Ishaya Bako (listenⓘ) (born 30 December 1986) is a Nigerian film director and screenwriter.
[1][2] He was born in Kaduna, where he lived all his life and later moved to London, where he studied at the London Film School.
[2] After attending the London Film School, Bako went on to script and direct the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)-winning Braids on a Bald Head.
[2] He is an emerging voice of his generation and a member of a select few Global Shapers, a collection of enterprising youths initiated by the World Economic Forum.
[3][4] His film, Fuelling Poverty, a documentary on poverty and fuel subsidy in Nigeria, is narrated by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka.