Akin omotoso biography template

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

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

Akin omotoso biography template

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 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.

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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