Sesan Ogunro

Sesan Ogunro (born, 11 January 1983) is a Nigerian music video director based in the United Kingdom, often credited for his work as Sesan. He has directed music videos for Afrobeats genre artists such as D'Banj, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage and Davido. He is the CEO of Film Factory Nigeria, a video production company in Lagos and Film Factory South Africa, in Johannesburg.

Early life

Sesan spent his early childhood in his birthplace Lagos, Nigeria before moving to the UK with his family, where he attended secondary school in London.

From music production to Djing, he always had a strong interest and passion for creativity. He took his passion in The arts forward to further studies and graduated with a degree in 3D Animation and Visual effects from the University of West London.

Sesan was inspired by his late father and namesake Sesan Ogunro Sr., who ran Eminent Communications, one of the largest advertising agencies in Lagos until his tragic passing in 2013.

Career

After university, Sesan pursued film projects in the UK urban underground scene through his co-owned production company, Mastermind Promotions which paved the way for him to branch into the mainstream arena. In 2005 he took on the role as the Head of Post Production with global advertising agency, McCann Erickson, London.

In 2007, he met Afrobeats/Afropop artist D'Banj in a nightclub in Lagos and agreed to film the video for his upcoming single, Suddenly. Filmed in Lagos, Sesan's Afrobeat directorial debut lead to future award-winning collaborations with D’Banj. These would include the music video for Oliver Twist (D'banj song) which premiered on YouTube in 2012.

The song received a nomination for the World Music Award Best Video of the Year and a Channel O Music Video Awards Most Gifted Video of the Year award in 2012. Sesan continues to work with artists in all genres such as Grammy nominated duo Riton and Kah-Lo, and has been acclaimed as one of Nigeria's most respected directors.

Selected videography

• Davido – The Sound
• Davido ft Meek Mill - Fans Mi
• Davido ft Nasty C - Coolest Kids in Africa
• Davido ft Rae Sremmurd - Pere
• D'Banj ft Kanye West – Oliver Twist (D'banj song)
• D'Banj ft Snoop Dogg – Mr Endowed
• D'Banj ft Tiwa Savage – Shake it
• Digital Farm Animals ft Nelly – Millionaire
• Kahlo ft Riton – Ginger
• Mr Eazi - In the morning
• Patoranking ft Elephant Man – Daniella Whine
• Shatta Wale – Gringo
• Wizkid– Final (Baba Nla)
• Wizkid – Soweto Baby
• Wizkid - Tonight
• Wizkid ft Mystro – Immediately
• Aṣa – Good Thing
• Tulisa - Daddy

Awards

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