Nationality Nigerian | Spouse Yinka Ogun | |
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Children Ayomipe Ogun, Oluwaferanmi Ogun, Korede Ogun, Mayowa Ogun Awards Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award for Best Programme Director Nominations Nollywood Movie Award for Best Director Movies Journey to Self, Fifty, Relentless, The Young Smoker, Hope Similar Biyi Bandele, Ashionye Michelle Raccah, Ireti Doyle, Nse Ikpe‑Etim, Dakore Akande Profiles | ||
Pulse tv one on one on with film director tope oshin ogun pulse tv
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.
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- Pulse tv one on one on with film director tope oshin ogun pulse tv
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
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. She became more interested in the theatrical arts and later studied at Directing at Colorado Film School of the Community College of Aurora, Denver.
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. 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.
In 2015, Oshin produced the romantic film Fifty, 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. 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.
