Prominent Nollywood Filmmaker, Producer and Director, Mr. Mahmood Ali-Balogun has been elected as the chairman of Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS).
Mahmood Ali-Balogun polled nine of the 15 director’s votes against the incumbent chairman, Mr Bond Emeruwa who has led the board since 2016. The election which took place at the AVRS secretariat on the 15th of January, 2019 had Mahmood Ali- Balogun returned as the chairman of AVRS.
Audio-Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS) is a collective management organization for cinematograph works in Nigeria. AVRS is empowered under the Extant Laws, to engage in the issuance of licenses on behalf of copyright owners in the film industry, for public and commercial use of films, collect royalties accruing to such licenses and distribute same to the copyright owners.
Mr Mahmood Ali-Balogun is an ambassador and industry leader in filmmaking, cultural worker and the Managing Director of Brickwall communications limited, a graduate of University of Ife and the pioneer chairman of AVRS.
