Akintade Ogidan, aka Tade Ogidan (born July, 1960), is a
Nigerian film and television
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
,
producer and
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
.
Early life
Born in
Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ...
, to middle class parents Akinola and Rachael Ogidan, he grew up in
Surulere
Surulere is a residential and commercial Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area located on the mainland of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria, with an area of . At the last census in the year 2006, there were 503,975 inhabitants, wi ...
, a suburb of
Lagos State
Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...
in Nigeria.
Education
He had his elementary school education in the mid ‘60s into the ‘70s at Government Demonstration School and
Surulere
Surulere is a residential and commercial Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area located on the mainland of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria, with an area of . At the last census in the year 2006, there were 503,975 inhabitants, wi ...
Baptist School, both in Surulere,
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
. Between 1972 and 1974, he attended secondary school at Ekiti Parapo College,
Ido-Ekiti, and graduated from Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos, in 1978. From 1979, Ogidan attended Eastern
New Mexico University in
Portales, NM,
USA
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. He completed a short stint at the State
University of New York, in
Buffalo, NY, USA.
TV
From 1982 to 1983, Tade Ogidan completed the government-mandated
National Youth Service Corp
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
program at the
Nigerian Television Authority
The Nigerian Television Authority or NTA is a Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcast station. Originally known as Nigerian Television (NTV), it was inaugurated in 1977 with a monopoly on national television broadcasting, after ...
, NTA, in Lagos, after which he became a full-time Producer/Director with NTA Channel 10, and a Continuity Announcer with NTA 2 - Channel 5, both in Lagos, Nigeria. Ogidan spent 8 years with the Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA 10, NTA 2 - Channel 5 and NTA National Network Service and projects).
At NTA, he produced/directed several episodes of the ''PLAY OF THE WEEK'' drama series, the ''TELE THEATRE'' drama series, ''LEGAL ANGLE'' series, ''THE NEW
VILLAGE HEADMASTER'' drama series, and a handful of DRAMA specials on NTA National Network. He gained renown as the producer/director of hit episodes such as ''Blinking Hope'', ''The Boys Next Door'', and ''To Save a Falling Angel''. One of the drama projects worked on then, ''THE REIGN OF ABIKU'', written by Sola Osofisan, won several awards at the Nigerian Festival of Television Programmes, NIFETEP 1986.
He also worked on the magazine show, ''SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE'', hosted by Patrick Ityohegh, and other projects that Peter Igho uand Chris Ebie were Executive Producers on.
Movies
Tade Ogidan left the NTA for private productions in 1990 and set up OGD PICTURES, LTD. OGD is coined from his last name, OGIDAN. He has since written, produced and directed hit movie projects like ''Hostages,
Owo Blow
''Owo Blow'' is a 1996 Yoruba-language drama film directed by Tade Ogidan. It was made in 3 parts namely; ''The Genesis'', ''The Revolt'', and ''The Final Struggle''. It served as the first acting role for Femi Adebayo, Rachael Oniga and Bimbo Ak ...
, Diamond Ring, Out Of Bounds, Raging Storm, 7 – 12, Playing Games, Saving Alero,
Dangerous Twins
''Dangerous Twins'' is a 2004 Nigerian drama film written, produced and directed by Tade Ogidan.
The film, which stars Bimbo Akintola, Ramsey Nouah and Stella Damasus-Aboderin is a 135 minutes, three-part film that won the 1st Africa Movie Aca ...
, Madam Dearest, Ayo Mi Da'' ''Family On Fire'' and ''
Gold Statue
''Gold Statue'' is a 2019 Nigerian comedy adventure drama film produced, written and directed by veteran filmmaker Tade Ogidan. The film stars Gabriel Afolayan and Kunle Remi in the main lead roles. The film was released on 17 May 2019 and rec ...
'' most of which are multiple award-winners in and outside Nigeria.
Other television projects
Tade Ogidan and the OGD PICTURES team have worked on other projects for broadcast on television, such as ''BEHIND THE SIEGE'' seasons 1 & 2 written by Tosin James Atega (I Am James) (a series done in collaboration with FHI/USAID), ''CRIME FIGHTERS'' (with BI COMMUNICATIONS), the ''TEJU BABYFACE SHOW'', ''THE INTERN'' (Entrepreneurial Reality TV show, Produced by Ofem Ofem), and ''
The Next Titan'' (an Entrepreneurial Reality TV show with
Mide Akinlaja, FICOMMS LTD.)
Production of TV commercials
Tade Ogidan and his team at OGD PICTURES worked on a number of TVCs for advertising agencies like Prima Garnet, Verdant Zeal, Lintas, etc., packaging TVCs for Crystal Bank,
First Bank,
FCMB, ABC Wax, Nigeria Export Processing Zone,
Nigeria Airways
Nigeria Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Nigeria Airways, was a Nigerian airline. The company was founded in 1958 after the dissolution of West African Airways Corporation (WAAC). It held the name West African Airways Corporation Nigeria ( ...
, Royco,
Maggi
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History
Early history
Julius Maggi (1846–1912) ...
, Ajinomoto Seasoning, Close Up Toothpaste,
Arik Air
Arik Air is a Nigerian airline operating mainly from two hubs at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Arik Air's head office is the ''Arik Air Aviation Center'' on the grounds of Mu ...
, etc.
Major live events
The Lagos State Governor's Education Awards in 2013 was packaged by the Tade Ogidan-led OGD team. It was a major musical show featuring over 100 Lagos State Public Secondary School pupils performing alongside Nigerian movie stars like
Femi Adebayo
Femi Adebayo Salami (born 31 December 1978) is a Nigerian film director, film actor, lawyer, producer and Special Adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Arts, Culture and Tourism. He is the son of the veteran actor Adebayo Salami.
Early ...
, Bello,
Iya Awero,
Yomi Fash Lanso,
Sola Sobowale
Sola Sobowale (born 26 December 1963) is a Nigerian film actress, screenwriter, film director and film producer. Sola Sobowale had her big break in 2001, in the premiere of Nigeria's popular television drama series Super Story: ''Oh Father, O ...
,
Ireti Osayemi,
Gideon Okeke
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, and
Faithia Balogun
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Early life
Faithia Williams who is of Delta state descent, was born in Ikeja on 5 February 1969. She was born into a polygamous family of ...
.
Tade Ogidan also packaged the 2014 edition of the Lagos State Governor's Education Awards, a live musical drama that featured over 200 Lagos State Public Secondary School pupils performing alongside TV/Movie stars like
Bimbo Manuel
Bimbo Manuel (born 30 October 1958) is a Nigerian actor. He was nominated for Best actor in a supporting role at the 2013 Nollywood Movies Awards.
Career
Bimbo hails from Lagos State. After graduating from the University of Port Harcourt with ...
,
Sola Sobowale
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, Patience Ozokwor,
Hafiz Oyetoro (Saka), Yinka Akanbi,
Femi Adebayo
Femi Adebayo Salami (born 31 December 1978) is a Nigerian film director, film actor, lawyer, producer and Special Adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Arts, Culture and Tourism. He is the son of the veteran actor Adebayo Salami.
Early ...
,
Gloria Young
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,
Lepacious Bose, etc.
OGD All Stars Novelty music project
While working on the soundtrack of Madam Dearest (Aya Mi Owon), the hit movie, with several film and TV stars, several musical tracks and videos titled OGD ALL STARS emerged. A first of a kind in Nigeria, It featured stars
Richard Mofe-Damijo
Richard Eyimofe Evans Mofe-Damijo (born 6 July 1961), popularly known as RMD, is a Nigerian actor, writer, producer, lawyer, and former journalist. He was also a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State in 2009. In 2005, he wo ...
,
Stella Damasus Aboderin
Stella Damasus (born April 24, 1978) is a Nigerian actress and singer. She was nominated for '' Best Actress in a Leading Role'' at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009. She won the Award for Best Actress at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards in ...
,
Ramsey Nouah
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,
Segun Arinze
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Early life and education
He is the eldest of seven children born to Lydia Padonu. He is descent of Badagry, Lagos State. He attended Victory College of Commerce in ...
, Yinka Akanbi,
Akin Lewis
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Early life and career
Lewis was born on 1957 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, and grew up in Zaria Kaduna State
He began his acting career in 1973, the same year he joined ...
,
Sola Sobowale
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, Deji Adenuga, Lanre Balogun, Lizzy Bariya, Dorin Onasanya,
Teju Babyface
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,
Saheed Balogun
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Early life and career
Saheed Balogun was born on 5 February 1967, in Enugu State, South-East Nigeria ...
,
Kunle Afolayan
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,
Gabriel Afolayan
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Education
He studied theatre arts at the University of Ibadan.
Career
He is part of the renowned Afolayan entertainment fa ...
,
Funke Akindele
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, Akin Oyelola, Ab, Sola Onomor, Precious, Florence Wilkie, Bolu,
Keppy Ekpenyong
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,
Tina Mba
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Career
In 2017, she starred in ''Isoken'', ''Bariga Suger'', ''Okafor's Law'' among ...
,
Kate Henshaw
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Early lif ...
,
Bimbo Akintola
Bimbo Akintola (born 5 May 1970) is a Nigerian actress.
Early life and education
Akintola was born on 5 May 1970 to a father from Oyo State and a mother from Edo State. She studied at Maryland Convent Private School in Lagos State. She proc ...
, 2-Effects, Remi Oshodi,
Bukky Ajayi,
Basorge Tariah Jr.,
Bimbo Manuel
Bimbo Manuel (born 30 October 1958) is a Nigerian actor. He was nominated for Best actor in a supporting role at the 2013 Nollywood Movies Awards.
Career
Bimbo hails from Lagos State. After graduating from the University of Port Harcourt with ...
, Esse Agesse, Yemi Solade, Ope Ayeola, Shaggy, Shedrack, Tunji Olugbodi, Sunday Afolabi,
Wande Coal
Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe (born 18 October 1985), popularly known as Wande Coal, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
Early life
Wande Coal was born on 18 October 1985 in Lagos Island, Lagos state, Nigeria, to Chief Ibukun Olufunto and Omolara ...
, etc.
Personal life
Tade Ogidan is married with children.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
See also
*
List of Nigerian film producers
This is a list of notable Nigerian film producers.
* Abdalla Uba Adamu
* Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II
* Adekunle Adejuyigbe
* Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino
* Afro Candy
* Aisha Augie-Kuta
* Akanimo Odon
* Akin Ogungbe
* Remi Abiola
* Toyin Abraha ...
References
External links
Ogidan's OGD Pictures website
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Nigerian film directors
Nigerian film producers
Nigerian screenwriters
Nigerian dramatists and playwrights
Living people
People from Ekiti State
Yoruba filmmakers
1960 births
Filmmakers from Lagos
Eastern New Mexico University alumni