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TOBI KYEREMATENG
FILM & TV PRODUCER
Tobi Kyeremateng is a BAFTA-winning film & TV producer from South London.
She has produced work internationally for renowned broadcasters and media including BBC, BFI, Channel 4, Comedy Central, Film4, Netflix, NOWNESS and Sky Arts, including comedy-drama series How To Be A Person which won 'Best Short Form Programme' at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards. She was recently Series Producer on brand-new comedy sketch-show series Dating Horror Stories for Comedy Central, led by comedian Kyrah Gray, directed by John Ogunmuyiwa (Champion) and written by Yemi Oyefuwa (Dreaming Whilst Black, Boarders), Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts), Athena Kugblenu (Horrible Histories), and Kirk Flash (This Is Gay).
Her most recent short film, 1 UP (dir. Greg Francis), premiered at BFI London Film Festival in 2023 before screening internationally at festivals such as American Black Film Festival, Heartland Indy Short Films Festival, where it was nominated for the Shine Global Children's Resilience Short Film Prize, and HollyShorts Film Festival where it was nominated for the Academy-qualifying category, Best Live Action Short. Her latest short film, Leaving Ikorodu In 1999 (dir. Rashida Seriki), was funded by Film4 and the BFI.
Tobi is currently an Associate Producer on feature films Pillion starring Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling (Element Pictures/BBC Film/BFI) and H is for Hawk starring Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson (Plan B Entertainment/Good Gate Media/Film4).
Leaving Ikorodu In 1999 (Film4/BFI, 2024) | Rashida Seriki
In 2022, Tobi was featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe list, as well as being selected for the 2022 BAFTA Elevate programme and BFI's NETWORK@LFF 2023 development programme. She also received the Netflix New Talent Award at the 2023 Women In Film & TV Awards, with previous recipients including Laurie Nunn (Sex Education, Netflix) and Nicole Lecky (Mood, BBC).
She has been a Jury Member for the BAFTA Short Film and Television Short Form Awards, Leeds International Film Festival and One World Media Awards, and a Mentor for Film London, London Screen Academy and Arts Emergency. She is a Board Trustee for the National Youth Theatre.
In 2021, Tobi launched her production company, Them Ones, with short docu-film ÓWÀMBÈ with Netflix and WDM Entertainment, which won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2023 This Is England Festival in Rouen, France.
Independently and through Them Ones, Tobi is currently developing and producing across a slate of short films, long-form TV projects, and feature films shooting locally and internationally.
HOLLA AT ME
BAFTA-winning 'Best Short Form' Programme | How To Be A Person | E4
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