ODUGBEMI, Femi

Biographical record

Gender

Male

Schools Attended with Dates

Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

- Fellow, Theatre Arts, National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners(NANTAP)

Present Appointment

Regional Director, Multichoice Talent Factory; Member, Advisory Board of the School of Media and Communications Pan-African University

Previous Appointments

- Film and Radio Producer, Lintas Advertising;

- President, Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria, 2002-2006;

- Head, Jury for the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, 2012-2015;

- Head, Jury of the Uganda Film Festival, 2014-2016;

- Juror, Emmy Awards in New York, 2012&2016

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

- Winner, Best Director for "Bar beach Blues" by Zuma Film Festival, 2006;
- Winner, Best Film for "Mama Put" by Abuja International Film Festival, 2009;
- Winner, Best Documentary ;Prize, Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), 2010;
- Recipient, Afro Pop Prize, sponsored by the National Black Programming and Consortium in the United states, 2010;
-Winner, Excellence Award in Film by the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria(SPAN), 2013;
- Recipient, Formal invitation to be a Voting member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the United States, June 26, 2018.

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

NOTABLE WORK:
- "Mama Put", TV Movie, 2005;
- "Maroko", Feature film, 2006;
- "Tinsel", TV Series, 2008;
- "ORIKI", Documentary, 2008;
- "And the Chain was Not", Documentary, 2010;
- Literature, Language and Literalism, Documentary (about the late Nigerian writer, Daniel O. Fagunwa, the author of Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀), 2013;
- "Gidi Blues", Feature film, 2016;
- "Battleground", TV drama, 2017;
- "The Eve", Feature film, 2017;
- "4th Estate", Feature film, 2018;

Other Relevant Information

Femi was a founding Producer of Tinsel, MNET Africa’s acclaimed soap opera and one of Africa’s longest- running TV shows.