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Olatunde Osunsanmi

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Olatunde Osunsanmi in The Fourth Kind (2009)
An investigator (Jovovich) is dispatched to Nome, Alaska to puzzle out a 40-year-long mystery involving an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances in the town. Her videotaped evidence looks to present the most convincing evidence of alien abduction ever documented.
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Olatunde Osunsanmi was born on 23 October 1977 in the USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Cavern (2005), The Fourth Kind (2009) and Star Trek: Short Treks (2018).
BornOctober 23, 1977
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BornOctober 23, 1977
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    The Cavern (2005)
    The Cavern
    2.8
    • Producer(uncredited)
    • 2005
    Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, and Corey Johnson in The Fourth Kind (2009)
    The Fourth Kind
    5.9
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2009
    Rebecca Romijn, H. Jon Benjamin, Doug Jones, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Rainn Wilson, Kenric Green, Rosa Salazar, and Mary Wiseman in Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)
    Star Trek: Short Treks
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces (2006)
    Smokin' Aces
    6.6
    • Additional Crew(Mr. Carnahan)
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
      • executive producer
      • In Production
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Mzungu
      • executive producer
      • In Production
    • Michelle Yeoh and Sophy Holland in Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
      Star Trek: Section 31
      3.7
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Wilson Cruz, Robinne Fanfair, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Blu del Barrio, Sonequa Martin-Green, David Ajala, and Mary Wiseman in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
      Star Trek: Discovery
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2017–2024
    • Rebecca Romijn, H. Jon Benjamin, Doug Jones, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Rainn Wilson, Kenric Green, Rosa Salazar, and Mary Wiseman in Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)
      Star Trek: Short Treks
      7.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019–2020
    • Falling Skies (2011)
      Falling Skies
      7.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2015
    • Caverns of the Mojave: An Expedition with Real Cavers
      7.1
      Video
      • producer
      • 2006
    • The Cavern (2005)
      The Cavern
      2.8
      • executive producer (uncredited)
      • 2005
    • Tha Westside (2002)
      Tha Westside
      6.9
      Video
      • producer (uncredited)
      • 2002

    Director

    • Dark Moon
      • Director
      • In Production
    • Michelle Yeoh and Sophy Holland in Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
      Star Trek: Section 31
      3.7
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Wilson Cruz, Robinne Fanfair, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Blu del Barrio, Sonequa Martin-Green, David Ajala, and Mary Wiseman in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
      Star Trek: Discovery
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2024
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022)
      The Man Who Fell to Earth
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Rebecca Romijn, H. Jon Benjamin, Doug Jones, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Rainn Wilson, Kenric Green, Rosa Salazar, and Mary Wiseman in Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)
      Star Trek: Short Treks
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018–2019
    • Malcolm Barrett, Abigail Spencer, Goran Visnjic, Matt Lanter, Claudia Doumit, and Sheldon Landry in Timeless (2016)
      Timeless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Pierce Brosnan in The Son (2017)
      The Son
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
      Bates Motel
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies in Colony (2016)
      Colony
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Gotham (2014)
      Gotham
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Blindspot (2015)
      Blindspot
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Olivia Swann, Shayan Sobhian, Nick Zano, Amy Louise Pemberton, Matt Ryan, Adam Tsekhman, Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, and Lisseth Chavez in DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
      DC's Legends of Tomorrow
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie in Sleepy Hollow (2013)
      Sleepy Hollow
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2016
    • Wilmer Valderrama, Meagan Good, Stark Sands, and Nick Zano in Minority Report (2015)
      Minority Report
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Falling Skies (2011)
      Falling Skies
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2015
    • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
      The Last Ship
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015

    Additional Crew

    • Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces (2006)
      Smokin' Aces
      6.6
      • assistant: Mr. Carnahan
      • 2006
    • Tracy Morgan in The Tracy Morgan Show (2003)
      The Tracy Morgan Show
      6.2
      TV Series
      • production staff
      • 2003–2004
    • Seth Green, Brandon Gilberstadt, Jason Hervey, Catherine MacNeal, William Francis McGuire, Melanee Murray, Brenda Song, and Rowdy in 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999)
      100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
      6.9
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2001–2002
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos3

    The Fourth Kind: Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:32
    The Fourth Kind: Trailer #1
    Author Marie D. Jones Discusses The Fourth Kind
    Featurette 3:26
    Author Marie D. Jones Discusses The Fourth Kind
    Author Marie D. Jones Discusses The Fourth Kind
    Featurette 3:26
    Author Marie D. Jones Discusses The Fourth Kind
    The Fourth Kind
    Featurette 6:03
    The Fourth Kind

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
    • Born
      • October 23, 1977
      • USA

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      He directed 14 episodes of Star Trek: Discovery (2017), more than anyone else.

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