It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'. Having said that, we are all many things - for example I'm Igbo and Nigerian, a director, a filmmaker etc., but I feel what affects me the most, especially the way people/society view or treat me, is the fact that I'm a woman, and I'm fascinated by that.

I entered the film industry sprinting, but not for long.

It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'.

Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry.

I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.

As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).