Tade Ogidan Biography – Age, Career, Education, Early Life, Family, Movie, Awards, And Net Worth

Tade Ogidan Biography – Age, Career, Education, Early Life, Family, Movie, Awards, And Net Worth

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Tade Ogidan is a well-known Nigerian film and television screenwriter, producer, and director. Tade, also known as Akintade Ogidan, was born on July 23, 1960, in Surulere, Lagos, to Akinola and Racheal Ogidan. Tade was mentored by David Orere, the producer at NTA (Nigeria Television Authority) in the 1970s. Tade Ogidan is the CEO of OGD Pictures and OGD Music Ltd. at the moment. “Hostages,” an award-winning film from the 1990s, was the company’s first film production. In this article, we’ll look at Tade Ogidan’s biography, how he got started, and Tade Ogidan’s net worth.

Full Name:	Akintade Ogidan
Stage Name	Tade Ogidan
Date of Birth:	23rd July 1960
Place of Birth::	Surulere, Lagos
State of Origin:	Surulere, Lagos
Nationality:	Nigerian
Occupation:	Nigerian movie writer, television screenwriter, producer, and director
Net Worth:	$1 million
Wife/Sponsor:	N/A
Source	The9jafresh

Tade Ogidan Biography

ade Ogidan is a Nigerian screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He began filmmaking at the age of 16 before enrolling in university. Following his university education, he began his professional career in 1983 at the National Television Authority (NTA) in Lagos.

Tade left the local television station after more than seven years to establish himself. He is now the MD/CEO of OGD Pictures and OGD Music Ltd., a production company he founded that has produced several blockbuster films.

Tade is a creative producer in general. He is a movie producer who has made a name for himself in the Nigerian film industry.

Tade Ogidan Early Life and Education

Akintade Ogidan is Tade Ogidan’s full name. He was born on July 23, 1960, the year Nigeria gained independence. Tade was born in Lagos to Mr. Akinola’s family. Tade received his primary education at Government Demonstration School before continuing his education at Surulere Baptist School in Surulere, Lagos. Ogidan continued his secondary school education at Ekiti Parapo College in Ido-Ekiti in 1972.

Then in 1974, he moved to Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos where he finally graduated in 1978. Tade Ogidan had his tertiary education at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM, USA. where he studied Film, Radio, and Television Production. He also graduated from the State University of New York, the USA with a degree.

Tade Ogidan Career

Tade began his career as an apprentice to David Orere, the producer at NTA (Nigeria Television Authority) in the 1970s. Tade would accept acting roles assigned to him by David despite his dislike for being in movie scenes. Although he began acting at the age of 16 at the University, David would rather be behind the camera, directing a film, than in front of it. He also learned how to write screenplays.

After completing his education and his National Youth Service Corp Scheme which he completed in 1983, Tade started as an in-house writer, producer, and director at NTA Channel 10. His work also requires he worked as a continuity manager at NTA channel 5. Tade spent almost 10 years working at the Nigerian Television Authority, Lagos. He had directed and produced several engaging drama series and specials on NTA.

He started gaining fame when two of his works, Blinking hope and The Reign of Abiku won awards in television festival in the 80s. He moved on to work in various magazine shows, and projects. Tade left NTA in 1990, to establish himself more. This was when he created OGD Pictures LTD. Ogidan coined his company name from his surname OGIDAN. OGD pictures became the top brand for movie production back in the days.

“Hostages” was the first film produced by OGD Pictures. “Hostages” was a telenovela series that broke the television space, but Tade struggled to fund it because he had just quit his salaried job to pursue such a project. The series’ photography took three months to complete. Then there were issues with the movie set, which was supposed to depict luxury, and Tade and his team were not about to compromise on the standard and scale that they had envisioned for the series.

The first’s company project was self-funded by Tade, so his team only worked when got money from TV commercials he shot. Some friends and family aided the production of the movie which took 5 – 6 months to complete. Chief Dr. Raymond Dokpesi CEO of DAAR and owner of AIT saw Hostages’ trailer and was quite impressed that he took as one the drama projects to air on his television which was about to launch then as of 1996. Hostages had to make more fortune so, Tade Ogidan edited a version for a film when Nollywood had just started The series made a great success at the cinemas and on video. The movie was finally released in 1996.

Tade in 1995 released “Owo Blow” even before “Hostages”. Owo Blow was the movie that made Femi Adebayo popular. Femi Adebayo is now the Special Adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Arts, Culture, and Tourism. Femi also is the son of a veteran actor, Adebayo Salami. Since Owo Blow, Tade has continued to write, produce and direct several notable Nollywood films.

Tade’s OGD music released The OGD All Starz Jamz which made room for several Nollywood movie stars to release their songs. OGD Pictures LTD also did TV commercials and projects for big companies and carried out major live events for the Lagos State Government. One of the commercials OGD Pictures LTD did for the Lagos State Government was the 2014 edition of the Lagos State Governor’s Education Awards. The commercial was for a live musical drama that featured over 200 Lagos State Public Secondary School pupils performing alongside Nollywood stars like Patience Ozokwor, Hafiz Oyetoro, Yinka Akanbi, Femi Adebayo, Gloria Young, and Lepacious Bose.

OGD pictures LTD holds the record of the shooting the first and second Nigerian-made TV commercials to ever be shown on CNN International in the early 90s.

OGD Pictures LTD partnered with the High Impact Amusement Centre to release a comedy-drama series titled “Gold Statue” in 2019. “Gold Statue” came 8 years after Tade released a movie. “Gold Statue” movie featured top Nollywood icons such as Sola Sobowale, RMD, Segun Arinze, Gabriel Afolayan, Ali Baba, and Yvonne Jegede. Tade in his successful career has produced some Nigerian greatest movies of all time, working with actors like Jide Kosoko, Kate Henshaw, and Funke Akindele.

Tade Ogidan Movies

List of movies released by Tade in their order of release are listed below;

• Owo Blow, 1995
• Out of Bounds, 1997
• 7 to 12, 1997
• Hostages, 1998
• Diamond Ring, 1998
• Saving Alero, 2002
• Ayomida, 2003
• Playing Games, 2012
• Dangerous Twins, 2004
• Aya mi Owon: Madam Dearest, 2005
• Family on Fire, 2011
• Gold Statue, 2019

Tade Ogidan Awards

Tade won various notable awards back in the 90s, his recent awards include;

• Movie of the Year “Gold Statue” – Best of Nollywood, 2019
• Director of the Year “Gold Statue” – Best of Nollywood, 2019
• Best Feature Film Award “Gold Statue” – Lekki International Film Festival, 2019

Tade Ogidan Net worth

Tade Ogidan is a well-known figure in the Nollywood film industry. He was one of the people who kept the industry afloat during the difficult 1990s. Tade Ogidan is currently one of the wealthiest and most powerful Nollywood producers/television screenwriters, with a net worth of $1 million.

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