Recall
Crew • Director
Year
2025
Rating
0.0
Box Office
₦12,899,625
Kunle Afolayan is a Nigerian actor, producer, and director. He is credited for elevating the quality of Nollywood movies through larger budgets, shooting on 35mm, releasing in...
Known For
Director • Producer
Country
Nigeria
Born
Sep 30, 1974 (51)
Latest Credit
Recall (2025)
Box Office
₦151,470,900
Biography
Kunle Afolayan is a Nigerian actor, producer, and director. He is credited for elevating the quality of Nollywood movies through larger budgets, shooting on 35mm, releasing in cinemas, and improving cliché Nollywood storylines.
IMDb
Visit profile
Birth Date
Sep 30, 1974
Age
51 years old
Place of Birth
Ebute Metta, Ikeja
Country
Nigeria
Primary Craft
Actor
Known For
Director • Producer
Popularity
0.0 score
Awards
1 wins, 2 nominations
Explore the latest year with tracked releases, ratings, and shared highlights.
View 2025 WrapCredits
Browse screen and behind-the-camera work across movies and series without leaving the profile.
Crew • Director
Year
2025
Rating
0.0
Box Office
₦12,899,625
Crew • Director
Year
2023
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Crew • Writer
Year
2023
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Acting
Year
2022
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Crew • Director
Year
2022
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Crew • Director
Year
2021
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Acting
Year
2021
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Crew • Director
Year
2021
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Crew • Writer
Year
2021
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Crew • Director
Year
2021
Rating
0.0
Box Office
₦1,676,050
Acting
Year
2021
Rating
0.0
Box Office
₦91,470,900
Crew • Director
Year
2020
Rating
0.0
Box Office
—
Honors
A snapshot of wins and nominations tied to this person across tracked ceremonies.
Year
2015
AMVCA 3
Best Movie Director
Year
2023
AMVCA 9
Best Director
Industry Pulse
Recent coverage, interviews, and industry headlines connected to this talent profile.

Kunle Afolayan films often begin with something ordinary: a discovery, an opportunity, a mistake, a decision that feels small in the moment...
!['I've been sad' - Kunle Afolayan solicits help over fuel price hike [VIDEO]](https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Kunle-Afolayan.jpg)
Famous Nollywood star and businessman, Kunle Afolayan, has solicited help over his inability to cope with the latest hike in fuel price. Speaking in a now

The Nation Newspaper Fuel hike: Kunle Afolayan seeks help over N11m monthly diesel bill

Nigerian filmmaker and director Kunle Afolayan has expressed concern over the rising cost of diesel in Nigeria, saying the situation is putting significant financial pressure on his businesses.

The Oyo State Government has partnered with the KAP Film & Television Academy, founded by filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, to launch a 10-day intensive
Discover More
Move from one standout profile into the collaborators and titles shaping the same orbit.
Tunde Babalola
Writer
6 shared titles
Ijogbon • Tenant Of The House
Bimbo Manuel
Actor
4 shared titles
Ijogbon • Ayinla
Abdulateef Adedimeji
Actor
3 shared titles
A Naija Christmas • Ayinla
Femi Adebayo Salami
Actor
3 shared titles
Ijogbon • Mokalik
Kemi Adesoye
Writer
3 shared titles
A Naija Christmas • Omugwo
Ade Laoye
Actor
2 shared titles
A Naija Christmas • Ayinla
Adebowale Adedayo
Actor
2 shared titles
Anikulapo • Ayinla
Ayo Adesanya
Actor
2 shared titles
Mokalik • Omugwo
Apr 2025
Details available
Set against the vibrant backdrop of Lagos, Recall follows the emotional journey of Goke and Anita as their seemingly perfect love story takes an unexpected and mysterious turn. Recall is a gripping supernatural drama set in present-day Lagos. happiness in their life together. However, their world is shattered when Anita wakes up with no recollection of their marriage or even their children. mystery behind Anita's memory loss, he discovers his mother's love charm that caused their separation.
Jul 2021
Details available
A driven politician looks to settle a long-standing crisis amid corruption, romance and personal agendas.
Jun 2021
Netflix
Ayinla is a musical eponymous film based on the life of Ayinla Yusuf popularly known as Ayinla Omowura, an Apala musician who was stabbed to death by his manager named Bayewu in a bar fight on May 6, 1980 at Abeokuta.
May 2019
Details available
11-year-old boy, Ponmile, who is from the middle-class suburbs and spends the day as a lowly apprentice at a mechanic workshop in order to view and glance at life from other angles. When his father arrives to take him home, Ponmile has to make up his mind if he wants to return to school or take on his apprenticeship full-time on a long-term basis.
Apr 2017
Details available
A young couple after the delivery of their child, had their mother moved in to take care of the newly delivered mother in respect to the Igbo culture called Omugwo. The household soon turned to a battleground with the different cultural background of the two mothers and postpartum depression of the wife.
May 2016
Details available
Five of the top members of a company are sent to a retreat and told one of them will become the new CEO. The cordial atmosphere quickly turns into a competition to see who can outdo all the others.
Sep 2014
YouTube
It's September 1960 and Nigeria's is on the verge of independence from British colonial rule. A northern Nigerian Police Detective, DAN WAZIRI, is urgently despatched by the Colonial Government to the trading post town of Akote in the Western Region of Nigeria to solve a series of female murders that have struck horror in the hearts and minds of the local community. On getting to Akote, more murders are committed. With local tension rising, Waziri has a race on his hands to solve the case before even more local women are killed
Oct 2023
Netflix
Four teenagers from a rural village in South West Nigeria stumble upon a pouch of uncut diamonds, but before long, others come looking for the bounty
Sep 2022
Netflix
After an affair with a queen leads to his demise, an eager traveler encounters a mystical bird with the power to give him another life.
Dec 2021
Netflix
A mother's Christmas wish sets off a fierce competition between her sons.