Teco Benson

Teco Benson
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
Occupations
  • Director
  • Producer
  • Screenwriter
  • Actor
Years active1994 - Present
Known forRed Hot, Accident, Mission to Nowhere, State of Emergency, Two Brides and a Baby, High Blood Pressure, Explosion
AwardsDirector of the Year at the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards

Teco Benson is a Nigerian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He was nominated for Best Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2006 and 2008, and won Director of the Year at the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards. In 2012, he was decorated by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic. He started his career as an actor in 1994 before switching to producing and directing. In 2003, he made the first Sierra Leone-made film titled Blood Diamonds.

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