Best of Nollywood Award (BON) held in Aba. Duker’s radio station FAD93.1FM in 2021 won ‘Next Rated Radio Station in Nigeria’ at the Media-Nite Out Awards. ^[4]

Filmography[]

Ese Atijo – Yoruba – 1993

Skeleton – Igbo – 1994^[6]

Nemesis – English – 1995

Not My Will – English – 1996

Nemesis 2 –  English - 1996

Scandals – English - 1997

Destined To Die 1 – English – 1997

Scandals 2 – English - 1998

Destined To Die 2 – English - 1998

Blood Brothers –  English - 1998

Visa To Hell – English - 1999

King Of Money –  English - 1999

Doctor Death  - English - 2000

Enemy Within  - English – 2001

Pure Love – English - 2002

Hot Passion – English – 2002

Baka Boys – English - 2003

Night Nurses  - English - 2003

Jesu Mushin – English – 2004

Paradise In America - 2005

London Blues – English – 2006

A Means To An End – English  2007

Senseless – English - 2008 ^[7] Starring Segun Arinze, Bimbo Akintola, Kanayo Kanayo, Femi Branch, Ngozi Ezeonu

Cash And Carry – English - 2009

Asiri Ile – Yoruba -  2009

Onyeama – Igbo – 2010

Sade Oloso – Yoruba - 2011

Dada Oni Paki – Yoruba -  2012

TV Productions[]

Images – Tv Series – 2001

Eldorado – Tv Series – 2005

Girls Next Door – 2007

Kids Alone – 2008

References[]