Tope Oshin Ogun

Tope Oshin is a Nigerian television and film director, producer and casting director. In 2015 Pulse magazine named her as one of "9 Nigerian female movie directors you should know" in the Nollywood film industry.[1]

Early life and education

Tope hails from a devout Christian family. As a child she engaged in drawing, singing and dancing, and had aspirations to be a painter. She studied Economics at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, but left the course to study Public Administration and then Theatre Arts, TV & FIlm Production at Lagos State University.[2] She became more interested in the theatrical arts and later studied at Directing at Colorado Film School of the Community College of Aurora, Denver.[1]

Career

Tope, who was an actor for 12 years, before becoming a director, cut her teeth in directing, working as an assistant director for The Apprentice Africa.[2] and has since become known for directing TV dramas and soap operas such as "Hush", Hotel Majestic, and Tinsel (TV series). Though she has directed several short films such as The Young Smoker, Till Death Do Us Part, New Horizons and recently Ireti, she is known for her 2012 feature film Journey to Self.[1]

In 2015, Oshin produced the romantic film Fifty,[3] about four fifty-year old female Lagos residents. The film broke box office records upon release in the December, taking N20 million in the first weekend.[4] In 2016, she directed the documentary, Amaka's Kin: The Women Of Nollywood, as a memorial to prominent filmmaker Amaka Igwe, who died in 2014. The documentary addresses issues facing female directors working in Nollywood in a male-dominated industry.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "9 Nigerian female movie directors you should know". Pulse. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Amaka Igwe encouraged me to go into directing —Nollywood star Tope Oshin Ogun". 'The Nation. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ↑ ""Fifty" producer shares the key to becoming a successful filmmaker". Pulse. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Nigerian movie breaks box office record, makes N20m in holiday weekend". Pulse. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tope Oshin to debut documentary on women of Nollywood". Pulse. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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