Inside Divine Jones (Major)

My Full Story

Divine Jones (Major), is an astute professional film Writer, Director, Actor and Film consultant with an excellent and detailed hallmark of creative touch to every film he works on.

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SYNOPSIS:

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Divine Jones (Major) was born on 23rd October, 1984, to Samuel Tetteh Ogum, a Building Contractor in Ghana, and Margret Swen, a business woman with a Liberian-American lineage.

Having stayed with his father in Ghana, he grew up becoming a tough young boy, overcoming the challenges of life, most especially living with a single parent, thus his father.

He grew up without a maternal love.

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With the Presbyterian-orthodox religious ethics, his father nurtured him with a sense of discipline, respect and love for everyone he meets in life.

Divine, with his passion in music ended up forming an Accapella group at church where they could perform

during some special church occasions and other public functions and national festivals like Theatre for Change, Kidderfest and Fun world Ghana, back in the days of 2000-2005.

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With his gift and passion in acting, Divine was appointed as the drama director for his church, where he led both the young and old through an outstanding stage play performances. He was a writer

, director and also an actor of most of his stage plays.

Having spent much time with one of his favorite uncles, Major Rtd Ebenezer Tei Ogum, a military high ranking officer of the Ghana Armed Forces, Divine grew up under his ordinance of strict military disciplines. That was the beginning of his love for the Ghana Army.

His uncle trained and taught him much of the military special intelligence ethics.

His passion for military special intelligence code of ethics made him to write and direct his first award winning action short film titled “PRESSURE” starring Magnus Brooks (Liberia – Ghanaian Actor), Gary Philips Uche (Nigerian

Actor) and Late Gifty Temeng (Ghanaian Veteran Actress).

We have the power to create the kind of life we want, if circumstances do not walk with us in favor of our elementary desire …..

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EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS:

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After the death of his father, who was his mentor and inspiration, Divine changed from his academic excellence of becoming a Lawyer to his passion of been a Film Writer / Director. After his S.H.S education, he gained admission into the university, National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) under the oversight of the University of Ghana where he attained his first degree in Film Directing.

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He travelled to Germany, and that was where he gained much interest in the German Film Culture, popularly known as the German Expressionism, one of the earliest artistic genres to influence filmmaking, and one that arguably paved the way for many other avant-garde styles and techniques in the art of filmmaking.

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Divine Jones had his first Ghanaian-German short film production, titled “KUWULULU”, an award winning short film that speaks about a German traveling to Africa in search of an African herb he believed could cure his heart disease. He was the Unit Production Manager for the film production, which was shot both in Ghana and Germany.

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With much love for education and the desire for academy excellence, Divine went to Central University College-Ghana to study Business Administration. He later stopped the studies of Business Administration, and decided to go into the study of philosophy; a professional discipline he believes would shape and guide his thoughts of reasoning, giving him more in-depth to the art of Filmmaking, thus the skill of creative screen writing and professional film directing. With his love for philosophy, one could clearly see the reflection of logical reasoning in all his films screenplays, with characters demonstrating an impeccable delivery of classical dialogues and performances.

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He is hoping to one day become a Doctor in Philosophy where he ca

n establish an institution for excellence creative script writing and professional film directing.

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:

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Divine Jones (Major) gained hope in the art when he received his first ever award as the promising actor of the year from one of his stage plays performed at church, titled “THE LORDS SUPPER”,

where he played the role of Jesus Christ in the crucifixion. He was a versatile multi-talented young man who led his Accapella group to the 2nd runner-up competition of Fun World 2004, with an outstanding Accapella and stage play performance.

Actor Divine Jones got his first breakthrough in a feature film titled “TRUE LOVE RETURNS”, in the year 2007, where he played the lead role of (Romeo) a poor educated young man who was in love with the daughter of a Chief.

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While in the university pursuing his first degree, Writer, Actor

and Director Divine Jones (Major) got many appointment letters from the rectors of well established media institutions to come and lecture. At ALL STAR MEDIA COLLEGE (Dansoman), he was appointed the Head of Acting Department, and also doubled up as a lecturer for Screen writing. At CRYSTAL GALAXY COLLEGE, (Odorkor), Director Divine Jones (Major) was appointed the Head of External Affairs and also lecturer for Screen Acting.

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He was appointed at GH MEDIA SCHOOL, (Achimota) as the Head of Theatre Arts. He was a lecturer who taught the following media courses; Professional Screen Acting, Script Writing, Film Directing and Costume & Make Up Designs for Film Production.

In 2016, he was the special invited guest speaker for an educational student’s conference at University of Education, Winneba – Ghana, on the topic, professional story writing.

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Writer and Director Divine Jones (Major) is the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Creative Director of Ultimate Screen Productions, a professional production company that produces TV commercials, Television series, Feature Films and Film Lectures. He has written and directed TV commercials like Privada Natural Mineral Water, Gh Media School admission commercials, Royal Natural Health Clinic, Royal Gold and Jewellery. Writer and Director Divine Jones (Major), with much interest in short films productions, has written and directed short films like; SIN, My name is Michael, Pressure, GA-Mashie, Hello! Who’s

there?

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He wrote and directed his first feature film, “THE SLAVE KING ”, an African epic adventure film revolving around thematic issues like African slavery from the colonial era. The award winning film featured prominent movie stars in the like of Jose Torbelt (Liberian-Ghanaian Actor), Fred Amugi (Ghana), Edinam Atatsi (Ghana), Stella Animah Anarkwah (Ghana), Kwaku Frimpong (Ghana), Samuel Bravo (Ghana) and Gary Philips Uche (Nigeria), and also with introducing characters; Esi Hammond (Ghana) and Sandra Osei (Ghana). The story idea of the film was written by Gilbert Ramy Carrey, Produced by Magnus Brooks and Screen played / Directed by Divine Jones (Major).

Writer and Director Divine Jones (Major) wrote his second award winning feature film titled “BAABANI ”, a Muslim true story of a teenage girl giving out by her mother in marriage to an Alhaji. The film featured award winning stars like Kalsium Sinare, Fred Amugi, Umar Krupp and Eman Sinare, Roselyn Ngissah and also featured other actors and actresses like Samuel Bravo, Peter Richie, Salma Mummin and Esi Hammond. Having gained much control of the arts, with a cinematic experience, Writer and Director Divine Jones (Major) is well known by all in the Ghanaian film industry for his professional philosophical skills of creative script writing and a detailed approached to the craft of film directing.

His excellent hallmark to the craft won him a contract, to the writing and directing of his 3rd

feature film titled “SILENCE”, a true life story about domestic

violence and sexual abuse of a mother and her two daughters, by their father and some thugs in the community. The award winning film featured prominent movie stars in the like of Jackie Appiah, Kalsium Sinare, Kingsley Yemaoh, Martha Ankomah, Umar Krupp,

Samuel Bravo and Kwaku Frimpong.

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Major, as he’s popularly known in the film industry is said to be

living an excellent trademark of every film hes written and directed.

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I eat, drink and breathe the art of filmmaking

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CLOSING STATEMENT:

With his love for African tales, folklores and heritage, Divine is set to be on the verge of focusing much on the writing, producing and directing of African historical stories, telling it from the African-Diaspora perspective. His next feature story he is working on is NANA YAA ASANTEWAA, a Ghanaian historical story about the Asante female warrior who stood alone in the challenge of the British Colonial era of Ghana-African slave trade. It’s said to be another African epic action adventure film. With a slight shift to the area of producing, Writer and Director

Divine Jones (Major) is said to be producing his first ever television series. His love and passion for military special intelligence and trust in the Ghana Army, inspired him to write an educative and philosophical Television series, titled “THE RECRUITER”, an intriguing Television series about job employment with each episode running for just 10 minutes, a new cinematic TV series, breaking away from the conventional style of a 30 or 45 minutes duration for an episode.

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NOTE TO ALL:

Film is an art, and every art is a deep expression of life. As filmmakers, we have the power to either create or destroy an individual or an entire nation with our audio-visual presentations.

We must use our creative powers to mould an individual for positive change and develop a nation for progress…….

And not forgetting, that as Africans, we must tell the African untold stories, from the African perspective. – Writer, Director and Actor Divine

Jones (Major)

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