Model cum actor, Joshua Ojo, is back to the industry that shot him into the limelight. Ojo was a force to reckon with in the modeling industry, having worked with popular and notable brands while growing up. His foray into the make-believe world started while he was in secondary school where he featured in a notable TV series, ‘Tightrope,’ which was sponsored by the United States Agency For International Development, USAID.
The talented movie actor played the son of both Olu Jacob and Joke Silva in ‘Tightrope’. The series ran for many years on Nigeria Television Authority Network and was the toast of movie lovers. After the success of the drama series, he participated in several movies and won several accolades as a kid actor. The impressive response further ignited his passion for acting and he was able to worm his way into late Amaka Igwe’s heart. He earned a major role, Mufu in her popular family TV series, Fuji House of Commotion which he did for more than 10 years before leaving to start a new career in movie production.
Ojo started producing and directing his own movies when he was 17 years-old, but he had unpalatable tales to tell from his experience. Despite the fact that he earned the nickname, the youngest director in Nollywood, he was duped and didn’t get a dime from his projects. Marketers duped him because he was young and had no proper experience and training for what he was doing.
The disappointment in the way his efforts at movie production turned out made him quit all and he went back to continue his studies. After his graduation from the University of Ibadan where he studied Theatre Arts, he continued to hone his skills in directing with a course at ITPAN film school, Lagos State. He later traveled abroad to study filmmaking and directing at the New York Film Academy, NYFA in Florida. One of the reasons he chose NYFA was to have access to all the equipment which one can’t get in some other film institutions. Ojo is now back to Nigeria and ready to take the movie industry by storm. His specialty is in history and biopics.
As a pan Africanist, the award winning actor is on a mission to unearth the best stories Africa has to offer, package them in a form that is universally acceptable using art and technology as tools, and finally deliver them to a global audience as entertaining content. With a desire to create movies with the intention of preserving the culture and heritage of Africans, educating as well as passing on important messages through his medium.
