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Published on September 22nd, 2015 | by Jameelah "Just Jay" Wilkerson

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Sci-Fi Director Olatunde Osunsanmi Tackles the Science Behind the Fiction With Hollywood TV & Film Successes

There is an emerging Black director in Hollywood who is quietly cultivating his own ’empire’ with no ‘scandal’ involved ….

Los Angeles – Olatunde Osunsanmi has always had a penchant for the paranormal. His directorial debut in 2009, “The Fourth Kind,” starring Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil), was a Universal Pictures theatrical release based on his original screenplay about the alien abduction phenomenon. A cult classic, the film’s success established him as a true industry prodigy and a rising young director. Osunsanmi has since quietly built a list of horror movie and science fiction credits that denote some of the genre’s best work. His skill for being able to juxtapose emotion, existential angst, special effects and aliens has garnered him esteemed recognition amongst his sci-fi peers as one of Hollywood’s top science fiction directors. He is also one of the youngest!

The sci-fi director just recently completed tenure on the set of “Falling Skies,” a TNT series executive produced by Steven Spielberg, about a group of renegade citizens on a dramatic, action packed sojourn fighting an alien invasion in a post-apocalyptic world. A career coup, Osunsanmi was asked to co-executive produce the fifth and final season, as well as direct singular episodes including the series opener and the finale, after directing two complex episodes during season four. Osunsanmi’s passion for his work was on display weekly as the battle between humans and enemy aliens was waged for ten consecutive episodes on the small screen!

Osunsanmi has a trail of top TV science fiction credits to his claim. He has served as an episodic director for CBS’ “Extant,” starring Halle Berry and the CBS series “Under the Dome,” based on the best-selling Stephen King novel of the same name. Additional productions with the Osunsanmi touch include an episode of Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow,” and TNT’s “The Last Ship,” a post-apocalyptic series, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by William Brinkley. He has also directed an episode of the new hit Fox show, “Minority Report,” a sequel to the Steven Spielberg-directed movie, now starring Meagan Good.

The rising star has also been tapped to direct a feature film titled “The Twisted,” a thriller from Scott Free Productions’ new movie division, “Ridley Scott Presents.” Ridley Scott, whose credits include classic films “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” and “Hannibal,” will produce “The Twisted” alongside Giannina Scott and Colet Abedi. “The Twisted” is set in the mountains of Sierra Nevada, where strange things are happening to the children at an isolated orphanage.

                                                                      Director Olatunde Osunsanmi working on the set.

Falling Skies Season 5 Official First Look Teaser Trailer

The Fourth Kind – Official Trailer – directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi



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