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Jela Okpara

Jela Okpara

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Hailing from Philadelphia, with roots in Washington D.C. , Jela began crafting his own "movies" as flip-book action scenes after surviving a gunshot blast to the chest at the age of twelve.

An award-winning genre writer and director he creates projects in the sci-fi, action, fantasy, and horror space.

In 2016, he wrote, directed, and produced a horror-comedy proof-of-concept pilot entitled, SPOOK HUNTERS starring Gerald 'Slink' Johnson (Adult Swim's BLACK JESUS & BET'S MAN CAVE) which follows a group of African American Ghost Hunters.

With a slew of shorts under his belt he's most recently racking up awards for directing the open world survival piece, SHILOH'S WAR, shot on location in the desert of Death Valley.

He's actively developing a feature that he wrote for Jesse James Films based on the best-selling, novel THE LAST ONE by Alexandra Oliva.

Currently he's prepping his next project, socio-horror, THE BLACK GUY DIES FIRST.

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Filmography

Director

7

Type

Year

Shilo's War Poster

Shilo's War Short Film2021

Morningstar Poster

Morningstar Short Film2019

Spook Hunters Poster

Spook Hunters TV Series2018

A Band of Thieves: A McGuffin Tale Poster

A Band of Thieves: A McGuffin Tale Short Film2016

Ascended Masters Poster

Ascended Masters Short Film2014

The Last Girl Poster

The Last Girl Short Film2013

The Last Girl on Earth Poster

The Last Girl on Earth Feature Film

Writer

6

Type

Year

Morningstar Poster

Morningstar Short Film2019

Spook Hunters Poster

Spook Hunters TV Series2018

A Band of Thieves: A McGuffin Tale Poster

A Band of Thieves: A McGuffin Tale Short Film2016

Ascended Masters Poster

Ascended Masters Short Film2014

The Last Girl Poster

The Last Girl Short Film2013

The Last Girl on Earth Poster

The Last Girl on Earth Feature Film

Producer

4

Type

Year

Perfectly Single Poster

Perfectly Single Feature Film2019

DWB: Dating While Black Poster

DWB: Dating While Black Feature Film2018

The Last Girl Poster

The Last Girl Short Film2013

Broken Roads Poster

Broken Roads Feature Film2012

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

Morningstar Poster

Morningstar Short Film2019

Spook Hunters Poster

Spook Hunters TV Series2018

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