Nollywood’s English filmmakers should learn professionalism from Yoruba producers – Funsho Adeolu
Popular Yoruba actor, Funsho Adeolu has stated that Yoruba filmmakers are far better than their Igb0 counterparts, noting that the Igb0s still have a long way to go in the movie industry.
In an interview with NET, the 55-year-old actor-cum-director who had always wanted to be a lawyer, but veered into acting after failin.g JAMB four times, said “I like to be in the midst of people that are professionals…
When I was in English [movies], I never worked with anybody apart from Tunji Bamishigbin, Jimi Odumosu, Tade Ogidan, and the likes. During that period, I got offers from others but I always declined because they were not professi0nals
Theirs (Igb0 filmmakers) is usually a case of somebody who started as a production assistant and in a year, claims to be a director. I had a standard and used to refùse their offers.”
The actor who has starred in popular soap operas such as: Palace, Super Story and Family Ties, disclosed that, “There is not that big money in Yoruba movies but I have realized that they are after knowledge, even though they are not as read as the English people.” Unlike the English movie sector where there is a lot of “fi.ghts and be.efs.”
Speaking further, the Ondo-born filmmaker noted that the Igb0 movie industry is far behind the Yorubas in terms of quality.
His words: “In their case, (Igb0 movie makers), often times, their marketer is also the producer and director
I’m not saying it is professi0nal, but it can be done, and well, too. Mel Gibson is a director, producer, actor and that is what we are looking at, but that does not mean everyone should do that. They feel it is a normal process for an actor to grow to become a producer and director, but it is not so.”
There are many things the Igb0 are l.acking behinds
All thanks to Yoruba actor for taking the Nollywood to the next level and showing them the way
-Funsho Adeolu
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