Femi Odugbemi | |
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Born | 1963 Lagos State, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
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Notable work | [Tinsel" (TV series)'"Mama Put"(TV Movie) "Maroko"(feature film) "Gidi Blues"(Feature film) "And the Chain was Not" (Documentary) "ORIKI"(Documentary) "Battleground"(TV drama) |
Awards | Fellow of Theatre Arts, National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners(NANTAP) 2013 Excellence Award in Film by the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria(SPAN) |
Femi Odugbemi (born 1963) is a Nigerian documentary filmmaker, Screenwriter, cinematographer, director, producer and photographer.
Odugbemi was born in Lagos State, south western Nigeria.
He attended Montana State University where he studied film and television production. Having completed his education in the university, he worked briefly as film and radio producer at lintas Advertising.
He has scripted, directed and produced documentaries, short films and drama. He produced Tinsel, a Nigerian soap opera that began airing in August 2008 acclaimed "the most successful television drama on Nigerian television in recent times" in 2013.
Odugbemi scripted, directed and produced Bariga Boys, a multiple award-winning Nigerian documentary about street performers in Bariga, Lagos.
In 2013, he scripted, produced and directed a documentary titled, Literature, Language and Literalism about the late Nigerian writer, Daniel O. Fagunwa, the author of Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀.
In 2002, he became the President of the Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria, a tenure that ended in 2006. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Media and Communications, Pan-African University, a postgraduate training university.
In 2008, he produced Abobaku, a short film directed by Niji Akanni. The film won the Most Outstanding Short Film at the Zuma Film Festival held in 2010 and Best Costume at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards as held on 10 April 2010 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.