Olatunde name origin
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Olatunde Osunsanmi
Birthplace
United States of America
Birth date
October 23, 1973
Profession
Motion picture director and producer
Roles
- Executive Producer
- Episodic director
Olatunde Osunsanmi, is an Executive Producer and episode director for Falling Skies.
Biography[]
Career[]
Olatunde Osunsanmi is very new to TV and directing, other than some shorts and a feature film that he wrote, produced and directed called "THE FOURTH KIND," he had never done any TV.
During Falling Skies[]
He joined the crew of Falling Skies as an episodic director. He directed two episodes in Season 4, "Saturday Night Massacre" and the season finale "Space Oddity".
Olatunde Osunsanmi during "Space Oddity" used two photo doubles for Scarlett Byrne to create the moments when Lexi was appearing and re-appearing around Tom. His transitions within the dream were all very well planned, for instance the one when Weaver and Tom fall off the roof and Tom lands alone.
A decision supported by cast, crew and Dreamworks, it was decided that Olatunde would be the person Greg
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Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Olatunde Osunsanmi (born23 October1977; age 47) is a Nigerian-American director and producer who directed several episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, two episodes of Star Trek: Short Treks, and the streaming film Star Trek: Section 31.
He also served as co-executive producer on the first and as executive producer on the second through fifth seasons of Discovery, on the second season of Short Treks, and on Star Trek: Section 31.
He also appeared in Star Trek: Section 31.
Osunsanmi, who has a Master of Fine Arts from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, started his career by directing a short called Etat (2000). Early in his career he worked as a production assistant on 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd and as a production staff member on The Tracy Morgan Show, as well as a script supervisor on the shorts Last Goodbye and Blue Light Café. In 2006, he was the assistant to Joe Carnahan, director and writer of Smokin Aces (featuring Joseph Ruskin).
After writing and directing the films Within
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Olatunde Osunsanmi
American film and television director
Olatunde Osunsanmi | |
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| Born | (1977-10-23) October 23, 1977 (age 47) United States |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television director, producer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Olatunde Osunsanmi (born October 23, 1977) is an American film and television director and producer. He is known for his work on Universal's horror filmThe Fourth Kind and for the TNTdystopian drama Falling Skies, as well as being director or producer on several episodes of Star Trek: Discovery.
Life and career
Osunsanmi was born in the United States to parents who had immigrated from Nigeria.[1] He graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.[2] His first foray in the industry was with a short film he wrote and directed, entitled Etat. The feature explored the 1970s political climate of his parents’ native Nigeria.
He went on to direct and co-pen the low-budget horror film The Cavern, before being approached by Universal Studi
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