Tayo Odesanya is a writer and director based in South London. Her work was first recognised in 2015, her writing depute ‘Maya’ amassed over 10 nominations from festivals winning Best International Film at the London International Film Festival and then won Best Foreign Film at the El Dorado International Film Festival and Student Widescreen Film of the Year award.

Specialising in dramas, Tayo’s work focuses on normalising the BAME experience by creating characters that reflect real people as oppose to modern/age old stereotypes. Currently she is working on a privately commissioned short and an independent webseries.