When
we think motion pictures, we often imagine the red carpet, lights, camera and
glitterati of the glamorous industry, but its not often we get to meet the
creative minds behind the outstanding performances we see on the silver screen. Films
offer us escapism, closure, educate, stimulate our imagination but most
importantly offer us the much needed entertainment though the vicissitude of
our lives.
Catering
to these diverse functions are what award winning Filmmaker Tosin Coker is tasked with when working
on a film project.
Today,
we are celebrating a rare gem in the movie industry. Meet Tosin Coker is a Nigerian-American filmmaker based out of Los
Angeles, California and the CEO of Skylar
Pictures. He has over with 10+ years experience in Film Directing and Media
Arts.
Born
in San Francisco, California, Coker now 32 years old is from Abeokuta in Ogun State, Nigeria. He did
his elementary school in Nigeria before leaving for the United States at the
Age of 14 in 1996. He was educated at the Art
Institute of California in Los Angeles for Bachelors Degree and attended
the Academy of Art University in San
Francisco for his Masters Degree.
Coker
started his career in computer animation. His first experience with directing
came when he had the opportunity to direct a music video- a move that led
changing the path of his entire career and brought about his passion in
filmmaking- a path that had been previously threaded by his father.
Many
years down the line, Coker has Produced, Directed and Edited music videos for
international talents, documentaries, silent narratives and short films.
Coker
has featured many talented and award winning actors in his projects including Emmy
Award Winner Diahnna Nicole Baxter
(“Scandal” and “True Blood”) and Elimu
Nelson (“House of Lies”, “Things Never Said” and “Private Practice”) in his
short film ‘Doorways’.
Watch Trailer to ‘Finding Neptune’ - https://vimeo.com/ 66792831
Watch Trailer to ‘Doorways’ - https://vimeo.com/ 31059409
Watch Trailer to ‘Finding Neptune’ - https://vimeo.com/
Watch Trailer to ‘Doorways’ - https://vimeo.com/
For more information on Tosin
Coker and Skylar Pictures, please visit: Website: www.skylarpictures.com | Facebook Pages: Skylar Pictures LLC | Doorways - The Movie | Tosin
Coker | Twitter: @cokertosin | Tosin Cokers IMDB page: http://www.imdb.me/tosincoker
For more information on ‘Finding
Neptune’: IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt2499342/ | Facebook: findingneptunefilm
For more information on ‘Doorways’:
IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt1776160/
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