Gbenga Salu
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Oluwagbenga Adedoyin Salu [1], who is simply known as Gbenga Salu, is a Nigerian film director, film editor and visual effects artist.[2] He has won and also has been nominated for several awards for his music video productions.[3] [3] He is married to Temitope-Gbenga Salu (née Oshofisan) who is also a graduate of accounting from the University of Lagos. She is also a professional actress, voice over artiste and writer.[4]
He is based in Ontario, Canada.
Gbenga studied film making at the London Film Academy. Some of the Awards he has won includes:
- Best Special Effects/editing- Soundcity Music Video Awards (SMVA) - 2008
- Most Promising Director- Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA) - 2009
Naijafootballers
[edit]In 2017, Gbenga founded Naijafootballers, an online platform that curates stories about Nigerian football and footballers. The platform is one of Nigeria's most followed sport platforms.
The Naijafootballers[5] platform also gave birth to The Ballers Awards;[6] an event that celebrates the best of Nigerian football. The test edition[7] was held in 2018, it was hosted by Murphy Ijemba, while the maiden edition was on January 12, 2020. The second edition was hosted by FunnyBone and Debola Adebanjo, while the latest edition has Simi Drey and Emmanuel Sabastine has its hosts.
The widely celebrated Ballers Awards in the Nigerian sports industry is endorsed by the Nigeria Football Federation.
Music videos
[edit]His music video works include:
- Ten ten - Mohits Allstars
- Omoba - D'Prince
- TWO Legit, Believe in me and Atewo - T.W.O (Tunde and wunmi Obe)
- Tinko Angel - Jaywon
- Viva Africa - Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
- Change your parade - Lynxxx
- Ayeole and six feet - Infinity
- Omo Jayejaye - Lagbaja
Films
[edit]- A Simple Plan (Short)
- 10:10 (Web Mini-series) - Runner up - Afrinolly Movie Awards
- Schemers (Feature Film)
- True Scarlet (TV Series)
- Convictus[8] (Short) - Nominated for best short African Magic Viewers Choice Award 2023
- Idawa (Short) - Best Experimental short, North America - Couch Film Festival
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5155376/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
- ^ "I'm proudly self-taught - Gbenga Salu". Vanguard News. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ a b "The Kid with the Master Stroke – Meet Gbenga Salu, award-winning Music Video Director & Visual Effects Artist". Bella Naija. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "BN Exclusive: Award-Winning Director Gbenga Salu & His Sweetheart Temitope Oshofisan to Wed on April 20th 2013 | Photos from their Pre-Wedding Shoot - BellaNaija". www.bellanaija.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Victor Osimhen, Paul Onuachu and Maduka Okoye lead The Ballers Award nominations". Pulse Nigeria. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "The best of Nigerian football leads nominations for The Ballers Awards". Pulse Nigeria. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Adewuyi, Lolade (18 January 2018). "Naijafootballers broadcasts The Ballers Awards via Instagram Live". Lolade Adewuyi. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28696761/?ref_=nm_flmg_knf_i_1