Tope Oshin

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, and then Theatre Arts, TV & Film Production at Lagos State University.^[5] She became more interested in filmmaking and later studied Film Production, and Cinematography at Colorado Film School of the Community College of Aurora, Denver,^[6] and Met Film School, Ealing Studios, London respectively. Tope is also an alumnus of 'Talents Durban' ^[7] and Berlinale Talents,^[8][9] a networking summit of select outstanding creatives from the world of film and drama series across the globe.

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Tope, who was an actor for 12 years, featuring in films like Relentless (2010 film), before veering into directing, working as an associate producer and assistant director for The Apprentice Africa.^[5] and has since become known for directing popular African TV dramas and soap operas such as Hush, Hotel Majestic, Tinsel (TV series) and MTV Shuga.^[10] Though she has directed and produced several introspective short film projects such as The Young Smoker, Till Death Do Us Part, New Horizons and Ireti, she is known best for her highly successful 2018 feature film releases Up North (film),^[11] and New Money.^[12]

Oshin has produced some of the highest box office breaking movies in Nigeria, including the 2015 romantic film Fifty,^[13] about four fifty-year-old female Lagos residents, which broke box office records upon release in December 2015, taking N20 million in the first weekend.^[14] and The Wedding Party 2, as at 2018, the highest grossing Nigerian film.^[15]

In 2016, she produced and 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 Nigerian female directors, working in a male-dominated industry.^[16]

As a follow-up to her documentary, in 2017, and as part of the BBC 100 Women season, Tope celebrated the new generation of women filmmakers reinventing Nollywood, by presenting the BBC documentary Nigeria-Shooting It Like A Woman.^[17] Apart from the BBC World Service documentary, Tope's Amaka's Kin - The Women Of Nollywood also influenced a lot of other TV shows and literary works alike, including Niran Adedokun's book Ladies Calling the Shots.^[18]

Oshin racked up some controversy in Nigeria,^[19] when she co-wrote, directed and produced the Queer film We Don't Live Here Anymore (2018 film)^[20] for human rights organization TIERs (The Initiative For Equal Rights) in 2018. The movie was not accepted for a cinema release and received only a limited online release^[21] with FilmOne Distribution in 2018. We Don't Live Here Anymore however screened at Africa In Motion Film Festival^[22] in Glasgow, and also racked up a lot of nominations and awards^[23] surprisingly at 2018 Best Of Nollywood Awards in Nigeria. The film can be found currently on Amazon.

Tope also has a thriving career as a Casting director and has cast for several film and television projects including all 3 Nigerian seasons of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation drama series Shuga.^[24]

Tope, through her company Sunbow Productions [ng], was commissioned to produce^[25] Season 8 of MTV Shuga (TV Series), dubbed MTV Shuga Naija 4, and is credited^[26] as Head Director, Showrunner, Executive Producer and Producer, after directing and casting Season 6 of the show in 2017.

In 2015 Tope served as a juror for the International Emmy Award for the first time.^[27]

Tope's 2002 marriage to screenwriter, Yinka Ogun, ended in 2014. The union produced four children.^[28]

Feature films

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Year	Title	Role		Ref
		Director	Producer
2012	Journey to Self	Yes	No	[3]
2015	Fifty	No	Yes
2017	The Wedding Party 2	No	Yes
	In Line	Yes	No	[29]
2018	New Money	Yes	No	[30]
	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Yes	Yes	[31]
	Up North	Yes	No	[32]
2022	Here Love Lies	Yes	Yes	[33]

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Short films

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Year	Title	Role				Ref
		Director	Producer	Writer	Editor
2011	The Young Smoker	Yes	Yes	No	No
2013	New Horizons	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Till Death Do Us Part	Yes	Yes	No	No
2014	Crush	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	Ireti	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[34]

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Documentaries

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Year	Title	Role				Ref
		Director	Producer	Writer	Presenter
2016	Amaka’s Kin: The Women of Nollywood.	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[35]
2017	Nigeria: Shooting It Like A Woman	No	No	No	Yes	[17]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role					Ref
		Director	Producer	Writer	Casting director	Other
2008	Maltina Dance All	No	No	No	No	Presenter	[36]
2009	Moments With Mo	No	Yes	No	No
2009 - 2013	Tinsel (TV series)	Yes	No	No	No	Box/Content producer
2012	Bridges	Yes	No	No	No
2013	Conversations At Dinner	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Love and War	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2014	Walk The Talk	Yes	Yes	No	No
2015	Hotel Majestic	Yes	No	No	No
2016	GidiUp 3 (Unaired)	Yes	No	No	No
	EvoL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Hush	Yes	No	No	No
2017	BattleGround	Yes	No	No	No	Consultant
	Ever After (TV Feature)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2018	MTV Shuga Season 6	Yes	No	No	Yes		[10]
2019	MTV Shuga Naija Season 4	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Executive producer	[37]

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Honors

• OkayAfrica Okay100 Women 2017 Honoree^[42]
• Excellence in The Creative Industries Award - Sisi Oge Awards 2018^[43]
• Distinguished Alumni Medal of Honor 2016 - In-short film festival^[44]
• African Woman In Film Award 2015 by African Women Development Fund^[45]
• Special Award For Outstanding Contribution To Film & TV In Nigeria - Eko Star Film & TV Awards by Lagos State Govt./Nigerian Film & TV Summit/Ebonylife Media 2021^[46]

• List of Nigerian film producers
• List of Youruba people