Kayode Kasum

Kayode Kasum is a Nigerian movie director and producer.

Education
He attended Yaba College of Technology.

Career
Kasum started his career in film making as a motion graphics designer at Wale Adenuga Productions. He also worked as a producer in an advertising company. His first feature film, Dognapped and Nigeria's first live action animation film, was released in 2017. He however gained popularity for his film titled Oga Bolaji which was released in 2018 and has made other Nollywood productions including Sugar Rush and Toyin Abraham's Fate of Alakada. Kayode has shot as director 10,860+ minutes of MNET's telenovela series Unbroken and Riona. His filmography as a director includes films - Sugar Rush (2019), This Lady Called Life (2020), Kambili - The Whole 30 yards (2020), Quams Money, Castle and Castle S2, Soole (2021) and his first psychological horror Ile Owo (House of Money) (2022). He is also the 4th top highest grossing film director in Nigeria grossing over ₦767m.

Kasum is credited with directing Nigeria’s first live-action animated movie and one of Nigeria’s highest-grossing films ever.

He was nominated for The Future Awards Africa 2019 prize for Film making and was listed as one of the top Nollywood film directors of 2020. In 2023, he was recognized for directing Something Like Gold, Afamefuna and Far From Home.

Filmography

 * Dognapped (2017)
 * This Lady Called Life (2020)
 * Oga Bolaji (2018)
 * Kambili: The Whole 30 Yards (2020)
 * Quams Money (2020)
 * Sugar Rush'' (2019)
 * Fate of Alakada (2020)
 * The Therapist (2021)
 * Ponzi (2021)
 * Love is Yellow (2020)
 * Sweet face (2020)
 * Killing Jade
 * Phases
 * Unbroken (2019-2020)
 * Dwindle (2021)
 * Soole (2021)
 * Something Like Gold (2023)
 * Áfàméfùnà: An Nwa Boi Story (2023)
 * Far From Home (2022)
 * One Too Many (2022)