Bola Ogun to Direct Isa Briones in GRAVES by Ellie Pyle
‘The Witcher’: Robbie Amell, Meng’er Zhang Among 4 Cast In Netflix Fantasy Drama
‘The Witcher’: Robbie Amell, Meng’er Zhang Among 4 Cast In Netflix Fantasy Drama
Michael B. Jordan's Raising Dion Drops a Superpowered Season 2 Trailer
After premiering the first season in 2019, Netflix renewed Raising Dion for a second season in 2020, which will consist of eight episodes. Based on the comic book of the same name and a short film by Dennis Liu, Raising Dion follows a single mother trying to navigate her young son's burgeoning superpowers. The eight-episode second season will be directed by Darren Grant, Dennis Liu, Janice Cooke and Bola Ogun.
Calling the Shots: Bola Ogun is living her dreams as a director of TV shows, including “Big Shot”, “Queen Sugar” and “Raising Dion.”
Women and Hollywood: All 10 of the 2019 WBTVG Directors’ Workshop Grads Have Booked Directing Gigs
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‘Queen Sugar’ Sets Season 4 Premiere Date, Announces Cast Additions
Queen Sugar Season 4 Director announcements
Meet The Nigerian Director Working On Season 4 Of Ava DuVernay's 'Queen Sugar'
Bola Ogun has been using her lens to influence those who don’t often have a voice and collaborate with other creative minds to amplify fresh storytelling perspectives, and we are definitely going to be on the lookout for her episode(s) on Queen Sugar.
Lunafest: Are We Good Parents?
"Bola Ogun, filmmaker of "Are We Good Parents?", will be at our event to answer your questions after the screening!"
Carolyn Talks… About Being “HANGRY” With Tennesse Martin and Bola Ogun
With the logline “She doesn’t want justice, she wants revenge” HANGRY is a short film about a teenage girl who’s sexual abuse by her stepfather while he takes financial advantage of her sick mother. Running low on money and time she decides to take matters into her own hands“.
Believe Media Signs Director Bola Ogun For U.S. Commercial Representation
Everything We Know About The Witcher Season 3
Netflix's 'Raising Dion' Season 2 Cast: List of Returning Stars and Newcomers
Grant, Liu, Janice Cook and Bola Ogun split the directing duties across the eight episodes.
The Bulletin Time: Big Shot Season 2 Release Date, Cast, Plot – What to Expect
The series Big Shot was directed by Bill D’Elia, Ron Underwood, Barbara Brown, Viet Nguyen, and Bola Ogun.
Deadline: David Alan Grier Joins ‘Queen Sugar’ As Guest Star
Season 4 directors will include Cheryl Dunye, who will also serve as producing director, Carmen Marrón, Numa Perrier, Heidi Saman, Bola Ogun and Tchaiko Omawale.
Deadline: WBTVG Directors’ Workshop Graduates Set To Helm Episodes Of ‘Legacies’, ‘Riverdale’, ‘Blindspot’ and Others
Variety: Warner Bros. TV Directors’ Workshop 2019 Class Members All Land Assignments
Oprah: Ava DuVernay On Queen Sugar's All-Female Directorial Team
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TV Trailer Watch: 'Queen Sugar' Season 4 Sets Stage for Fiery Family Drama
Queen Sugar Season 4 Trailer
Meet 22 Black Directors Who Answered Hollywood's Call For Diversity And Inclusion
For decades, Hollywood’s excuse was that they just couldn’t find Black female directors. As a project worked its way through big and small screen studios, the same names—belonging to white men—would be written on a sheet of paper, continually shutting its tinseled doors in the faces of Black women who were uniquely qualified to tell stories.
Deadline: WeForShe Directing Program
"Here is the list of participants and their teammates are Lynn d’Angona (paired with Jonathan Frakes), Paige Morrow Kimball (Todd Holland), Jen McGowan (Mary Lou Belli), SJ Main Munoz (David Rodriguez), Melissa Oren (Tamra Davis), Bola Ogun (Tawnia McKiernan), Mo Perkins (Gail Mancuso), Amber Sealey (Daisy Von Schlerer Mayer) and Emily Moss Wilson (Christine Gernon). Read bios for the Class of 2018 below."
Movable: Are We Good Parents?
"On a subversive satire of woke parents who fear they might be asleep to their daughter's growth into her own person."
Ebony: Are We Good Parents?
"EBONY caught up with director Bola Ogun after a screening of her comedy short, Are We Good Parents?, at the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles during the third annual AT&T Shape event on June 2."
The Shadow League: Are We Good Parents?
"The Urbanworld Film Festival just wrapped up its 21st year of existence. Founded in 1997 by Stacy Spikes, Urbanworld has since screened cinematic offerings that have since been recognized as the some of the best examples of black filmmaking ever assembled. "
Deadline: ‘The Hate U Give’ To Close Out Urbanworld Film Festival 2018
The Hollywood Reporter: Are We Good Parents
"Ava DuVernay Celebrates Emerging Filmmakers at AT&T Shape Conference.
The 10-minute shorts were not restricted to any genre, and the variety showed: Bola Ogun's comedy Are We Good Parents?, starring Tracie Thoms and Once Upon a Time's Sean Maguire, drew continuous laugh-out-loud moments from the audience"
Deadline SXSW: Are We Good Parents?
"SXSW has unveiled this year’s Midnighters, Shorts, Virtual Cinema, Music Video, Title Sequence and new Independent Episodic lineup. Busting at the seams with unique — and sometimes bizarre — genre-bending projects, the film festival portion of the event announced an extensive addition to their lineup which includes Wes Anderson’s forthcoming stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs as the closing night film and a first-of-its-kind special event for the Robert Rodriguez-directed Alita: Battle Angel. ."
Awards Daily: Are We Good Parents?
"It was such a great story. I was talking about coming out stories and it made me think about how I wish we all had stories like this.."
Black Girl Nerds: The Water Phoenix
"Now as an adult I finally have the opportunity to see of one of my secret nerdy wishes come true, in an independent short film called The Water Phoenix, the story of Anya, a mermaid trapped in a vaguely familiar yet essentially foreign environment. The Water Phoenix is a passion project years in the making by first time director Bola Ogun, who also wrote the script and stars as Anya. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Bola—and I’ll confess ‘nerd out’—about her living my dream.."
Shadow and Act: The Water Phoenix
"What if Ariel was black? It's a question that's often posed, but we no need to worry about it any further if this promising short film has anything to say about it.
Bola Ogun has unveiled the official trailer for her short film, The Water Phoenix. It stars Ogun, Joseph Dixon and Garrett Sato."
The North Texan: Rebel Artist
"At 31, Bola Ogun has played many roles in Hollywood. The former UNT musical theatre major has been a production assistant for major films, including The Dark Knight Rises, and the TV show True Blood.."
Indiewire: Rebel Without A Crew
"Ranging in age from 28 to 35, two “Rebel Without a Crew” directors came from Hollywood; others came from cities like Albuquerque and Crystal, Minn. Bola Ogun, a Dallas-based Nigerian-American, worked on sets of “The Dark Knight Rises,” “True Detective,” and “Friday Night Lights,” and is a veteran of Ryan Murphy’s Television HALF Mentorship Program."
Indiewire: Robert Rodriguez Will Return to His Low-Budget Roots for New Feature With $7K Price Tag
On the upcoming unscripted series “Rebel Without a Crew,” producer Rodriguez will challenge five filmmakers — including Scarlet Moreno, Alejandro Montoya Marin, Bola Ogun, Bonnie-Kathleen Ryan, and Josh Stifter — to make their own films for just $7,000, with zero crew to be found.
Afropunk: The Water Phoenix
"NEW MOVIE FOLLOWS BLACK MERMAID’S QUEST FOR FREEDOM & SELF-EMPOWERMENT"