Luti Fagbenle
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| Born | Westminster, London, England, UK |
Luti Fagbenle is a BAFTA-nominated film producer and entrepreneur. He is best known for producing music videos for high profile recording artists such as One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliott, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Cheryl Cole, Olly Murs, The Wanted, Flo Rida, Nicole Scherzinger, Akon, Pitbull, JLS and Girls Aloud. He is also well known for his performances as Ali Taylor in popular soap opera Hollyoaks.[1] Luti is a frequent collaborator with high profile international Directors such as Colin Tilley, Director X, Anthony Mandler, Kanye West, Ray Kay, Marc Klasfeld and others.
Career
In 2006 Luti founded the production company Luti Media. 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.
In 2009 the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) nominated the short film Mixtape written and directed by Luke Snellin and starring Bill Milner, which Luti produced.
In 2010 Luti Media produced their first no.1 video for Yolanda Be Cool We Speak No Americano
In 2011 Luti produced the MTV VMA nominated video The Wanted "Glad You Came".
In 2012 The Luti Media produced music video for JLS 'Do You Feel What I Feel' won the 2012 MOBO for best video.
In 2013 Luti's video for One Direction "Best Song Ever" broke the record on VEVO for views in 24 hours. Vevo the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, announced that the music video One Direction “Best Song Ever” music video delivered 12.3million views across VEVO in the 24 hours following its premiere. This beats out the previous record holder, Miley Cyrus “We Can’t Stop,” which hit 10.7 million views
Screen Nation honoured Luti with the Digital Vanguard Award for trailblazing contribution to the British and international online digital media industry at the 2013 Digitial-IS Media awards at Google's headquarters. This acknowledgement is the highest digital media award presented by Screen Nation, which is the leading organisation across Europe celebrating and rewarding excellence by African Caribbean people in the global film, TV and digital media industry.
Music Videography
| Artist(s) | Song Title | Label | Director | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Direction | "Best Song Ever" | Syco Music | Ben Winston | Luti Media / Fullwell 73 |
| Icona Pop | "Just Another Night" | Atlantic Records | Marc Klasfeld | Luti Media / Rockhard |
| Little Mix feat Missy Elliott | "How Ya Doin'" | Syco Music | Carly Cussen | Luti Media |
| Olly Murs | "Dear Darlin'" | Epic Records | Carly Cussen | Black Hand Cinema / Luti Media |
| Cheryl Cole | "Under The Sun" | Polydor Records | Anthony Mandler | Black Hand Cinema / Luti Media |
| Nicki Minaj | "Freedom" | Cash Money Records | Colin Tilley | Luti Media |
| The Wanted | "Glad You Came" | Geffen Records | Director X | Luti Media |
| Kanye West & Jay-Z | "Niggas In Paris" (Paris shoot) | Roc-A-Fella Records | Kanye West | Luti Media |
| Girls Aloud | "Something New" | Polydor Records | Ray Kay | Luti Media |
| Gary Barlow | "Let Me Go" | Universal Records | Ben Winston | Luti Media |
| Flo Rida | "Turn Around (5 4 3 2 1)" | Atlantic | Rage | Luti Media |
| JLS | "Do You Feel What I Feel" | Epic Records | Marcus Lundin | Luti Media |
| The Wanted | "Warzone" | Geffen Records | Director X | Luti Media |
| Ed Sheeran, Labrinth, Tinchy Stryder, Rizzle Kicks, Chipmunk, Mz Bratt, Ms Dynamite, Tulisa Contostavlos, Wretch 32, Dot Rotton and Gary Barlow | "Teardrop" | Future Records | Vertex & Ben | Luti Media |
| Rebecca Ferguson | "Backtrack" | Syco Music | Ben Peters | Luti Media |
| Olly Murs | "TBA" | Epic Records | Marcus Lundin | Luti Media |
| JLS | "Take A Chance On Me" | Epic Records | Parris Stewart | Riveting Entertainment |
| Laidback Luke ft Example | "Natural Disaster" | Ministry Of Sound | Ben Peters | Luti Media |
| Mohombi feat Akon[2] | "Dirty Situation" | Island Records | Rage | Luti Media |
| D'Banj feat Snoop Dogg | "Mr Endowed (Remix)"[3] | Mo' Hits Records | Sesan Ogunro | Luti Media |
| Alexandra Burke Feat.Pitbull | "All Night Long"[4] | Syco | Rage | Luti Media |
| N-Dubz | "I Need You"[5] | Universal Music | Director X | Luti Media |
| Mohombi ft Nicole Scherzinger | "Coconut Tree" | Island Records | Rage | Luti Media |
| Lemar | "Coming Home" | Sony Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| N-Dubz Feat. Mr. Hudson | "Playing With Fire" | Universal Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| Craig David | "One More Lie (Standing in the Shadows)" | Universal Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| Lemar | "The Way Love Goes" | Sony Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| Lemar | "Coming Home" | Sony Music | Rage | Luti Media |
| Jedward Feat. Vanilla Ice | "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" | Sony Music Entertainment | Rage | Luti Media |
| Professor Green | "Running" | Warner Music | Ben Peters | Luti Media |
| DJ Zinc Feat. Ms Dynamite | "Wile Out" | Amit & Naroop | Luti Media | |
| MPHO | "Box N Locks" | EMI | Nick Bartleet | Luti Media |
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519526/filmoseries
- ↑ Rage translates the urban pop of Mohombi’s Dirty Situation via this energetic ‘dancing in the dust’ workout which is already proving an almighty hit on Youtube with over 700,000 views so far… Mohombi featuring Akon Dirty Situation (Island/2101) Director: Rage Production Company: Luti Media Producer: Luti Fagbenle
- ↑ The video is directed by Sesan Ogunro and produced by BAFTA nominated film producer, Luti Fagbenle of LUT! MED!A.
- ↑ Producer: Luti Fagbenle
- ↑ Production Company: Luti Media Producer: Luti Fagbenle