Femi Odugbemi (born 1963) is a writer, filmmaker, television producer, and the founder/executive producer of Zuri24 Media, a content production company in

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Early life and career

Odugbemi was born in

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, southwestern Nigeria in 1963. He studied film and television production at

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Bozeman Montana, USA (1979-1984). After graduating, he worked briefly at the Nigerian Television Authority and later as a film and radio producer at two advertising agencies in Lagos: LOWE-LINTAS and McCann-Erickson. In 2008, Odugbemi produced Tinsel,'''' one of Nigeria’s longest-running series with over 3,500 episodes. In 2013, it was acclaimed as "the most followed and most successful drama on Nigerian television in recent times."'''' In 2008, he produced ''

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'', a short film directed by Niji Akanni, and won the Most Outstanding Short Film at the Zuma Film Festival held in 2010 and Best Costume at the

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, held in April 2010 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in

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, Nigeria. Odugbemi is a voting member of the

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(Oscars) and the

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(Emmys). He served as President of the Independent Producers Association of Nigeria (IPAN) from 2002-2006 and was a four-time Head Judge for the Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA), three-time Head Juror of the Uganda Film Festival, Juror of the Johannesburg International Film Festival South Africa, and a Juror/Mentor of the

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African Folktales Reimagined project. He was the pioneer Academy Director of the Multichoice Talent Factory West Africa (2018-2022). He is a co-founder/director of the iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has pursued its theme of “Africa in self-conversation” by championing films and stories about Africa. 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

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in 2018.

Filmography

TV dramas

* ''Tinsel'' (2008) * ''Battleground'' (2018) * ''Brethren'' (2019) * ''Movement Japa'' (2020) * ''Covenant'' (2022)

Feature films

* ''Maroko'' (2006) * ''Gidi Blues'' (2016) * ''4th Estate'' (2017) * ''Code Wilo'' (2018)

Documentaries

* ''Oui Voodoo'' (2005) * ''Ibadan: Cradle of Literati'' (2006) * ''Oriki'' (2008) * ''Bariga Boys'' (2009) * ''And The Chain Was Not'' (2010) * ''Fagunwa: Literature, Language, and Literalism'' * ''Makoko: Futures Afloat'' (2016) * ''Unmasked: Leadership, Trust, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria'' (2021)

References

External links

Zuri24 Media's official website
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