Temilola Adebayo is a Toronto-based Nigerian-Canadian producer and filmmaker who champions Afro-Diasporic stories across film, television, and digital media.
Her Canadian credits include serving as a producer on the critically acclaimed feature film 40 Acres, starring Danielle Deadwyler, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024 and was later named to Canada’s Top Ten list presented by MUBI. She is also the producer for Season 2 of the award-winning anthology series Streams Flow From a River.
Temilola’s experience in Canada includes working at Guru Studio (the company behind PAW Patrol), where she contributed to internationally recognized children’s series such as Abby Hatcher (Nickelodeon) as a Production Accountant and Sesame Street: Mecha Builders (HBO Max, Cartoon Network) as a Production Coordinator.
She is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre Producers Lab and has participated in several prestigious industry programs, including IMPACT’s Producer Career Catalyst Program, Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative, NSI-EAVE Access BIPOC Producer Program, the CMPA Producer Mentorship Program, Realness Institute’s Creative Producer Indaba Program, Reelworld Black Entrepreneurs Program and many others.
Prior to relocating to Canada in 2017, Temilola built her career in Nigeria’s film and television industry, popularly known as Nollywood. She began as a production assistant and rose to become Head of Productions and Group Channel Manager at African Cable Television (ACTV), overseeing content creation across nine specialty channels. She later became the first-ever Production Manager at StarTimes Nigeria.
Her producing credits include Dognapped, Nigeria’s first live-action animated film, which won Best Animated Film at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF). Her work has also aired and streamed on platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, and ALLBLK.
Currently, Temilola leads a slate of projects under Rellow Media, with support from Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund, Ontario Creates, and the Bell Fund, while continuing to collaborate on projects across both Canada and Nigeria.
Across her work, she is committed to telling culturally grounded, emotionally resonant stories that explore identity, connection, and the lived experiences of the African diaspora—often through the lens of women.
