Andrew Dosunmu is currently based between New York, and lagos, Nigeria. Raised and educated in Nigeria, Dosunmu began his career as a design assistant at the fashion house of Yves Saint Laurent. He has subsequently worked as a Creative Director and fashion photographer, whose images have appeared in a variety of international magazines. Besides a flourishing career in photography, Dosunmu is also active in film and television. His award-winning documentary Hot Irons (1999) won best documentary at FESPACO and Reel Award at Toronto. In South Africa, Dosunmu has directed episodes of the widely acclaimed television series “Yizo, Yizo” which dramatizes the policy debates around education in post apartheid South Africa through a frank presentation of the social crises and conflicts at a Johannesburg high school. Dosunmu has also served as creative director for album covers (for such artists as Erykah Badu and Public Enemy), and directed music videos, including his first for Isaac Hayes, and others for Angie Stone, Common, Wyclef Jean, Kelis, Aaron Neville, Maxwell, Tracy Chapman and Talib Kweli. Dosunmu has recently been selected to participate in the photography exhibition “Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary Photography” at the International Center of Photography. In 2007, Dosunmu was honored with the request to speak at the TED Global conference. Dosunmu is currently in production on his documentary “The African Game” which documents the fans and spirit of football in Africa. Photographs from this documentary have already been published in a coffee table book by Powerhouse Publishing. RESTLESS CITY is Dosunmu’s first feature film endeavor; intended for theatrical release, it will premiere in the festival circuit in late 2010. Dosunmu is a grant recipient of the Annenberg Foundation and the Maryland Film Fund.

DOCUEMENTARY – The African Game (2010)
Dosunmu is currently directing The African Game, a feature documentary that explores the game of football in Africa as it relates to the continent’s culture in all its diversity. The film will explore the fashion, culture, pride, energy and vibrancy around the game, combining exclusive film footage and photographic images documented over several years, as a lead up to the world’s first World Cup on African soil.

FEATURE FILM – Restless City (2010)
Shot on location in NYC in the fall of 2009, Restless City tells a story about an African Immigrant living on the fringes of American society in search of his dreams. Log line: «You are a young, vibrant West African immigrant. There is music in your blood and fearlessness in your heart. The streets of New York are your home, where you can do anything you want. What you gonna do?…»

DOCUMENTARY – Hot Irons (2000)
Hot Irons provides a rare look into the social culture of African-American hairstyling, as explained by five Detroit hairdressers in preparation for the annual “Hair Wars” competition. Aided by striking cinematography and a brilliantly eclectic soundtrack, Dosunmu captures the hopes and pressures of the men who were laid off from the automobile industry and now compete for recognition and respect in the fantastically creative world of black hair styling.

TV – Yizo Yizo
Yizo Yizo began as a controversial and popular TV drama about a Johannesburg, all-black high school. As addictive as a soap opera but as topical as a news magazine, the series portrays a young rape victim haunted by nightmares; the perpetrators adjusting to prison life while awaiting their trial; the politics of school budgetary and staffing cuts; an opportunistic teacher-student affair; and a teacher who cannot overcome cultural differences between herself and her students.

COMMERCIALS
Dosunmu has directed and photographed numerous commercials for print advertising & tv including:
AT&T, “Buddy System” for ABC , “Ass Kicking” PSA, General Motors, “My Kind of Town” for AMES, Levi’s, Giordano Jeans, Kenneth Cole, “ Soul Food” for Showtime

EDITORIAL
Dosunmu has been a contributing photographer in the following publications: Vibe, Clam, Fader, Face, Paper Magazine, Interview Magazine, I-D Magazine, Vogue Homme – France, L’-Homme Vogue – Italy, Complex Magazine, & Ebony Magazine.