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Oyebanji Ademuyiwa Oyekanmi James, hails from Orile-Owu in Osun state, South-West of Nigeria. Born in the early 70's to the family of Chief and Mrs A.O Oyebanji of the LAGBEDU and GIESI royal houses respectively.

EDUCATION He began his education with Ebire Nursery and Primary School,Felele-Ibadan but later finalizes his Primary education with Ire-Akari Primary school,Ilasamaja,Lagos. After his primary education, Ademuyiwa proceeded to Okota Secondary School, Okota-Isolo, Lagos where he settled his Senior Secondary education in 1991. Having encountered the usual JAMB admission gridlock, Oyebanji A.O James, secured admission to study Theater arts in the University of Uyo,Akwa Ibom, at diploma level(2years)in 1997. Securing a good grade at the completion of his two years diploma course in Theater arts(OND), Ademuyiwa proceeded to the National Film Institute,Jos, Plateau State where he added another certificate in Cinematography and Documentary Film-making to his educational achievement in 1999. With this certified educational background, Oyebanji Ademuyiwa began his media career with Mimatson Communication (a sub-television studio) as a Production Assistant and later rising to the position of Producer/Presenter of a Television programme "Trend & Times" which aired on Rivers State Television(RSTV). With deep quest for command of the arts, Oyebanji Ademuyiwa, returned to the University of Uyo where he finally bagged his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater arts, specializing in Directing. Though in the course of his BA studies,Ademuyiwa was already into professional film and television practice. Oyebanji Ademuyiwa was trained by seasoned professional Theater practitioners notable amongst them are Dr Inih Ebong, Dr Inegbe Stephen ,Prof Effiong Johnson, Prof Bakare Ojo Rasaki, Prof Dapo Adelugba , Prof Kalu Uka , Prof Hyginus Ekwuazi etc. Oyebanji Ademuyiwa has several films,musical videos and television productions to his credit. His deep knowledge in film making earned him a lecturing position with WALE ADENUGA'S PEFTI FILM INSTITUTE, where he taught Directing, Still Photography and Cinematography. Oyebanji Ademuyiwa Oyekanmi James, Produced and Directed his first Film "ALARM" in 2001,"MIRROR OF HOPE" in 2002,"TILL JUDGEMENT DAY"in 2003,"ITESIWAJU ARINRINAJO(an adaptation of John Bunyan's "Pilgrims Progress")in 2008,"SHIPWRECK" in 2009. The most recent is "WAY TO GO", produced by late Justus Esiri for Federal Ministry of Agriculture under the auspices of Akinwunmi Adesina(Former Minister of Agriculture) in 2012 and "AWORAN" in 2014. Oyebanji Ademuyiwa coined SPECTA-ACT as a replacement for ACTION movie genre,emphasizing that referring to a genre of movie as action film is absurd since action flows in every other genre of film. Ademuyiwa is the pioneering State Chairman of Actors Guild of Nigeria ,Oyo state chapter.§§§§