Adeoluwa Owu

Adeoluwa Emmanuel Owu commonly known as Captain Degzy^[1] is a Nigerian film director, and cinematographer, best known for his works on the television series Far From Home (2022) and Shanty Town (2023), and the films A Tribe Called Judah (2023)^[2] and Jagun Jagun (2023), the latter of which earned him a nomination at the AMVCA for Best Cinematography.^[3] In 2023, FilmOne listed him as the highest-grossing director on Nigeria BoxOffice Yearbook.^[4]

Adeoluwa Owu
Born	Adeoluwa Emmanuel Owu 1985 Ilorin, Kwara State
Nationality	Nigerian
Other names	Captain Degzy
Alma mater	University of Ilorin Pefti Film Institute
Occupations	film director cinematographer
Years active	2011 – Present

Early life and education

Adeoluwa Emmanuel Owu was born in Ilorin, Kwara State.^[5] He hails from Kogi State and is of Yagba descent.^[5] Owu attended the University of Ilorin before proceeding to the Pefti Film Institute in Lagos, where he earned a degree in filmmaking, and he sharpened his skills while he was in the institution as a cinematographer, editor, and director.^[5]

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role
2025	Owambe Thieves	Director
2024	Asiri Ade	Director
	When Love Strikes	Director
	Queen Lateefah[6]	Director
	Crossroads	Cinematographer
2023	Adire	Director
	A Tribe Called Judah
	What No One Knows
	Jagun Jagun	Cinematographer
2022	One Too Many	Cinematographer
	Before Valentine's	Cinematographer
2021	Blind Date	Director
	The Griot	Director and Executive producer
	Ex with Benefits	Director
	What Happened at St James	Cinematographer
	My Village People	Cinematographer
	Charge and Bail	Cinematographer
2020	Introducing the Kujus	Cinematographer
	Betty's Love Triangle	Cinematographer
	Gaslight	Director
	This Lady Called Life	Cinematographer
	Time Looped	Cinematographer
	A Thousand Ways to Break a Cheating Man	Cinematographer
2019	The History of Chicken	Cinematographer
	Adaife	Cinematographer
	Ms Independent	Cinematographer
	Never Saw It Coming	Cinematographer
2018	Oga Bolaji	Director of photography
	Love in a Time of Kekes	Cinematographer
	Memoirs of 4	Cinematographer
2017	A Case of Free Will	Cinematographer
	For My Girls	Cinematographer
	Uncloaked	Cinematographer
	Stormy Hearts	Cinematographer
	In Our Trap	Cinematographer
	Stranger Than Ever	Cinematographer
	Timeless	Cinematographer
	Chasing Rainbows	Cinematographer
	Mid Life Blues	Cinematographer
2016	Romance Is Overrated	Cinematographer
2011	Larmes de sang	Cinematographer

Television

Year	Television serie	Role
2025	The Anomalous	Cinematographer
2024	Game Changer: The Power Play	Director
2023	Shanty Town	Cinematographer (steadicam)
2022	Far From Home	Co-cinematographer
2021	Tough Love	Cinematographer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2020	Queen Palm International Film Festival	Best Cinematography	Himself for The Anomalous	Won
2021	Africa International Film Festival	Oronto Douglas Award for Best Nigerian Film	Himself for The Griot[7]	Won
2021	Golden Leaf International Film Festival	Special Jury Award	Himeself for Blind Date	Won
2024	Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards	Best Cinematography	Himself for Jagun Jagun (The Warrior)	Nominated
2024	The Nollywood 100	Legacy Award[8]	Himself	Honoured