---
name: "Akinola Davies Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/akinola-davies-jr"
fi1m_id: "akinola-davies-jr"
imdb_id: "nm2663522"
tmdb_id: 2807817
wikidata_id: "Q134530763"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:17:12.262282+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Akinola Davies Jr.

## Identity

Akinola Davies Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akinola-davies-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** akinola-davies-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm2663522
- **TMDB ID:** 2807817
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134530763
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinola_Davies_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134530763, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2663522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2807817

Producer and director. Born in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Also known as:** Akinola Ogunmade-Davies Jr.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinola_Davies_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134530763, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2663522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2807817

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*My Father's Shadow*](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Akinola Davies Jr. is a British-Nigerian filmmaker, writer and visual artist. Born in London and raised in Lagos and the United States, he studied English language with media studies at the University of Brighton and trained at the New York Film Academy, graduating in 2009. He began his career assisting photographers and filmmakers before directing music videos and commercials for brands including Gucci.

Davies is known for the short film *Lizard* (2020), co-written with his brother Wale Davies, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Film at Sundance and received a BAFTA nomination. His feature debut *My Father's Shadow* (2025), also co-written with his brother, premiered in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, the first Nigerian film in the official selection, and won a Caméra d'Or Special Mention. It received twelve British Independent Film Award nominations, including a win for Davies for Best Director, and a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, apnews.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), Fi1m 81, Director, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spirit* (2026), Director, Writer
- *Rituals: Union Black* (2026), Director
- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), Director, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)
- *X US* (2022), Writer, Director
- *Lizard* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Delta Force Six*, Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Akinola Davies Jr.](https://film.one/media/person/7182/gallery-1aa628ee0ae7.jpg) Akinola Davies Jr. — Kacy Bao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Akinola_Davies_at_2025_Cannes_Photocall_for_My_Father%27s_Shadow_1.jpg/1280px-Akinola_Davies_at_2025_Cannes_Photocall_for_My_Father%27s_Shadow_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Akinola Davies Jr.](https://film.one/media/person/7182/gallery-d71b1df0f9b2.jpg) Akinola Davies Jr. — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/akinola-davies-jr