Nigerian photographer and filmmaker
Andrew Dosunmu
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Born
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Occupation(s)
| Photographer, film director
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Years active
| 1990?present
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Website
| andrewdosunmu
.com
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Andrew Dosunmu
is a
Nigerian
photographer
and filmmaker who came to prominence in the
United States
after directing music videos for various acclaimed artists including
Isaac Hayes
,
Angie Stone
,
Common
,
Tracy Chapman
,
Wyclef Jean
,
Kelis
,
Aaron Neville
,
Talib Kweli
, and
Maxwell
.
[1]
He is the director of the 2011 drama film
Restless City
,
[2]
which premiered at the
2011 Sundance Film Festival
. His next film, 2013's
Mother of George
, also premiered at Sundance, and was the Closing Night selection for
Maryland Film Festival
2013. Dosunmu lives between New
York
City and
Lagos
,
Nigeria
.
Career
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Photography
Dosunmu started his career as a design assistant at the fashion house of
Yves Saint Laurent
. He later became a creative director (serving in that position for album covers for such artists as
Erykah Badu
and
Public Enemy
) and a fashion
photographer
, with his photographs appearing in various international magazines. In 2007, he was honored with the request to speak at the
TED Global conference
. Dosunmu has directed and photographed numerous commercials for print advertising & TV for companies such as
AT&T
,
General Motors
,
Levi's
,
Giordano Jeans
,
Kenneth Cole
,
Buddy System
for
ABC
,
My Kind of Town
for
AMES
,
Soul Food
for
Showtime
. Photographs from his documentary
The
African
Game
were published in a
coffee-table book
by
powerHouse Books
. Dosunmu was recently selected to participate in the photography exhibition
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary Photography
at the
International Center of Photography
.
[1]
[3]
Dosunmu has been a contributing
photographer
for publications like
Vibe
,
Clam
,
Fader
,
Face
,
Paper
,
Interview
,
i-D
,
Vogue Hommes
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France
and
Italy
,
Complex
, and
Ebony
.
Directing
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Dosunmu made his directorial debut with a music video for Isaac Hayes in 1996. He went on to direct music videos for many other artists including Angie Stone, Common, Wyclef Jean, Kelis, Aaron Neville, Maxwell, Tracy Chapman and Talib Kweli. His 1999 documentary "
Hot Irons
", won best documentary at
FESPACO
. Dosunmu has directed episodes of a widely acclaimed South African television series
Yizo, Yizo
, which dramatizes the policy debates around education at a
Johannesburg
high school in post-
apartheid
South Africa. In 2010, in a lead up to the first ever
World Cup
in Africa, Dosunmu produced another documentary,
The African Game
, in which he explores the game of football (soccer) in the continent and its relations to the African culture in all its diversity. His transition into feature films came in 2011 with the film
Restless City
, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to generally positive reviews.
Filmography
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Genre
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Awards
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1999
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Hot Irons
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Director
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Documentary
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Best Documentary FESPACO and Reel Award
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2004
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Yizo Yizo
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Director
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TV series
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2010
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The African Game
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Director/producer
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Documentary/sports
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2011
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Restless City
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Director
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Drama/music
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2013
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Mother of George
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Director
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Drama
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Closing night selection,
Maryland Film Festival
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2017
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Where Is Kyra?
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Director/Story writer
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Drama
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2022
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Beauty
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Director
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Drama, romance
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2023
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Circus Maximus
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Director "Hyaena"
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Music
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