Banky W To Go To New York For Filmmaking Courses

Singer Banky W revealed that he is going to follow his dream as he will go to America to study filmmaking.

During a Rubbin’ Minds session with the presenter, Ebuka Obi Uchendu, E.M.E. singer said he’s enrolling in a two month course in New York.

“The thing that I am most excited about is that I’m going to New York next week. I’m going for two months to study a course in directing and filmmaking,” he said.

According to Banky W, it has been a long-standing desire of his and that he has been part of the production of a number of music videos.

“Growing up, I have always written scripts and acted in my school plays.  What a lot of people don’t know is that a good majority of the videos that we put out, I do the screenplay and come up with concepts and sometimes, I co-direct or produce the videos. It’s something I want to pursue and one of my goals for the year is to learn the technical side of film making.”

He mentioned music video direction and advertising as areas he would also like to get involved with, and as regards joining mainstream filmmaking, Banky W sees it as an option. Banky W (real name Olubankole Wellington) is a Nigerian R&B artist. He was born on March 27, 1981, in the United States to Nigerian parents. He established the Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E.) record label as a platform to get his music to his fans.