Tunde Kelani

Tunde Kelani holds a Diploma in the Art and Technique of Filmmaking from the London International Film School London After many years in the Nigerian Film Industry as a Cinematographer he now manages Mainframe Film Television Productions an outfit formed to document Nigerias rich culture Tunde Kelani has worked on most feature films produced in the country in his capacity as a Cinematographer Some of 16mm feature films include Anikura Ogun Ajaye Iya Ni Wura Taxi Driver Iwa and Fopomoyo In the area of video productions he has to his credit awardwinning feature videos Ti Oluwa Nile Ayo Ni Mo Fe Koseegbe and Oleku An advocate of Alternative Technology in motion picture production in Africa Tunde Kelani has successfully produced and directed two digital featuresSaworoide Thunderbolt He also completed work one of his latest digital films Agogoeewo shot on widescreen digitally on Dvcam In addition to the Mnet short features films Twins of the RainforestA Place Called Home and Barbers Wisdom 35MM he also photographed produced and directed a short feature in 16mm The White Handkerchief in the same series He has since added The Campus Queen Abeni and The Narrow Path the first set of works to probe further the possibilities of advanced digital filmmaking He recently added a new film Arugba which has just concluded free openair community screenings in 57 local government and development council areas of Lagos State in Nigeria Tunde Kelani uses the Mobile Cinema Project designed to take information and entertainment to the grassroot Tunde Kelanis latest film is Maami that tells the story of a single parent Maami and her young son who are desperately poor