Olufunmilayo Gittens
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Writer
Director Olufunmilayo Gittens (BA, Brown University, MFA in film
production from Boston University) has received awards in numerous film
festivals across the country. Her film Lucky was picked up by Los
Angeles-based distributor Lead Dog Entertainment, and was selected to
appear in the Global Cinema TV film series hosted by Ernie Hudson
(Ghostbusters, Hand that Rocks the Cradle) for cable's Black Family
Channel. Olu was on the production team for Cyberchase, the
Emmy-winning animated children's PBS television series. Her work as a
theater director was featured in the Ain't I A Woman Theater Festival
and funded in part by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs via the
Brooklyn Arts Council. Olu has received citations from the Brooklyn
Borough President's Office and the City Council of New York for her
contribution to the arts through film. Her multi-camera TV/web soap
opera Choices, produced at MNN-TV, was a
three-time winner in the 2012 L.A. Web Fest. Olu is producing her first
feature film Baby of the Family with producers Nicole Sylvester and
Rahsan Lindsay.