Afolabi Sunday Kofoworola ADESANYA

Biographical record

Title

Mr

Surname

ADESANYA

First Name

Afolabi

Other Names

Sunday Kofoworola

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

July 5, 1959

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Kano

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Adeyinka Oluwadoyinsola Aderibigbe, 1983

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Profession

Film maker, film/ video consultant, photo artist, publisher, writer

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Holy Trinity Anglican Primary School, Kano, 1965-70; Osogbo Grammar School, Osogbo, 1971-75; Federal Government College, Kaduna, 1976-78; San Francisco Art Institute, California, USA, 1978-80.

Educational Qualification

BFA,

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria (ITPAN

Previous Appointments

Receptionist Central Hotel, Kano, 1976; Freelance Journalist, 1978-1982; Editor(Programmes) NTA Ibadan, NYSC, 1981-82; Scriptwriter/Producer/dir. Nationwide TV. Ent, Lagos, 1982; Client Service Executive, DAT Ad. Agency, Lagos, 1983/84; Staff Writer/Photo Journalist, The Guardian, Lagos, 1983-84; Pioneer Photo Editor, Newswatch, 1984-86;e-dir. A-ProductionsNigeriaLimited, since 1986; gm/ceo.WestAfricanPictures Company Ltd.,Lagos, 1986; md/ceo. Nigerian Film Corporation, since 2005

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

The Nigerian Film/TV Index, 1992, 1995;
Nigerian Literary Index, 1995; Boys in the Harmattan (Novel); African Motion Pictures
Index, 1998; Tropical Noon (Novel); Operating Principles of the Film Industry: Towards a
Film Policy for Nigeria; World Cinema: Diary of A Day, British Film Institute, London;
Africa and the Centenary of Cinema, a Pan-African Federation of Film makers; Cinema
and Social Change in West Africa, Onookome Okome; Nigerian Video Films; 1987;
Contributor, Making The Transition From Video to Celluliod, Edited by Ekwuazi, A
Nigerian Film Corporation Publication, Desktop Calendar for A.O. Adesanya Nigeria
Limited, Sagamu; Wall Calendar, Afribank International Limited, Lagos, 1994; Colour
Wall Calendar, Nigerian Film Corporation, 1996; Colour Wali Calendar, Voice of Nigeria,
1996; articles, reviews, interviews, poems, photographs in: West Africa, Africa, African
Woman, Ophelia, Entertainer, The Guardian, Lagos, Newswatch, Media Review, Africa

Outstanding Achievements

National Film
Policy Workshop organized by the Nigerian Film Corp, 1992, National Film Festival
Committee under the auspices of the Nigerian Film Corp, 1992, Committee on Model
Contracts under the Auspices of the Nigerian copyright Council; NTA Advertising
Awards,1993, National Film/Video workshop Committee, 1996/97, Anhill
Africana International Film & TV Festival; Film/Video Production: Zest of Youth, 1979;
ID, 1980; This Week, 1986; Lemon Sunshine, 1986; Sopy, 1987; Vigilante, 1988; Ose
Sango, 1991; Family Planning, 1992; Asewo to re Mecca, 1992; Fortunes, 1993; The
Collective Task, 1993; Pariah, 1994; Thrift Collector, 1995-96; Family Circle, 1996-98.
Screen Plays: Buddies, 1980; Tropical Noon, 1982; Aremo Oye (Crown Prince), 1982;
Idamu Opo, 1992; Wura, 1994; Orekelewa, 1994. Film/TV. Hubert Ogunde Foundation Award; Winner, Best Nigerian Feature Film, 1992;
Encomium Magazine’s Maiden Reel Award; winner, Best TV Drama Programme, 1998.

Hobbies

Reading, walking, listening to Music, watching films, playing computer games.

Email Address

[email protected]

Residential Address

Alhaji M.A. Salisu Estate, 2, Adeoluwa Alogba Road, Off Ibese Road, Owode-
Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Official Address

Nigerian Film Corporation, 218T,Liberty Dam Road, P.O. Box 693,Jos