Oladoke Lutiseku Mobolaji Fagbenle, [1][2] better known as Luti Fagbenle is a British actor, film producer and businessman.
Luti Fagbenle | |
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| Born | Westminster, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film producer, businessman |
| Known for | Ali Taylor in Hollyoaks |
| Relatives | O. T. Fagbenle, Temi Fagbenle, Daps |
Career
editIn 2006, Luti founded the production company Luti Media.[3][4] The company has produced hundreds of music videos, commercials, and films. Their work has been honoured with nominations and awards from the MTV VMAs, BAFTA, the MOBO Awards, Virgin Media Shorts, the UKMVAs, and others.
Fagbenle's debut film was the 2006 Channel 4 Documentary Nike Midnight Madness narrated by Trevor Nelson.[5]
In 2013, Luti's video for One Direction's "Best Song Ever" broke the record on Vevo for views in 24 hours. Vevo announced that the music video delivered 12.3 million views in the 24 hours following its premiere. This beats out the previous record holder, Miley Cyrus's "We Can't Stop," which hit 10.7 million views.[6] The video went on to win Best Video at the 2014 Brit Awards.
Screen Nation honoured Luti with the Digital Vanguard Award for trailblazing contribution to the British and international online digital media industry at the 2013 Digital-iS Media awards at Google's headquarters.[7]
In 2014, The Luti Media-produced video for Iggy Azalea "Fancy" helped the single reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming both Azalea's and Charli XCX's first number-one on that chart, holding the spot for seven consecutive weeks. The video was nominated for Best Video at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards.
In 2018, with Luti Media's Jamaican production expertise, The Carters created a film (OTR 2) that explores the nature of love, life, sacrifice, and changes through the story of Jay-Z and Beyonce.
Personal life
editSon of Nigerian journalist Tunde Fagbenle[8] and British mother Ally Bedford, Luti is the younger brother of actor O. T. Fagbenle and the older brother of video music director and producer Oladapo Fagbenle; his sister is basketball player Temi Fagbenle.[9][10][11]
Television
editIn 2019, Luti Fagbenle began producing his first scripted television series, Maxxx, for Channel 4 and Hulu, written, directed, and starred in by Luti's brother OT Fagbenle. Maxxx is a sitcom that centered around former famous boy band star turned drug-shamed tabloid laughing stock Maxxx. The series was nominated for an RTS Award and an Edinburgh TV award.
In August 2021, Luti Media produced Highlife for Channel 4. Highlife is a reality/documentary-style show, following a group of young and ambitious British West Africans in their everyday life. Described as "the first Black British premium reality series," Highlife was voted best new TV show of 2021 by Cosmopolitan magazine.
Music videography
edit| Artist(s) | Song Title | Label | Director | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popcaan | "Firm and Strong" | Mixpak Records | Nabil Elderkin | Luti Media |
| Justin Bieber | "Yummy" | Def Jam | Parris Goebel | Luti Media |
| Zayn | "PILLOWTALK" | RCA | Bouha Kazmi | Luti Media |
| Zayn | "Satisfaction" | RCA | Bouha Kazmi | Luti Media |
| One Direction | "Best Song Ever" | Syco Music | Ben Winston | Luti Media / Fullwell 73 |
| Nicki Minaj | "Freedom" | Cash Money Records | Colin Tilley | Luti Media |
| Cheryl Cole | "Under The Sun" | Polydor Records | Anthony Mandler | Black Hand Cinema / Luti Media |
| Kanye West & Jay-Z | "Niggas in Paris" (Paris shoot) | Roc-A-Fella Records | Kanye West | Luti Media |
| Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX | "Fancy" | Virgin EMI | Director X | Luti Media / DNA |
| Rita Ora | "Poison" | Roc Nation Columbia Atlantic | Director X | Cameron Duddy |
| Charles Hamilton feat. Rita Ora | "New York Raining" | Interscope Records Republic Records | Max and Dania | Luti Media / DNA |
| Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora | "Black Widow" | Virgin EMI | Director X | Luti Media / DNA |
| Little Mix | "Black Magic" | Syco Music | Director X | Luti Media |
| Ed Sheeran, Labrinth, Tinchy Stryder, Rizzle Kicks, Chipmunk, Mz Bratt, Ms Dynamite, Tulisa Contostavlos, Wretch 32, Dot Rotten, and Gary Barlow | "Teardrop" | Future Records | Vertex & Ben | Luti Media |
| Olly Murs | "Dance With Me Tonight" | Epic Records | Marcus Lundin | Luti Media |
| JLS | "Take A Chance on Me" | Epic Records | Parris Stewart | Riveting Entertainment |
| Alexandra Burke feat. Pitbull | "All Night Long"[12] | Syco | Rage | Luti Media |
| N-Dubz | "I Need You"[13] | Universal Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| N-Dubz feat. Mr. Hudson | "Playing With Fire" | Universal Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| Lemar | "The Way Love Goes" | Sony Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| Zayn | "Like I Would" | RCA Records | Director X | Luti Media |
References
edit- ^ "Portobello Film Festival London".
- ^ "MR OLADOKE LUTISEKU MOBOLAJI FAGBENLE director information. Free director information. Director id 911226480".
- ^ "Bouha Kazmi joins roster at Luti Media". PromoNews. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Luti Media". Mandy. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2935220- note: he is credited here as 'Oladoke Fagbenle' rather than 'Luti Fagbenle' [user-generated source]
- ^ "One Direction 'Best Song Ever' by Ben Winston". Promonews Tv. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Screen Nation Digital-iS Media Awards 2013". RadioPalmwine. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Celebrated Columnist, Tunde Fagbenle loses son". 21 May 2018.
- ^ Fagbenle, Temi (7 July 2012). "Passions: Basketball star loves to tread the boards". The Times.
- ^ "Temi Fagbenle".
- ^ "Temi Fagbenle has many ambitions, and one is to play for the Lynx". Star Tribune.
- ^ "Alexandra Burke Featuring Pitbull – All Night Long | Lornsadaisy's Blog". Lornsadaisy.wordpress.com. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "N-Dubz' I Need You by Rage". Promo News. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2011.