Emanuel Pantora
Emanuel Pantora is a South Sudanese actor who starred in “Numbers”, “The Munchies” and “Bloody Romeo” in 2018-2020
On March 3, 1991, he was born in South Sudan as Mayung. In 1996, he moved to Egypt with his parents, Gai Liel and Nyaluak, he has 12 siblings. In 2003, the family moved to Canada.
"I fell into acting by complete surprise. I was playing Clash Royal in my room, got bored, and decided to go for a walk. I ended up at an audition, but I had never really taken acting seriously before. To my surprise, I got the role. I took it as a sign that this was what I was meant to do. I am big on Destiny, but this destiny, wasn't easy, I had to find an acting teacher who could teach me all I needed to know, I found Shannon Lawson, she helped me learn the basics, the rest I learned for shooting monologues, it took time, I thought I was ready. I traveled from city to city and never seemed to get the parts I wanted. The pressure got to me, And it spiraled me into a great depression. I would travel to different cities and find myself at a park bench each time, asking why am I there, I was full of fear of not being good enough, but I couldn't turn back I'll lose money, so I went through it, yet I failed the get the job, I was stressed, was about to pack it all in, when modeling discovered me. In a sense it saved me, yet I didn't feel that was where I belonged for the long term. A passion for acting is still buried deep within my heart. I dove back into acting after a year of modeling and never looked back.
Because I grew up in front of the television As Child, this is my life
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As an immigrant child in a country not my own, growing up wasn't easy it was terrible. I was born in South Sudan thinking I was not going to make out, at age of 4 to 5 I had experiences with snakes, alligators, soldiers during the civil war, I have seen blood and shortly after, we moved to Egypt for 5 years before migrating to Canada with my family, Egypt wasn’t easy I faced racism where someone would call me names just because I had darker skin, everyone would join in, even grown ups as well, it came to a point where my cousin who was around 14 we were at the market I was 9 years old, these elder teenagers about 6 of them came chanting chocolate and other words, but don’t get me wrong I love chocolate, but I was mad so I stood up, I could hear my cousin calling don’t do it Emanuel, I was mad so I didn’t listen, they tried to attack me but my cousin came to defend, I felt bad he got beat up because of me, I grew more hate, seeing the world as my enemy. Moving to Canada I felt lost. I found it difficult to adjust to the huge culture shock in those early days. I fought at school, skipped classes, and started to isolate myself from other kids. This only proved to fuel further bullying and depression. The only solace I seemed to find was in my 9th-grade drama class. It was in that class that I discovered in my heart that acting was a path I may consider trying to pursue, at least I wasn’t too sure about it, I was always lost. everything I remember was that come home every day after school I would sit in front of the tv, It was the only escape from reality it gave me peace, I wanted to be on Tv, but I fondly remember at age 11, sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night at 2 Am to go to the playground and dream. I'd gaze into the night's sky, laying on top of a playground structure and wishing upon the stars that someday I would become famous and help my family. But I had no idea how I would get there or what I will do when I grow, I believe this dream will someday come true, proving that you can accomplish anything; even against all odds, as long as you keep pushing forward'
In 2012 Pantora graduated from Woodroffe high school.
He started his career with modeling campaigns in 2018. Then he did commercials for Tim Hortons, Shoppers Drug Mart, McDonald's, Michel Germain.[1]
He was awarded by South Sudan Cinematography Agency for his role in “The Munchies” in 2020.
In 2021, he starred in three movies “Numbers”, “The Munchies”, and “Lenny”.[2][3][4][5]
The same year he was awarded a Best Actor by Andromeda Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey) and Across The Globe Film Festival, (New York 2021). He took Platinum Award for Best Actor at Independent Shorts Awards (Los Angeles, California, 2021).
Films[edit]
- The Moral Code (Feature Film), 2021
- Very Bad Dreams (Short Film)
- Thug vs Karate (Short Film)
- Bloody Romeo (Feature Film), 2017[6]
- Ghost (Short Film), 2021
- Chi Ann Blazy of fury (Feature Film), 2019
- Absence of Light (Short Film)
- Lenny (Short Film)
- Mafioso (Short Film)
- Numbers (Short Film)
- The Munchies (Short Film)
Links[edit]
Websites[edit]
- ↑ "Emanuel Pantora, Actor, Ontario". www.mandy.com. Retrieved 2021-11-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lessard, James (2021-06-23), Numbers, JamesLessardProductions, retrieved 2021-11-03
- ↑ Seed, Kyle (2021-06-14), The Munchies, Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus, retrieved 2021-11-03
- ↑ McNaule, Kristen, Lenny, Coastal C Entertainment, Element 109, retrieved 2021-11-03
- ↑ "New movie stars from Africa. What we know about them". Forbes Africa. 5: 34. May 2021.
- ↑ https://www.backstage.com/u/Emanuel-Pantora/
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