Ma bi Daniel Etim Effing éfi éwo jaji ojané Kaduna state , Nigeria . Ugbo ki gwu chi Benin City, Edo State; Lagos State kpai Abuja. attah nwu defu ami soja.[3] odu attah nwu chi Lt. Col. Moses Effiong. Attah nwu defu abo melu ki president Muhammadu Buhari tǫ nǫ to dú ma ki ji olayi ma kibo unyi edudu ñ efo odo1986 alu ku ma tene di Ibrahim Babangida tane gwi aboji Nigeria. Muhammadu Buhari du ma dufu efo odo1993 [4]
Eko ki chi imoto īlo tī skulu yi edome mëf odu skulu le chi St. Mary's amaa īchi skulu yi gometi , í muda de ojané Lagos Island, Lagos. Alu ki gwo omo i lo ti kocha ótakada edome megweji Ikorodu, Lagos, i lo ti Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, na gbi chemical engineering. Alu ki chegba i lchane chukolo engineer oil and gas. alu ku gwo omo ge i le ti ukoche īfilmu e che, ífilmu éko kpai alu ku ma ka amone alu ku ma acti ífilmu le. Unyi ukoche ki le chi na gbi alu ku ma chi īfilmu le chi AFDA Film School ki di South Africa kpai University of Johannesburg.[3]
Alu ki ti uokolo oil kpai gas no, i chane chukolo kpai NdaniTV.[5] efo odo 2017, ya cha amone owo alu ku ma chi filmu le. Eko ku ma chi filmu le nanañ, odu filmu ki direct chi "Prey", o nwu kpe ene ki chi filmu le chi oya nwu Toyosi. Abo ki de fu filmu prey chi Tope Tedela kpai Odenike Odetola.[6]
o nwu kpai Sarah Hassan manwu Catherine Kamau Karanja ma kwi kenya acti filmu anyin odo 2019. odu filmu le chi Plan B odu nwu chi Dele Coker efi filmu le, Nigeria CEO efi Nairobi company, .[7][8][9][10]
Daniel che chi filmu wewe efo odo 2020. o nwu che ene ogbogaga efu filmu ku ma do, "Fish Bone",ene ki ni filmu le chi Editi Effiong. Abo ki acti filmu le kpai onwu chi Shaffy Bello manyi Moshood Fattah.[11] Danaiel nwo chi filmu kpai Ike Onyema kpai 'SirDee' odu filmu le chi, "Storm",ene ki ni filmu le chi Diane Russet ene ki la ka nwi abo ma acti filmu le alu ku ma acti le chi Michael 'AMA Psalmist' Akinrogunde.[12][13] Efo odo 2020, i chi amone owo alu ku ma chi documentary ku ma do, "Skin", ene ki la ne chi Beverly Naya.[14][15] ma di documentry le nwa oji NETFLIX.[16]
Odu oya Effiong chi Toyosi Phillips, ma che no ola ma gwi November 4, 2017. eko ki ma li olama chi ochu ekejo odo 2016 egba ku ma chu ukolo ka dama[20][21] Ochu eke gweji odo 2018, ma gwa nede oma .[22] oya nwu la bi oma ochu ejodudu odo 2019.[23][24]