Pascal Atuma
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Pascal Atuma is a Canadian/Nigerian actor, screenwriter, film producer,
film director, and comedian. Born in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria to a
large family of seven, Pascal moved to the United States in 1995 after
attending Government College Umuahia and the University of Port
Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria. He initially tried pursuing a career
as a civil engineer before switching gears and pursuing a career in the
entertainment industry.
In 2002, he graduated from the Kim Dawson Acting College in Dallas,
Texas, and dabbled in theater before relocating to Hollywood. With the
help of fellow Nigerian writer/producer/director Michael Ajakwe Jr.,
Pascal made a successful transition into Los Angeles' highly
competitive world of entertainment. Under the tutelage of his mentors
-- Michael Ajakwe Jr., and his godfather in the business Ayuko Babu,
who is the founder and executive director of the Pan African Film
Festival -- Pascal has blossomed into a creative and talented
professional.
Today, Pascal is a quintuple threat as a comedian-turned-actor, writer,
producer and director added to his credits. As a director, he's helmed
most of his seven movie productions - that is, "The Trace" (coming
soon), "Who Is the Man?" "Okoto the Messenger," "My American Nurse" and
its sequel, "My American Nurse 2." His breakout directorial debut, "My
American Nurse," premiered in the United States at the 2006 Pan African
Film Festival. Its sequel, My American Nurse 2, also premiered at the
Pan African Film Festival. As an actor, he's starred in many of his own
productions, as well as other Nollywood projects, including "Through
the Glass," "The Other Side of Love," "Faithfulness" and "Secret Past."
With each of his projects, Pascal makes the rounds on the film-festival
circuit. Five of his films have been official selections of the Pan
African Film Festival and four in Black Harvest International Festival
of Film and Video. "My American Nurse 2," was released into the North
American market (USA and Canada) in 2010 and quickly became a top
selling African movie in the States and Canada. His other films "Only
in America" and "Hurricane in the Rose Garden" were released worldwide
by Maverick Entertainment. In 2007, Hurricane in the Rose Garden
received an honorable mention in the Pan African Film Festival. Pascal
Atuma served as a keynote speaker at UCLA's Fifty Years of African
Writing: Novels, Filmmaking, Criticism Seminar on February 14, 2011.
film director, and comedian. Born in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria to a
large family of seven, Pascal moved to the United States in 1995 after
attending Government College Umuahia and the University of Port
Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria. He initially tried pursuing a career
as a civil engineer before switching gears and pursuing a career in the
entertainment industry.
In 2002, he graduated from the Kim Dawson Acting College in Dallas,
Texas, and dabbled in theater before relocating to Hollywood. With the
help of fellow Nigerian writer/producer/director Michael Ajakwe Jr.,
Pascal made a successful transition into Los Angeles' highly
competitive world of entertainment. Under the tutelage of his mentors
-- Michael Ajakwe Jr., and his godfather in the business Ayuko Babu,
who is the founder and executive director of the Pan African Film
Festival -- Pascal has blossomed into a creative and talented
professional.
Today, Pascal is a quintuple threat as a comedian-turned-actor, writer,
producer and director added to his credits. As a director, he's helmed
most of his seven movie productions - that is, "The Trace" (coming
soon), "Who Is the Man?" "Okoto the Messenger," "My American Nurse" and
its sequel, "My American Nurse 2." His breakout directorial debut, "My
American Nurse," premiered in the United States at the 2006 Pan African
Film Festival. Its sequel, My American Nurse 2, also premiered at the
Pan African Film Festival. As an actor, he's starred in many of his own
productions, as well as other Nollywood projects, including "Through
the Glass," "The Other Side of Love," "Faithfulness" and "Secret Past."
With each of his projects, Pascal makes the rounds on the film-festival
circuit. Five of his films have been official selections of the Pan
African Film Festival and four in Black Harvest International Festival
of Film and Video. "My American Nurse 2," was released into the North
American market (USA and Canada) in 2010 and quickly became a top
selling African movie in the States and Canada. His other films "Only
in America" and "Hurricane in the Rose Garden" were released worldwide
by Maverick Entertainment. In 2007, Hurricane in the Rose Garden
received an honorable mention in the Pan African Film Festival. Pascal
Atuma served as a keynote speaker at UCLA's Fifty Years of African
Writing: Novels, Filmmaking, Criticism Seminar on February 14, 2011.