He may not be known in his home country Nigeria but 24 years old, Olamide Oladimeji is making exploits in the popular Hollywood.
Today, Oladimeji is better known as a US-based cinematographer who is etching his name in the Hollywood scene.
To his credit, he has worked with some of the A-list artistes in Hollywood, including Kevin Hart, Nick Cannon, Boris Kodje, Robin Thicke and was part of the crew that shot the 2016 BET Awards.
Although he has worked on many projects in the US, Oladimeji holds dear to his heart, his experience working with Hollywood comedian and actor, Kevin Hart on the set of ‘The Real Husbands of Hollywood’ Season 5.
“I would say working with Kevin Hart, Nelly, Nick Cannon and other top Hollywood stars on that set for me was an encouragement and motivation. It was a crazy experience but I’m glad I worked on that production,” Oladimeji recounts.
He explained further, “On several occasions as the tape rolled, Kevin would go off script and the script supervisors would be scrambling to find where he might have made the error in his lines but they couldn’t as Kevin would have improvised and 10 out of the 10 time, the directors would preferred the scene where he had improvised. That’s a great eye opener for me as a cinematographer.”
According to the young Nigerian, Kevin made him see as a witness what a mix of creativity and hard work can do in a production.
“The Real Husbands of Hollywood shoot was a very good learning ground for me. I was able to ask pertinent questions from Tommy Maddox-Upshaw (Iron Man 2, Straight Outta Compton), my mentor and former cinematography instructor, who is the series’ Director of Photography.”
It was part of this experience and his delivery that fetched him a job as a member of the select crew that worked on the production of the last BET Awards held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
The young Oladimeji is a graduate of Psychology from the University of Lagos.
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