Akin omotoso biography of barack

Nigerian film director, writer, and actor (born 1974)

Akin Omotoso(listen^ⓘ) (born 1974) is a Nigerian film director, writer, and actor.

He is best known for directing the 2022 film Rise. Both his father Kole Omotoso and his sister Yewande Omotoso are also writers.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Omotoso was born in Nigeria, where he grew up in Ile Ife, Osun State.

His family emigrated to South Africa in 1992 after his father, Kole Omotoso, took an academic appointment with the University of the Western Cape.

Akin Omotoso was born in in Nigeria.

Born in Ibadan, Omotoso would spend his formative years in the Obafemi Awolowo University campus where his father was a lecturer in the Drama.

Born, (age 50–51).

Akin Omotoso was born in Nigeria in He moved to South Africa in to attend the University of Cape Town, where he studied film.

Born in Ibadan in , Akin lived in Barbados for four years before the family moved back to Nigeria where Akin's father, Kole, had a post at the.

Akin Omotoso studied at the University of Cape Town, obtaining a diploma in speech and drama. His mother died in 2003.^[3]

Career

Omotoso ventured into entertainment while at the university.

His acting debut was in Sunjata by Mark Fleishman. This also earned Omotoso a Fleur du Cap Award for Most Promising Student in 1995. He used the money from acting in the play to direct his first short films, The Kiss of Milk, Th