Adewale Olukayode is a writer, director, educator and comedian from New York and Nigeria. He studies at Columbia University’s MFA program for Screenwriting/Directing. His films address themes of justice, transformation and healing. They are influenced by African cinema, which he spoke passionately about at the College de France as a guest lecturer. He is working on his first feature “East New York,” which won the Princess Grace Award. Adewale has also been announced as a winner of 2019 student film award at the DGA for the Best African American Student filmmaker.