Tope Oshin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tope Oshin
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Jun 10, 1979(1979-06-10)
Age	45
Birthplace	Lagos
Country	Nigeria
Horoscope	Gemini

Tope Oshin Biography

Tope Oshin is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on June 10, 1979 in Lagos, Nigeria. Tope’s 2002 marriage to screenwriter, Yinka Ogun, hit the rocks and led to a permanent separation in

2014. The union produced 4 children, before it ended.

In 2016, she produced and directed the documentary, Amaka’s Kin: The Women Of Nollywood, as a memorial to prominent filmmaker Amaka Igwe, who died in 2014. The documentary addresses issues facing Nigerian female directors, working in a male-dominated industry.

As a follow up to her documentary, in 2017, and as part of the BBC 100 Women season, Tope celebrated the new generation of women filmmakers reinventing Nollywood, by presenting the BBC documentary Nigeria-Shooting It Like A Woman. Apart from the BBC World Service documentary, Tope’s Amaka’s Kin – The Women Of Nollywood also influenced a lot of other TV shows and literary works alike, including Niran Adedokun’s book Ladies Calling the Shots.

Oshin racked up some controversy in Nigeria, when she co-wrote, directed and produced the Queer film We Don’t Live Here Anymore for human rights organization TIERs (The Initiative For Equal Rights) in 2018. The movie was not accepted for a cinema release and received only a limited online release with FilmOne Distribution in 2018. We Don’t Live Here Anymore however screened at Africa In Motion Film Festival in Glasgow, and also racked up a lot of nominations and awards surprisingly at the 2018 Best Of Nollywood Awards in Nigeria. The film can only be found currently on Amazon.

Oshin has produced some of the highest box office breaking movies in Nigeria, including the 2015 romantic film Fifty, about four fifty-year-old female Lagos residents, which broke box office records upon release in December 2015, taking N20 million in the first weekend. and The Wedding Party 2, as at 2018, the highest grossing Nigerian film.

Tope Oshin Net Worth

Tope Oshin is one of the richest Film Director from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tope Oshin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tope, who was an actor for 12 years, featuring in films like Relentless (2010 film), cut her teeth in directing, working as an assistant director for The Apprentice Africa. and has since become known for directing popular African TV dramas and soap operas such as Hush, Hotel Majestic,Tinsel (TV series) and Season 6 of MTV Shuga. Though she has directed several introspective short films such as The Young Smoker, Till Death Do Us Part, New Horizons and Ireti, she is known best for her highly successful 2018 feature film releases Up North (film), and New Money.

Since 2015 till date, Tope has served as a juror for the International Emmy Award.

Tope, through her company Sunbow Productions [ng], was commissioned to produce Season 8 of MTV Shuga (TV Series), dubbed MTV Shuga Naija 4, and is credited as Head Director, Showrunner, Executive Producer and Producer, after directing and casting Season 6 of the show in 2017.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Tope Oshin Dating?

According to our records, Tope Oshin married to Yinka Ogun. As of December 1, 2023, Tope Oshin’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Tope Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Tope Oshin celebrates birthday on June 10 of every year.