Femi Odugbemi
Directing
Biography
Femi Odugbemi is a Writer, Filmmaker, Content Producer and Photographer. He is the Managing Director/CEO at Zuri24Media, a TV Content Production House. His screen credit celebrates the rich diversity of the African experience. They include Nigeria’s longest running daily soap TINSEL, the telenovela BATTLEGROUND and the daily crime series BRETHREN, all screened across the African continent on the DSTV channels. Femi has also Produced and Directed feature films including MAROKO (2006), GIDI BLUES (2016), 4th Estate (2017) and CODE WILO (2018). He has as well written and produced many critically acclaimed documentaries and issue-based films including the popular MAKOKO, BARIGA BOY, ORIKI and many others. His latest feature-length documentary, titled “UNMASKED: Leadership, Trust and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria” is currently broadcast on television across the continent.
Known For
At an epic beach bachelor party thrown by his buddies, a groom-to-be meets a lovely stranger who makes him rethink the meaning of life, and true love.
The Eve
A wealthy Lagos playboy meets a world of uncertainty and love after he falls for a woman who is different from anyone he's ever met before.
Gidi Blues
When an idealistic writer is jailed by the military after his mediation to stop a civil war is misconstrued as support for the rebels, his ideals are put to the ultimate test as he battles for his sanity and his life.
The Man Died
In July 1990, the military government of Nigeria ordered the demolition of Maroko, an urban slum in the heart of Lagos. The demolition was carried out after a 7-day quit notice announced on radio. It led to the forced eviction of an estimated 300,000 people from their homes. Based on true stories, the film MAROKO is the story of one family whose lives are forever changed by that event.
Maroko
In Nigeria's Niger Delta, where oil extraction has poisoned the land for decades, poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey nurtures a new generation of writers to fight back.
Hope is a Word
In Makoko, a neglected fishing community in Lagos, Nigeria built on stilts, community members struggle to get children access to education.