Oluwagbenga Adedoyin Salu, who is simply known as Gbenga Salu, is a

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artist. He has won and also has been nominated for several awards for his music video productions. He enrolled for Mechanical Engineering, and then transferred to the Department of Creative Arts at the University of Lagos Nigeria, where he graduated in 2005. He is married to Temitope-Gbenga Salu (née Oshofisan) who is also a graduate of accounting from the

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. She is also a professional actress, voice over artiste and writer. Gbenga studied film making at the London Film Academy. Some of the Awards he has won includes: *Best Special Effects/editing- Soundcity Music Video Awards (SMVA) - 2008 *Most Promising Director- Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA) - 2009

Naijafootballers

In 2017, Gbenga founded Naijafootballers, an online platform that curates stories about Nigerian football and footballers. The platform is one of Nigeria's most followed sport platforms. The Naijafootballers platform also gave birth to The Ballers Awards; an event that celebrates the best of Nigerian football. The test edition was held in 2018, it was hosted by

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, while the maiden edition was on January 12, 2020. The second edition was hosted by FunnyBone and Debola Adebanjo, while the latest edition has Simi Drey and Emmanuel Sabastine has its hosts. The widely celebrated Ballers Awards in the Nigerian sports industry is endorsed by the Nigeria Football Federation.

Music videos

His music video works include: *Ten ten - Mohits Allstars *Omoba - D'Prince *TWO Legit, Believe in me and Atewo - T.W.O (Tunde and wunmi Obe) *Tinko Angel -

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*Viva Africa - Fela Anikulapo-Kuti *Change your parade - Lynxxx *Ayeole and six feet - Infinity *Omo Jayejaye - Lagbaja

Films

*''A Simple Plan'' (Short) *''10:10'' (Web Mini-series) *''True Scarlet'' (TV Series)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salu, Gbenga Nigerian film directors Living people University of Lagos alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Nigerian film editors Nigerian visual effects artists