Olatunde osunsanmi 4th kind chapman

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First, you should know that The Fourth Kind was written and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, a 32-year-old Nigerian who got his master's in fine arts degree from Chapman's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

That's him conducting the interview in the film and on the right in the photo that opens this post.

Mary Platt, Chapman's communications director, tells Clockwork that early this past summer, Universal asked the university, on behalf of Osunsanmi, for permission to use Chapman University's name in the then-upcoming film.

“It was apparent to us (and presented to us) that this would be a kind of inside joke and insider-tribute to our alumnus for his first nationally released major motion picture,” Platt writes in an email.

“We agreed to review the movie's script and the scenes (already shot, at the time) where our name was to appear (scenes showing Olatunde interviewing the supposedly real-life “Dr.

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