McBaror also has to his awards credits, "Best African Film" and "Best Nollywood Director" from the 2018 Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, TINFF, which took place in Toronto, Canada, for the movie The Island.[12] He was again nominated for the "Best Cinematography" and "Best Director" categories at the ZAFAA Global Awards, for his 2017 movie, Lotanna.[13]
Career
In 2011, Mcbaror directed the Nigerian singer, J'odie's musical video, "Kuchi Kuchi (Oh Baby)".[14]
He directed the film, Blogger's Wife, released to the Nigerian cinemas on Friday, February 10, 2017. The film was produced by Seun Oloketuyi, featuring Nollywood actors and actresses like Segun Arinze, Adejumoke Aderounmu, Deyemi Okanlawon, Ijeoma Grace Agu and Adeniyi Johnson.[15] Still in 2017, Kada River, a film he produced, was nominated for an award at the Nollywood Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. At the 2017 Golden Movie Awards, he was nominated in six categories, including: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Director, Best Costume, Best Sound Editor.
In August 2018, the movie he directed, The Island was awarded "Best African Film" and he was awarded "Best Nollywood Director" at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, TIFF, which took place in Toronto, Canada. In September of the same year, he directed the movie, Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons by Ayo Makun, a popular Nigerian comedian.[16] He was again nominated for the "Best Cinematography" and "Best Director" categories at the ZAFAA Global Awards, for his 2017 movie, Lotanna.
In 2019, he released an action Crime TV Series titled, Paper Boat.[17]
In early 2020, he directed Lilian Afegbai's first film of the year titled, Double Strings.[18] Later on February 22 at a press conference in Abuja, he announced auditions for his movie titled, Red Caravan, which he would direct and co-produce, with an estimated production cost of N61 million, to be shot in Kaduna State. The film centers on epilepsy and is set in the 1880s, at a period when slave trade thrived and is to be acted by about 600 actors and actresses.[19] During the Covid-19 outbreak, McBaror released a web series of short films entitled, The Chronicles, aimed at spreading public awareness on the Coronavirus disease.[20][21]
In 2023, he directed Dark October, a film centered on the true life event of the lynching of four young Nigerian students from University of Port Harcourt, who were falsely accused of theft in Aluu area of Port Harcourt popularly known as Aluu Four lynching.[25]
