Remi Olutimayin
Remi Olutimayin (born Oluremilekun Nda Olutimayin) is a Nigerian voice director, actor, and producer.[1] He is Nigeria's first director for animation[2] and winner of the African Voice Director Legacy Award 2022.[3] He is also an advocate for neurodiversity in the country[4] having been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome as an adult.[5][6]
Life and career
Olutimayin was born in February 1978 in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.[7] He attended the Nigerian Air-Force Primary School, Victoria Island and King's College, Lagos, and later the University of Lagos and Babcock University. While in school, he interned at SO&U Advertising agency. On graduation, he worked at Rhythm 93.7 FM Lagos, where he continued to develop his skill as a voiceover artist and producer.
His first acting role was as the villain on Coconut Island,[8] an animation short by Nigerian animation studios Sublim8 Studios and Elf Studios. In 2010, he worked on the production of a series of animated shorts[9] with Elf Studios, playing different characters in the series. It is the earliest recorded West African animation with a voice director.
In 2011, he produced and voice directed the Nigerian humour podcast series "The Ghenghen International" [10] with Adeyemi Fatona, Olumide Luminus Alabi, Victor Kalu, Femi Sawyerr, and DJ Klem (Clement Kponu). It ran for 2 seasons.
In 2015, he was the voice-director of what is considered the largest audiobook project in African history[11] "I'm A Graduate, Now What?" Produced by Naomi Lucas[12][13][14]
In 2018, he was engaged to voice cast, voice direct, & voice act the Nigerian 3D animated musical 'Gammy & the Living Things' co-voiced and directed by Segun Arinze. It had Jude MI Abaga in the lead, and support cast like Joke Silva, Pete Edochie, Sadiq Daba, Bimbo Akintola, John Dumelo, Bovi, among others.
In 2019, he worked with Project Everyone to voice direct, voice cast and produce a series The World’s Largest Lesson in the major Nigerian languages (English, Hausa, Igbo, & Yoruba), in conjunction with Sir Ken Robinson and Aardman Animations.
In 2019, he worked with Collectible Comics to voice the lead character in the animated series 'Man of the Law'.[15] In 2021, he worked with TNC to voice direct "Love, Music, & Dreams", a Nigerian audio drama.[16] In 2022, he voice directed, voice cast, and played the lead role in Ajaka: Lost In Rome, produced by Ayodele Elegba, Jason L. Richardson (J1 Studios), and Ishmael Street.[17][18]
References
- ↑ "JollofRadio :: Podcast - ep-2-becoming-west-africas-1st-voice-director-ft-remi-olutimayin-part1". jollofradio.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ Listen to The Basics Of Voice-Acting And the Business of Content Creation with Remi Olutimayin from show Obehi Podcast: In-depth interviews - season - 1 on gaana, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ Africa's Voice Director Extraordinaire | Remi Olutimayin - APVA Legacy | APVA Awards 2022, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ "Nigeria Needs Stronger Support Systems To Manage Neuro Developmental Disorders – Experts – Independent Newspaper Nigeria". 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "Shades of Life Foundation, Cyclotron Advocate for Autism Awareness in Nigeria – THISDAYLIVE". content.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "A certain way of cluelessness by Remi Olutimayin « Psychology & Psychiatry# « Cambridge Core Blog". 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ Listen to The Basics Of Voice-Acting And the Business of Content Creation with Remi Olutimayin from show Obehi Podcast: In-depth interviews - season - 1 on gaana, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ Coconut Island Trailer, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ "The AREA - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "Absolute GhenGhen Rebranded". Deezer. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "#AfricasBiggestBookProject: My Stroll with Naomi Lucas". HuffPost. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ Group, B. H. M. (2015-07-22). "Graduatepro Unveils #AfricasBiggestBookProject, A First-Of-Its-Kind Collaboration In Africa". BHM GROUP. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ II, Administrator. "Africa's Biggest Book Project hits Abuja – Blueprint Newspapers Limited: Breaking news happening now in Nigeria and todays latest newspaper headlines". Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ Chapter 11 Understanding The Labour Market by Audu Maikori, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ Mag, Squid (2019-01-30). "Who's Making Comics In Nigeria?". Medium. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ Love Music and Dreams Audio Drama Series – Episode 1, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ AJAKA: Lost in Rome | Animated Short Film | Spoof! Animation, retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ "Afripods - Podcasting platform amplifying Africa". afripods.africa. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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