TG Omori

ThankGod Omori Jesam Obono Ubi hails from Cross-River State in Nigeria.^[3] Omori grew up in Agungi, Lagos State, Nigeria. He started directing at 15 years old while overseeing stage plays in his school and church. Omori started making videos at the age 16, but took it up professionally at 20 after graduating from PEFTI Film Institute.^[4]

The music video director has been in the industry since 2016. He has directed music videos for recording artists across various genres of new generation, including Davido, Olamide, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tekno, Kizz Daniel, Fireboy DML, Falz,^[5] Timaya, Naira Marley, Asake and many others.^[6]

In 2019, TG Omori was responsible for approximately half of the videos on the summer 2019 charts Count down on MTV, Soundcity, and Trace.^[7] He directed videos for numerous musicians, including a controversial song by Naira Marley "Am I a Yahoo boy",^[8] "Totori" by Olamide & Wizkid, and "Soapy" by Naira Marley which won viewers Choice at the 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.^[9] In 2019, he won video director of the year at City People Entertainment Awards and directed two videos in top 10 most viewed Nigerian music videos of 2019.^[10]

A video for the North African remix featuring ElGrande Toto was released on 4 November 2021. It was shot in Lagos and was directed by TG Omori. The video surpassed 34 million views after one month on YouTube.^[11] In 2022 he played a major cultural role in the rise of Afro beat sensation Asake overseeing his creative visual and brand direction. Omori lead the direction on all the visuals on Asake's debut, breakout album "Mr Money." During the same year he won the Soundcity MVP's for video of the year with the video for Fireboy DML ft Asake Bandana. In 2022 he won African Music Video of the Year at the Afrima Awards in Senegal for: kizz Daniel ft Tekno Buga. His string of successful videos created a demand for his services with there was a backlash on his pricing including a his demand to be paid royalties on videos. This led to a debate on Twitter in 2023 about the possibility of directors getting royalties for their services off YouTube videos. TG Omori is commonly considered to be a leader in a newer generation of creatives across Africa due to his personality and "star power" redefining what the influence should be for directors. In August 2024, his health crisis went public after a failed kidney transplant. In February 2025 he made a comeback video project with the artist Seyi Vibez for his song "Shaolin" which had over 8 million views indicating massive reach. This project brought a lot of positive attention throughout Africa for Omori.

TG Omori has appeared also as a fashion model and has featured on the runway of the prominent Heineken Lagos fashion week.^[12]

• List of Nigerian cinematographers