Robert Adetuyi
Robert Adetuyi | |
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Education | York University |
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Relatives | Alfons Adetuyi (brother) |
Robert Adetuyi is a Canadian screenwriter and film director who works in Hollywood. Born in Sudbury, Ontario,[1] Adetuyi is a graduate of York University, where he studied communications and sociology. He moved to Hollywood in 1992.
Career
[edit]His screenwriting credits include Stomp the Yard, Code Name: The Cleaner, Turn It Up, You Got Served: Beat the World, Honey: Rise Up and Dance and High Chicago. He has directed Turn It Up, You Got Served: Beat the World, Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack, Trouble Sleeping and Stand!.
Along with his brothers Tom, Amos and Alfons, Adetuyi is a partner in the film and television production firm Inner City Films,[2] whose productions have included the television series Jozi-H and Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle and the films High Chicago and Love Jacked.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with Robert Adetuyi", Sudbury Star, January 24, 2007.
- ^ a b "Boosting home-grown film". Northern Life. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
External links
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- Film directors from Ontario
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- Canadian people of Nigerian descent
- Writers from Greater Sudbury
- Living people
- York University alumni
- Black Canadian filmmakers
- Canadian Film Centre alumni
- Black Canadian writers
- Film producers from Ontario
- Canadian male screenwriters
- Screenwriters from Ontario
- Canadian film director stubs