I am a multi-skilled film, video and television professional with experience spanning the last 28 years. Always committed to learning new skills in an ever changing technological industry, I am presently attending a part time course in Interactive Media. Commitment is my watchword. I pride myself in ensuring a successful conclusion of projects I am involved in, even if it means contributing beyond my brief. My aspiration is to work in a creative environment with diverse opportunities to excel, and be the best I can be in my chosen profession. I desire to apply my varied skills in an environment where they will make significant impact creatively. I have legal permission to work in UK.
A film graduate of London International Film School, I hold Post Graduate Diploma of London Film School in Television Production & Film Making.
Apart from my Professional Diploma from London International Film School (now an MA Program) and Post Graduate Diploma in Television Production. I have had several in-service Training in Broadcasting and TV Production.
I was in Nigeria from 1985. Overthere, I worked for CINEKRAFT Studios, a pioneering indigenous audio/visual production company. At Cinekraft, I started out as an assistant cameraman to Nigeria famous cinematographer, Tunde Kelani. I however had to move into film and video editing for lack of competent independent editor in the early days of the industry in Nigeria.
At Cinekraft, I rose to become the Head of Post Productions and eventually became an Executive Director of a subsidiary, First Call Ltd. I was directly in charge of production and post production of variety of creative works on both celluloid and video. Training of new staff was also my responsibility at Cinekraft.
I later joined a satellite broadcasting conglomerate, Minaj Broadcast International
(MBI) as Controller, Production Services. While at Minaj Broadcast International, I was responsible for conceptualization, development and execution of variety of TV programmes and acquisition of equipment. I subsequently held several top management position and eventually became the Station Manager of a flagship channel in Lagos. During my tenure at the helm of affairs,
MBI Lagos was declared the best in Lagos out of over ten contenders by an Independent Monitoring Agency.
In the course of my career I have edited many award winning features and documentaries, and have literarily produced hundreds of commercial advertisement. In a recent South Africa based Mnet New Direction production, apart from producing, I had to be the Lighting Cameraman when the lighting cameraman disappointed at a very short notice. I have also directed and produced different shorts and feature length video films for the African market.
I am well-exposed to the latest digital post tools for editing, grading and special effects. I am the pioneering Post Production Supervisor for MNET's soap-opera TINSEL.
While I have often been coming to Britain for post production work throughout my career, on February 2011, I came back permanently to be with my family. I have since been engaged in religious production and freelance work.
Key Skills• Film/Video Editor: I started editing in the days of splicer, moviola and synchronizer. Most of my editing are presently done on Final Cut Pro. However, I have also carried out offline editing with Avid Media Composer and I am conversant with Adobe After Effects.
• Camera Operation: I am conversant with Aaton Super 16mm, (owned one for many years), Arriflex SR3, Red One, Canon XF105, Sony DVCAM and HDV cameras.
• Lighting : I have lighted for drama, documentaries, commercials and live shows on several occassions.
• Producing : I have produced films, talk shows, documentaries and several commercials. I have also been involved in Production Management many times.
• Directing : I have directed a commercially successful video film feature, numerous live shows, talk shows, commercials and documentaries.
• Sound : I have been attending audio dub session and recording location sound since the days of Nagra IV and III. I understand the usage and capability of different type of microphones for studio and location recordings. I can effectively use both boom pole and studio boom.
• Television : Having managed a television station and a satellite channel for several years, I am conversant with programme scheduling, playout technologies, ingest and server systems.
• Post Production Supervision : I am an experienced Post Production Supervisor that understand the importance of meeting transmission deadline, continuity and quality.
• TV Channel Scheduling & Management : As Station Manager for MBI, scheduling and channel management was my direct responsibilty.
• Transmission Directing and TV Channel Play Out : Before the popularity of Play-Out Servers for transmission, I was an Operational/Transmission Director. I am formally trained on Inscriber Play-Out Server, which acquisition and commission for MBI satellite channel was facilitated by me.
• Vision Mixer: I have good experience of vision mixing live event onto recording media with different kind of console.
• Training : In recognition of my multi-skilled experience, I have been invited to, and taken part in the training of new talents and personnel in the media department of corporate bodies.