Tochukwu Lorenzo Uzonna Menakaya (born 4 April 1986) is a Nigerian on-air personality, actor, event host, filmmaker and singer. He received nominations for On-Air Personality (OAP) of the Year at The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) in 2011 and 2012, and he won the award of Outstanding Radio Presenter at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards in 2016. He also hosted the 2019 and 2020 Africa Movie Academy Awards.
Career Menakaya produced his debut feature film, Ordinary Fellows, in 2019, co-directing with Ikenna Aniekwe. In 2019, he was one of the hosts of the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards along with actress Kemi Lala Akindoju and comedian Funny Bone. He also returned as the host for the awards ceremony in 2020. He played the role of Ubong on Trace TV's Crazy, Lovely, Cool. In 2021, he produced Yahoo+, a crime film starring Ken Erics; it was distributed on Netflix in 2023. In 2024, UNO: The F in Family, a feature film he produced, had its theatrical release. He has served as the Festival Manager of the Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival since 2020.
Awards YearAwardCategoryResultNotes2011The Future Awards AfricaOn-air Personality of the year2012The Future Awards AfricaOn-air Personality of the yearPhoenix Global AwardsOn-air Personality of the year Nigerian Broadcasters Merit AwardsMost popular Radio Presenter (South East) 2013Nigerian Broadcasters Merit AwardsOutstanding Radio Presenter of the year 2014Nigerian Broadcasters Merit AwardsNigerian Broadcaster of the year 2015Nigeria Fashion & Style AwardsRadio Personality of the year 2016Nigerian Broadcasters Merit AwardsOutstanding Radio Presenter (Midday) Nigerian Broadcasters Merit AwardsNigerian Broadcaster of the year (Male)
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 My Confession Okezie 2010 Lonely Walk Lorenzo/Music Composer Composed original soundtrack Room Service Music Composer Parish House Ishmael 2011 Spokesman for the Oracle Ikem 2012 My Diva Chika 2013 15 Minutes Mark/Music Composer Composed original soundtrack 2015 Sundown Tale Juma/Producer/Director/Screenplay Composed original soundtrack2018 Wrong Initiation Capone Agwaetiti Obiụtọ Akah 2019 Ordinary Fellows Director/Producer 2020 River Rise 'RenzoShort2021BadamasiColonel UK Bello2022Yahoo+MansaProducer2023Dark OctoberStudent Leader2024ỤNỌ: The F In FamilyProducer
Television Year Title Role Notes2017 - 2018Professor JohnbullJason2 episodes (S04E4 & S05E8) 2019 Crazy, Lovely, Cool Ubong Directed by Obi Emelonye 2020 - 2022Africa Movie Academy AwardsProducerExecutive produced by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe
Music videos Year Title Artist(s) Role 2019 "I Pray" Umu Obiligbo Man
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