Yemi is a British-Nigerian producer working across scripted features, documentaries, and shorts. In 2024, she was Associate Producer on Dreamers (BBC Films/Quiddity Films), the directorial debut of Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, and she is set to join a Film4 feature as Associate Producer in late 2025.
Her producing work spans award-winning shor...
Read MoreYemi is a British-Nigerian producer working across scripted features, documentaries, and shorts. In 2024, she was Associate Producer on Dreamers (BBC Films/Quiddity Films), the directorial debut of Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, and she is set to join a Film4 feature as Associate Producer in late 2025.
Her producing work spans award-winning shorts and documentaries, including The Memory Boom (Phoenix Exeter/National Lottery Heritage/Radcliffe Trust), Goodbye Train (Roundhouse commission, Wiggin Filmmaker Award, BUFF 2024), and The Ink Life (ITV Fresh Cuts, BAFTA premiere, New Shoots Filmmakers Award 2023).Yemi began her career supporting studio and independent projects, working as a production coordinator on a Universal Pictures/Misfits Entertainment documentary and collaborating on short films, music videos, and commercials with Knucklehead and Smuggler.
She is currently part of the BFI Doc Society Rise Producer Programme, which nurtures the next generation of non-fiction producers through bespoke mentorship and the Warner Bros. Seven Up Programme, where she shadows senior producers on large-scale studio films, a scheme designed to accelerate the careers of diverse and underrepresented producers by providing training, industry access, and long-term career support. An inaugural BAFTA Connect member, Yemi is dedicated to developing bold, resonant stories with cultural and social impact.
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