Lala Akindoju is the latest addition to Amazon Studios’ creative team.
Amazon Studios, an American television film producer and distributor has appointed Nollywood actress, Lala Akindoju, as its Senior Movies Creative Executive for Nigeria.
Lala Akindoju’s experience in the film industry spans over 10 years as an actor, producer, director, and consultant. She now joins Amazon’s Local Original team as the Senior Movies Creative Executive in Nigeria.
Ned Mitchell, the Head of Originals, Africa & Middle East, Amazon Studios, made this announcement on his Linkedin page, revealing the three other new executives that will drive the expansion of the streaming service across the continent. They are Kaye Ann Williams(Head of scripted and movies for South Africa), Brendan Gabriel (Senior Unscripted Creative Executive for South Africa), and Mike-Steve Adeleye (Senior Scripted Creative Executive for Nigeria). They join Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu on the Amazon Studios Originals development team.
The Nollywood actress will serve as the point executive on several original movie projects, helping from pitch to production. She will evaluate proposals and pitches and provide creative feedback to the talent on treatments, outlines, scripts, production plans/budgets, and cuts.
Lala Akindoju is also expected to coordinate and work with other departments (Content Licensing, Marketing, PR, Business Affairs, Production Legal, Physical Production, Post Production, and Finance).
Excited Lala while sharing the news on her Instagram page, wrote;
I am incredibly excited to be joining the Amazon Studios Local Originals team as the Senior Movies Creative Executive, Nigeria.
Amazon Studios has shown its commitment to creating opportunities that are laser focused on creatives & content.
It is such an honour to be part of the team committed to making that happen in Nigeria. Not only does it align with my personal passion – growing Nollywood as a whole, as well as growing and honing talent in Nigeria, I get to work with the most amazing and talented team!
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Many thanks to Ned Mitchell & Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu for the warm welcome, I look forward to contributing to building Africa’s premiere studio and a home for talent to grow and share their original stories with the world.”
@nedmitchell_ @wangistar
Congratulations Lala Akindoju.
