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Biography
Agbor Gilbert Ebot aka AGE (born Agbor Gilbert Ebot; 8 January 1983) is a Cameroonian award-winning film producer. His success as a filmmaker includes Before Sunrise, The Blues Kingdom, The Land of Shadow, Pink Poison and Far. He has a broader focus on African cinema,founder of The Cameroon International Film Festival ( CAMIFF ) aims to promote the Cinema of Cameroon both economically and culturally through exchanges, mutual understanding and co-operation between filmmakers and countries.
He recently received a Medal of honor from the President of Cameroon Paul Biya.
Early life
Gilbert was born to Cameroonian and Nigerian parents. His father is a Cameroonian from Mamfe in Manyu Division while his mother came from Cross River state in Nigeria. He studied at the Government Technical High School (GTHS) in Mamfe.
Career
Agbor Gilbert did not attend any technical school for film. In 2003, he met Jeta Amata, Fred Amata, Olu Jacobs and Rita Dominic in Calabar while they were shooting a movie. He often visited the location as he was always sent out of class on account of not having the right textbooks or tools. Each time he returned to the location, he would sit there and help as a production assistant on the set, and that is how his interest in film grew. In September 2017, he represented Cameroon movie industry at the Heroes in the Struggle Awards in Los Angelos and he said