Sep 295 Things — 2nd EditionAdventure Is Out There Building on the theme of institutions driving success, this next section was inspired by the blowout theatrical gross of Jawan — the latest SRK and YRF blockbuster. The film cost $39m and has currently made over $80m in India and is on course to make roughly $120m. India’s recoup is…Film8 min readFilm8 min read
Aug 95 Things — 1st EditionIntro So as if my life wasn’t busy enough, I’ve decided that I miss writing on here and so I’ve decided to do more of it. I don’t know how long it will last this time, but as always I’m optimistic. In order to keep pushing, I’ve decided to adopt…Nollywood6 min readNollywood6 min read
Jun 15, 2021Who’s The Boss_ReduxIn September 2019, I decided that I wanted to make my directorial debut with the coming of age romantic dramedy Who’s The Boss. Given the things that were interesting to me, it was the perfect film for my debut: Female Lead Found Family Coming of Age Romance Work Life The…Nollywood3 min readNollywood3 min read
Nov 19, 2020Much Ado About New MoneyIn 2017 we made a movie called My Wife and I, the first of what I’ve started calling my first Omoni trilogy. Staring in that film was Jemima Osunde as Omoni and Ramsey’s rude daughter. …Producer3 min readProducer3 min read
Apr 13, 2020Let’s Talk Producer MathSo following on from my conversation with Niyi Akinmolayan on insta live it’s clear there is a lot of interest on my perspective about low to mid budget film making. Now this is commercial film making I’m talking about. There’s a different and equally valid path if you’re focused on…Nollywood4 min readNollywood4 min read
Mar 6, 2020Two Hundred Is The New HundredThe picture above is a list of the top twenty films released in 2019. …Nollywood3 min readNollywood3 min read
May 15, 2019The Inflection Point Of Nigerian Cinema?Background — aka The Output of Procrastination One of the things about inflection points is that they tend not to be obvious when you’re in one. It’s only when in hindsight when a pattern starts to emerge. …Movies6 min readMovies6 min read
May 3, 2019More on The Okafor’s Law CaseSo in 2017 when the whole Okafor’s Law case jumped off I wrote a blogpost on the matter — hereCopyright5 min readCopyright5 min read
Feb 25, 2019A bit more on Out Of LuckA little while ago I wrote a piece on why Out of Luck remains my favorite film. It was a story about the little film that could. Anyway this is not that story. So about a year ago I put up the script for The Arbitration. As I said in…Nollywood2 min readNollywood2 min read
Feb 13, 2019On Writing Commercial Nollywood CinemaAccording to my kindle app, I bought Blockbusters — the book in the picture above on — March 24 2015. I say it with no exaggeration that reading that book changed our lives at Inkblot. At the time Inkblot had only made one film — The Department and I was…Movies8 min readMovies8 min read
