Cindy Ihua-Maduenyi is a Lawyer, Filmmaker, and Music Executive focusing her skills on managing talents and projects in the media and entertainment industry. In her role as Co-President (Operations & Legal) at Apex Village, Cindy identified the need for global standard visual content that builds artists' brands while utilising distribution and publishing as a means to monetize an artist’s career. She currently represents PsychoYP, Azanti, Laime, Uloko, and the Apex Village catalog. Cindy (popularly known as Director C) has successfully Directed and Produced over 20 music videos used to gain funding to market music rollouts for homegrown artists from Abuja and secured major record and distribution deals worth $2 million. Known for her prolific storytelling, especially via masterful art direction, character building, rich lighting techniques, and great choice of sets, Director C continues to stamp her legacy within the annals of African filmmaking, one video at a time. Her work has led to the creation of albums and EPs that have been touted as the best Hip-Hop and R&B from Nigeria such as the YPSZN mixtape trilogy and the YP & Azanti series. Her music videos have topped charts on MTV Base, Soundcity TV, and Trace. She also coordinated two Youth Empowerment-led Concerts for the Nigerian government. Cindy is an expert IP lawyer who transcends conventional legal practice and uses her creative passions and experience to effectively manage talent and seek out the most important tool for their careers, funding. Ranked as a top-tier music executive, Cindy is an exceptional project manager in the media and entertainment industry with aspirations of building a full-service creative studio for audio and visual content creation in the capital city of Abuja.

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