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| Born | 24 May 1963 Lagos State, Nigeria |
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| Relatives | D. O. Fagunwa |
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Femi Odugbemi (b. 24 May 1963) is a Nigerian writer, filmmaker, television producer and the founder and executive producer of Zuri24 Media, a content production company in Lagos.
Odugbemi was born on 24 May 1963 in Fadeyi, Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria. [1] : 124 [2] [3]
Odugbemi attended Government Demonstration School, Onitolo for his primary education and Apostolic Church Grammar School for his secondary education all in Surulere. [2] At 16, Odugbemi set out to study broadcast communication with specialisation in film, radio and television production at Montana State University (MSU) from 1979 to 1984. [2] [4] [5] While in the US, he worked as a producer at KUSM Channel 9 in Bozeman, Montana. [1] Odugbemi was posted to Kaduna for Youth Service program to work at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Kaduna where he worked from 1985 to 1986. [6]
After graduating, Odugbemi returned to Nigeria and worked briefly at the Nigerian Television Authority before proceeding to work as a radio and television producer at Lintas Advertising and deputy creative director at TBB-McCann. He wrote plays, documentaries and commercials in these positions. [1] [3]
Odugbemi was the president of the Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria (ITPAN), the chair of the Lagos International Forum on Cinema, Motion Pictures and Video in Africa from 2002 to 2006. He was also appointed to the Steering Committee of the Motion Picture Council of Nigeria (MOPICON) by the Minister of Information and Communication in the same year. [1] : 125 He is a member of the adversary board of the School of Media and Communications, Pan African University, a member of the board of Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA) and the international advisor and consultant of the Orange Academy, Lagos. [1] : 125
Odugbemi was the head judge for the Africa Magic Viewer's Choice Awards for five years: 2012 to 2014, 2019 and 2023; head judge of the Uganda Film Festival Awards for three years: 2014 to 2016 and a juror in the Johannesburg International Film Festival and a juror and mentor of the Netflix/UNESCO African Folktales Reimagined project. [7] [8]
Odugbemi is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar Awards) and International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmy Awards) voting member. [9] [10]
In March 2010, Odugemi co-founded the iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival with Jahman Anikulapo and Makin Soyinka. He is also the founder of Dvwork Studios and the executive producer and chief executive officer of Zuri24 Media. [3] [7] Odugbemi served as the pioneer director of the Multichoice Talent Factory for West Africa from 2018 to 2022. [7] He received the Film Excellence Award from the Society of the Performing Arts of Nigeria in November 2013, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nigerian Film Corporation in 2018. [11]
In August 2008, Odugbemi alongside Jaiye Ojo and Lemmy Adebule produced Tinsel . [12] In 2013, Tinsel was acclaimed as "the most followed and most successful drama on Nigerian television in recent times." [13] Others television series include Battleground (2017), [14] Brethren (2019), [15] [16] Movement-Japa (2021), [17] Covenant (2022). [18]
Odugbemi has produced movie such as Marako (2006), [19] Abobaku (2008), a 16mm celluloid film directed by Niji Akanni. The film served as Nigeria's entry into the MNet's New Directions project in 2008, [20] Gidi Blues (2016), [21] 4th Estate (2017), [22] Code Wilo (2018) [22] and The Eve (2018); [23] documentaries such as: [7] [1] Life in Lagos (2003), Bar Beach Blues (2004), Oui Voodoo (2005), Metamorphosis (2006), Ibadan-Cradle of Literati (2008), Bariga Boys (2009), Oriki (2010), Change Today (2010), Keeping Hope Alive (2010), And the Chain was Not: The Story of Freedom Park Lagos (2010), The Orange Chronicle (2010), Nigeria Good People, Great Nation (2011), A Beautiful Life: Tribute to Tavo Aderinokun (2011), FAGUNWA: Literature, Language and Literalism (2013), MAKOKO: Futures Afloat (2016), Unmasked: Leadership, Trust and the COVID-19 (2021).
Odugbemi is from the family of D. O. Fagunwa. [2]
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Abobaku is a 2010 short film written and produced by Femi Odugbemi and directed by Niji Akanni.
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Gidi Blues popularly known as Lagos Love Story is a 2016 Nigerian romantic film produced and directed by Nigerian film makers Femi Odugbemi and Hauwa Allahbura.
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Unmasked: Leadership, Trust and the COVID-19 is a 2021 documentary that depicts the unpreparedness of Nigerians during the COVID-19 that bedeviled the world. The 117 minutes video was written and produced by veteran film producer, Femi Odugbemi and Kadaria Ahmed. The movie also explore the response of many Nigerians to the pandemic using the experiences of their struggle for survival. The movie also explore the intervention of the Government and the Non Governmental Agencies to provide relief for the masses and yet it wasn't enough. The movie exposed the gap in the economy sector in tackling the Pandemic as well as the suffering of the poor masses when the country was locked down. The movie was sponsored by MacArthur Foundation, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and PLAC under the production company of Daria Media and Zuri24 Media.
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Movement - Japa is a Nigerian television series written by Bode Asiyanbi and produced by Femi Odugbemi. The series is centred mainly on the lives of Nigerian youths who were forced to marking critical and bad decisions due to challenges from the society.
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