Niyi Akinmolayan

Niyi Akinmolayan  che Nigerian filmmaker kpai director ku ma mọ his work efu  blockbuster kpai independent films, I ñọna  The Wedding Party 2 (2017) Chief Daddy (2018),  Prophetess (2021), My Village People (2021),  The Set Up (2019), kpai Lisabi: The Uprising (2024). Ownu du Anthill Studios nyanẹ, unyi media production facility. Efu ochu ejodudu efu ọdọ 2022, Anthill Studios k'ọtakada ejẹtẹ-nw  Amazon Prime Video todu ki du am'ifimu Anthil du tẹ ki amonẹ ki li ojanẹ du  ẹgba du ku ma dufu ojanẹ Nijiria.

 Abakwanẹ Ọlayi 
Akinmolayan ku ma bi ọjọ ẹkẹta efu ochu ẹgwaka efu ọdọ 1982. I kw'ojanẹ Ondo State, ọwọ South West Nigeria i la che Ọma Yoruba.  Ichanẹ degree nwu efu engineering yi Yaba College of Technology.

 Ukọlọ 
Uchanẹ ukọlọ nwu, Akinmolayan ch'ukọlọ uña graphic designer, website designer, kpai apprentice nwu Nollywood filmmakers, ugbo ki chanẹ uñ'ukọlọ ọwọ nwu che efu video editing, animation, after effects, kpai visual effects. Ukọlọ ki che efu Kajola, ki dufu efu ọdọ 2010, che añwago efu visual effects i che ama i chẹnwu ẹnyo ugbo ama ch'ifimu kpai ama g'ẹnwu nyọ ñẹñẹnẹ-n.

Akinmolayan du production company dago, odu nwu chi Anthill Productions, efu ọdọ 2008, ki du visual effects nwu movie Kajola.

Efu ọdọ 2014, i du ọna ña ma efu ọda ido Nijiria ku ma dọ Make a Move  abo ku ma dọ ch Ivie Okujaye, Tina Mba, Beverly Naya, Wale Adebayo, Victor Godfrey, Helga Sosthenes kpai Eno Ekpenyong. Ma du movie dago efu 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards uña Best Movie (Drama). Efu ọdọ 2015, Akinmolayan du ọna ña nwu ami movie wewe uchẹ ka che  Falling ki Adesua Etomi dọ, Desmond Elliot kpai Blossom Chukwujekwu, manyi  Out of Luck ki Linda Ejiofor,Tope Tedela kpai Jide Kosoko dọ. Ifimu lẹ jẹ ku ma du Akinmolayan dago uña Best Director efu 2016 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, kpai atọgba uña actress Adesua Etomi ki jẹ Best Actress efu 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Efu ochu ẹgweji efu 2016, Akinmolayan du ifimu kẹkẹ dufu odu nwu che PlayThing, ki che movie 3D animated , ku ma du dufu oji FilmOne IMAX cinema efewo Lagos.

Efu ọdọ 2017, movie nwu The Arbitration ki O.C Ukeje kpai Adesua Etomi  dọ dufu oji Toronto International Film Festival. Alu ki Ifimu lẹ che nyọnyọ, Akinmolayan chanẹ du uja tẹ oji blog nwu to du ki abo ku ma kọ ọtakada ki ja todu ẹnẹe kia du for prospective writers, onẹ 300 dufu, taku jẹnwu ki che ifimu nwu kẹkẹ ku ma dọ Room 315 dufu.

Efu ọdọ 2017, todu ki Plaything a che nyọnyọ Akinmolayan che animated series dama kpai Friesland Campina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, odu nwu che Adventures of Lola and Chuchu. Efu ọdọ 2019, Akinmolayan che Malika: Warrior Queen, ifimu Nijiria animated todu graphic novel ki ak'ọtakada Roye Okupe, kpai CEO eyi YouNeek Studios kọ.

 Ifimu ki che 
Selected filmography
YearTitleMajor castRoleNotes2010KajolaKeira Hewatch, Desmond Elliot, Adonijah OwiriwaDirectorFeature film2014Make a MoveIvie Okujaye, Tina Mba, Beverly Naya, Wale Adebayo, Victor Godfery, Helga Sosthenes and Eno EkpenyongDirectorFeature film nominated for the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for Best Movie (Drama)2015FallingAdesua Etomi, Desmond Elliot and Blossom ChukwujekwuDirectorFeature Film2016PlaythingExecutive producer3D animated short film2017The ArbitrationOC Ukeje, Adesua Etomi, Iretiola Doyle and Somkele IyamahDirectorFeature film, available on Netflix2017The Wedding Party 2Banky Wellington, Adesua Etomi, Iretiola Doyle, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Patience Ozokwor, Enyinna NwigweDirectorFeature film2017Adventures of Lola and ChuchuDirector3D animated series - 13 episodes2018Chief DaddyTaiwo Obileye, Joke Silva, Rachel Oniga and Funke AkindeleDirectorFeature filmWe Don't Live Here AnymoreOsas Ighodaro, Omotunde Adebowale David, Francis Sule, Temidayo Akinboro, Funlola Aofiyebi, Katherine ObiangEditorFeature film2019The Set UpAdesua Etomi, Kehinde Bankole, Joke Silva, Jim Iyke, Dakore Egbuson, Tina MbaDirectorFeature filmElevator BabyToyin Abraham, Timini Egbuson, Yemi Solade, Sambasa Nzeribe, Broda ShaggiExecutive producerFeature film2021ProphetessToyin Abraham, Kehinde Bankole, Stan Nze, Waliu Fagbemi, Deyemi OkanlawonDirector, writerSports comedy filmProgressive Tailors ClubBeverly Osu, Uzor Arukwe, Funnybone, and Blessing Jessica ObasiProducerSatirical film2023MikoloPamilerin Ayodeji, Fiyinfoluwa Asenuga, Yvonne Jegede, Ayo Mogaji, Daniel Etim Effiong, Femi AdebayoDirector and screenwriterFamily fantasy adventure film2024Lisabi: The UprisingLateef Adedimeji, Adebimpe Oyebade, Ibrahim Chatta, Jide Awobona, Eniola Ajao, and Odunlade Adekola.DirectorHistorical drama film

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