Robert Adetuyi
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Robert Adetuyi is a Canadian
screenwriter
and film director. A graduate of York University
, where he studied communications and sociology, he moved to Hollywood in 1992.
His screenwriting credits include Stomp the Yard
, Code Name: The Cleaner
and Turn It Up
. He also directed Turn it Up.
Along with his brothers Tom, Amos and Alfons, Adetuyi is a partner in the film and television production firm Inner City Films, whose productions have included the television series Jozi-H
and Ekhaya and the forthcoming film High Chicago.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and film director. A graduate of York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, where he studied communications and sociology, he moved to Hollywood in 1992.
His screenwriting credits include Stomp the Yard
Stomp the Yard
Stomp the Yard is a 2007 drama and dance film produced by Rainforest Films and released through Sony Pictures' Screen Gems division on January 12, 2007. Directed by Sylvain White, Stomp the Yard centers around DJ Williams, a college student at a fictional historically Black university who pledges...
, Code Name: The Cleaner
Code Name: The Cleaner
Code Name: The Cleaner is an action/comedy starring Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Callum Keith Rennie and Nicollette Sheridan. The film was released by New Line Cinema on January 5, 2007.-Synopsis:...
and Turn It Up
Turn It Up (film)
Turn It Up is a 2000 drama–musical film. It was directed by Robert Adetuyi and stars Ja Rule, Pras, Faith Evans and Jason Statham. The film grossed $1,247,949 during its brief theatrical run.-Cast:*Pras as Diamond*Ja Rule as David "Gage" Williams...
. He also directed Turn it Up.
Along with his brothers Tom, Amos and Alfons, Adetuyi is a partner in the film and television production firm Inner City Films, whose productions have included the television series Jozi-H
Jozi-H
Jozi-H is a one-hour hospital drama series set in Johannesburg, South Africa, set in the Johannesburg General Hospital. It is a Canada-South Africa co-production. It first aired in Canada on CBC Television on 13 October 2006, and in South Africa on SABC3 in 2007.Producers are Morula Pictures and...
and Ekhaya and the forthcoming film High Chicago.