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Emil B. Garuba

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Emil Garuba is a Nigerian American screenwriter, creative consultant, director, and producer. He has a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Central Oklahoma. His work spans feature films, short films, documentaries, and television shows including the 2015 AFRIFF Audience Choice Award-winning documentary Silent Tears, M-Net Africa's first soap opera Tinsel, and the Africa Magic Original movies Moving On and Lovestruck.

Emil has worked as a script editor on nine award-winning short films for the Nigeria Integrity Film Awards platform (HOMEVIDA) and as a story consultant on the hit television series Sons of the Caliphate for EbonyLife TV.

Emil co-wrote the 2016 AMVCA-winning Feature Film Road to Yesterday and the 2019 family drama Lionheart, the first Netflix original film from Nigeria. In 2019, Emil co-wrote the political thriller 4th Republic. Emil made his directorial debut with the acclaimed short film Last Tango in Abuja in 2020. His most recent work includes SIN (2025), starring Jim Iyke, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Emil was a participant in the UK-Nigeria Script Junction Workshop, a program developed by the British Council with the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and 2015 African International Film Festival (AFRIFF).

In 2023, Emil participated in the Episodic Lab & Development Executive Trainee program facilitated by Realness Institute and Netflix. The same year, he participated in the Durban Film Mart Institute Business Lab. In 2024, Emil served as a mentor in the FilmLab Africa British Council program, guiding emerging Nigerian filmmakers through a comprehensive support system designed to foster the next generation of cinematic talent.

In 2025, Emil participated in the Gender Equitable Storytelling Directing Course sponsored by the Creative Economy Practice at Co-creation Hub. The program focused on directing with a gender lens-training participants in visual storytelling, actor direction, equitable casting, crew balance, editing choices, and leadership on set.

Emil is the Creative Director of Sutoritera Limited, a Nigerian story development and media production company. Sutoritera has produced the critically acclaimed and award-winning short films Leading Lady and Last Tango in Abuja. Sutoritera's feature film slate includes the co-productions In Another Life and A Land Apart. Another co-production Maia is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.

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Filmography

Actor

2

Type

Year

4th Republic Poster

4th Republic Feature Film2019Mr. King

Leading Lady Poster

Leading Lady Short Film2018Sir Kingsley Ofe

Writer

28

Type

Year

A Land Apart Feature Film2026

The Other Side of the Bridge Poster

The Other Side of the Bridge Feature Film2026

The Specialists Poster

The Specialists Feature Film2026

Katangari Goes to Town Poster

Katangari Goes to Town Feature Film2025

Sin Feature Film2025

Charlie and the Boys Poster

Charlie and the Boys Feature Film2023

Kariya TV Series2023

In Another Life Poster

In Another Life Feature Film2022

Maia Feature Film2022

Help! Short Film2021

Jaru's Journey Video Game2021

Time to Live Poster

Time to Live Short Film2021

Last Tango in Abuja Poster

Last Tango in Abuja Short Film2020

4th Republic Poster

4th Republic Feature Film2019

Leading Lady Poster

Leading Lady Short Film2018

Lionheart Poster

Lionheart Feature Film2018

The Itch Poster

The Itch Feature Film2018

The Lost Café Poster

The Lost Café Feature Film2018

Black Widow Poster

Black Widow Feature Film2017

This Land of Ours Poster

This Land of Ours Documentary2017

Treachery Poster

Treachery Feature Film2017

Love Struck Poster

Love Struck TV Movie2015

Mrs. & Mrs. Johnson Poster

Mrs. & Mrs. Johnson Feature Film2015

Oxford Gardens Poster

Oxford Gardens Feature Film2015

Road to Yesterday Poster

Road to Yesterday Feature Film2015

Silent Tears Poster

Silent Tears Documentary2015

Moving On TV Movie2013

Easy Money Poster

Easy Money Video2012

Producer

10

Type

Year

A Land Apart Feature Film2026

To Adaego with Love Poster

To Adaego with Love Feature Film2025

EE Zuzu- A Life of Songs Feature Film2022

In Another Life Poster

In Another Life Feature Film2022

Maia Feature Film2022

Help! Short Film2021

Time to Live Poster

Time to Live Short Film2021

Last Tango in Abuja Poster

Last Tango in Abuja Short Film2020

Leading Lady Poster

Leading Lady Short Film2018

This Land of Ours Poster

This Land of Ours Documentary2017

Director

1

Last Tango in Abuja Poster

Last Tango in Abuja Short Film2020

Thanks

1

My Mama Na Ashawo Short Film2022

Other Crew

1

The Lost Café Poster

The Lost Café Feature Film2018

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