About
Joseph a. Adesunloye is a British-Nigerian screenwriter-director-producer working across film and television. His work often explores Cultural and Queer identity, migration and the politics of intimacy, with a bold visual sensibility and quiet emotional depth.
His debut feature White Colour Black was nominated for the BFI IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Award and longlisted for Best Debut Screenwriter at BIFA 2017.
His follow up Faces premiered at the Durban International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best International Feature and went on to win Best Feature at the Durban LGBT Film Festival.
His current documentary project Rotimi, Becoming was selected for the Sheffield DocFest, Queer Realities Directors Lab and received development support from the BFI Doc Society RAD Fund.
In 2023, Joseph was selected for Locarno Pro’s First Look on UK Cinema for his narrative feature VANILLA, starring Yann Gaël and James Smith.
His Nigeria set TV project Death Becomes Him was selected for Series Makers 2025 at Series Mania Forum, where it competed for the €50,000 Beta Development Award.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Joseph studied at the University of Aberdeen and later trained in film producing and directing. He is a member of BAFTA and Directors UK and has been a trustee of the Film and TV Charity since 2019, where he co-chairs the Inclusivity Committee.
He guest lectures at University of the Arts London and for NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the National Film and Television School (NFTS). Joseph is currently developing multiple film and television projects in Brazil, the UK and Nigeria.
