Joseph A. Adesunloye
{{Short description|British-Nigerian filmmaker, TV director and writer}}
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Joseph A. Adesunloye is British-Nigerian filmmaker, television director and writer, known for his 2016 feature film White Colour Black.{{Citation |last=Adesunloye |first=Joseph A. |title=White Colour Black |date=15 October 2016 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4932754/ |type=Drama |others=Dudley O'Shaughnessy, Wale Ojo, Alassane Sy, Damola Adelaja |publisher=DreamCoat Films |access-date=10 March 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Joseph A. Adesunloye |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/59ba3daaee2b2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128033114/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/59ba3daaee2b2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 November 2021 |access-date=10 March 2021 |website=BFI |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=16 February 2021 |title=White Colour Black review – Dudley O'Shaughnessy is one to watch |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/16/white-colour-black-review-dudley-o-shaughnessy-joseph-adesunloye-curzon-home-cinema |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
Career
In 2017, Joseph was longlisted ‘Best Debut Screenwriter’ for the prestigious BIFA Awards (British Independent Film Awards){{Cite web |title=Buy cinema tickets for White Colour Black {{!}} BFI London Film Festival 2016 |url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online//default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=whitecolourblack&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=undefined |access-date=10 March 2021 |website=LFF}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} where his film White Colour Black {{Cite web |date=16 February 2021 |title=White Colour Black review – Dudley O'Shaughnessy is one to watch |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/16/white-colour-black-review-dudley-o-shaughnessy-joseph-adesunloye-curzon-home-cinema |access-date=10 March 2021 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Maher |first=Kevin |title=White Colour Black review — Senegal looks stunning in a tale of reluctant homecoming |language=en |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/white-colour-black-review-senegal-looks-stunning-in-a-tale-of-reluctant-homecoming-qljlqbwkf |access-date=10 March 2021 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Citation |title=White Colour Black - Movie Reviews |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/white_colour_black/reviews |language=en |access-date=10 March 2021}} was longlisted for a total of two Awards including the category of 'Most Promising New Comer' for the film's star Dudley O’Shaughnessy.
White Colour Black was also nominated at the 2017 BFI London Film Festival and Adesunloye for the BFI IWC Schaffhausen Filmmakers Bursary Award 2016.{{Cite web |title=The IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/iwc-schaffhausen-filmmaker-bursary-award-association-with-bfi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122103600/https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/iwc-schaffhausen-filmmaker-bursary-award-association-with-bfi |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2021 |access-date=10 March 2021 |website=BFI |language=en}} White Colour Black appeared at the Baltimore International Black Film Festival 2017 winning for Best International Feature and Best Narrative Feature. Adesunloye received the Oscar Micheaux Award for directing.
He is currently{{when|date=May 2022}} completing postproduction work on his second feature film Faces which stars Terry Pheto{{Cite web |title=Curtis Brown |url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/joseph-a-adesunloye |access-date=10 March 2021 |website=www.curtisbrown.co.uk}}
Filmography
- 2023 Vanilla
- 2020 Writing Africa (Short)
- 2019 2064 (Short) (as Joseph Adesunloye)
- 2018 Faces
- 2017 46 (Short)
- 2016 White Colour Black
- 2014 Beyond Plain Sight (Short)
- 2013 Tangle (Short)
- 2012 Labalaba, He'll Return (Short)
- 2007 Shadowed (Short) (as Joseph Adesunloye){{Cite web|title=Joseph A. Adesunloye|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3358337/|access-date=10 March 2021|website=IMDb}}
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Category:British film directors
Category:Nigerian film directors
Category:British television directors
Category:Nigerian television directors
Category:British male television writers
Category:Nigerian television writers
Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)