BB Sasore
{{short description|Nigerian filmmaker}}
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| birth_name = Bodunrin Sasore
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|alma_mater = Rutgers University
| occupation = Screenwriter, film director
| known_for = {{Ubl | Banana Island Ghost | Before 30 |God Calling|}}
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Bodunrin Sasore, commonly known as BB Sasore,{{Cite web |last=Ekugo |first=Ngozi |date=2024-05-19 |title=Quality talent will drive new capital into Nigeria's movie industry- BB Sasore |url=https://nairametrics.com/2024/05/19/quality-talent-will-drive-new-capital-into-nigerias-movie-industry-bb-sasore/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Nairametrics |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Adegbola |first1=Matilda |last2=Okechukwu |first2=Daniel |date=31 Dec 2023 |title=In Conversation With BB Sasore: "I'm Not a Religious Person Per se. |url=https://www.innollywood.com/p/conversation-with-bb-sasore-breath-of-life |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=In Nollywood}} is a Nigerian screenwriter, film director, and co-founder of Nemsia Studios.{{cite web | last1=Badejo | first1=Emmanuel | last2=Omonijo | first2=Success | title=Latest Nigeria news update | website=The Nation Newspaper | date=October 7, 2021 | url=https://thenationonlineng.net/ | access-date=July 20, 2022}}{{cite web | title=Nollywood production house Nemsia Films announces the first commissioned slate deal with Amazon Prime Video | website=Businessday NG | date=June 21, 2022 | url=https://www.businessday.ng/amp/sponsored/article/nollywood-production-house-nemsia-films-announces-the-first-commissioned-slate-deal-with-amazon-prime-video/ | access-date=July 20, 2022}} He is best known as the writer and director of God Calling, and ''Before 30.{{cite web | last=Dosunmu | first=Damilare | title=Inside Amazon Prime Video's first Nollywood film production deal | website=TechCabal | date=June 21, 2022 | url=https://techcabal.com/2022/06/21/amazon-prime-video-commissions-nollywoods-nemsia-films-for-3-films/ | access-date=July 20, 2022}}{{cite web | last=THISDAYLIVE | first=Home - | title=Bodurin Sasore's 'God Calling' Makes History – THISDAYLIVE | website=THISDAYLIVE – Truth and Reason | date=October 15, 2020 | url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/12/29/bodurin-sasores-god-calling-makes-history/amp/ | access-date=July 20, 2022}}
Education
Sasore holds a degree with majors in genetics and biochemistry from Rutgers University.{{cite web | title=EXCLUSIVE: The Confidential Interview With Bodurin Sasore | website=ShockNG | date=April 8, 2021 | url=https://shockng.com/exclusive-the-confidential-interview-with-bodurin-sasore/ | access-date=July 20, 2022}}
Career
In 2013, BB Sasore co-founded Nemsia Studios with Derin Adeyokunnu, establishing a studio dedicated to producing high-quality, story-driven films.{{Cite web |last=Bankole |first=Idowu |date=2022-06-20 |title=Nollywood Production House, Nemsia Films announces 1st commissioned Slate Deal with Amazon Prime Video |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/nollywood-production-house-nemsia-films-announces-1st-commissioned-slate-deal-with-amazon-prime-video/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}
Filmography
- Soft Love (2024)
- Breath of Life (2023)
- God Calling (2018)
- Banana Island Ghost (2017)
- Before 30 (2015){{cite web | last=Augoye | first=Jayne | title=Nollywood actor, Karibi Fubara, is dead | website=Premium Times Nigeria | date=December 15, 2021 | url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/501006-nollywood-actor-karibi-fubara-is-dead.html | access-date=July 20, 2022}}
- Gidi Up (2013)
- Journey of an African Colony
See also
References
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Category:Nigerian film directors
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