Temidayo Abudu
Film producer
Temidayo Abudu is a Nigerian film producer, copywriter, and casting director. She is best known for producing the crime drama film titled Òlòtūré and co-producing Chief Daddy with Mo Abudu.
Quotes
edit- Well, as a producer you always have to try and balance the creative with your finances and so it’s always a constant battle trying to give as much as you can without breaking the bank. You deal with a lot of personalities and creative ideas. But you realize it’s a collaborative process and you have to bring everyone along.
- Some of the challenges she has faced and how she overcame them (November 2018)
- It’s easier to just show people who you are. Actions speak so much louder.
- Filmmakers in Nollywood are really tenacious. No matter the obstacle we seem to overcome. If you put a Hollywood filmmaker in Nigeria I don’t think they’d ever survive. So I just wish we had the proper support to help us make magic.
- One thing she wishes could be changed about Nollywood (29 November 2018)
- Inception, Crazy Rich Asians, the complexity of Inception is insane, delivering a story like that takes some crazy imagination. Crazy Rich Asians for its vibrancy and the way culture exudes through every scene. It’s a beautiful film.
- One film she wished she had directed with her reason (November 2018)
- I can’t bring myself to look down when I’m up somewhere that’s too high.
- Surprising fact about her (2018)
- Running a business in Nigeria is difficult but I decided to focus and do that full-time.
- I just want to keep going, conquering one thing after another until I take over the worlddddd!
- Africa to the world is how I see it. The World isn’t so big anymore.
- Women. If we come together, respect each other, educate, enlighten, pray, we can do anything.
