Luti Fagbenle

Oladoke Lutiseku Mobolaji Fagbenle is a British, actor, film producer and entrepreneur.

Career
In 2006 Luti founded the production company Luti Media. The company has produced hundreds of music videos, commercials and films. Their work has been honoured with nominations and awards from the MTV VMAs, BAFTA, The MOBO Awards, Virgin Media Shorts, the UKMVAs and others.

Fagbenle's debut film was the 2006 Channel 4 Documentary Nike Midnight Madness narrated by Trevor Nelson.

In 2013 Luti's video for One Direction "Best Song Ever" broke the record on VEVO for views in 24 hours. Vevo announced that the music video delivered 12.3 million views in the 24 hours following its premiere. This beats out the previous record holder, Miley Cyrus's "We Can't Stop," which hit 10.7 million views. The video went on to win Best Video at the 2014 BRIT Awards.

Screen Nation honoured Luti with the Digital Vanguard Award for trailblazing contribution to the British and international online digital media industry at the 2013 Digital-IS Media awards at Google's headquarters.

In 2014 The Luti Media produced video for Iggy Azalea 'Fancy' helped the single reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming both Azalea's and Charli XCX's first number-one on that chart, holding the spot for seven consecutive weeks. The video was nominated for Best Video at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards

In 2018, with Luti Media's Jamaican production expertise, The Carters created a film (OTR 2) that explores the nature of love, life, sacrifice and changes through the story of Jay-Z and Beyonce.

Personal life
Son of Nigerian journalist Tunde Fagbenle, Luti is the younger brother of actor O. T. Fagbenle and the older brother of video music director and producer Oladapo Fagbenle; his sister is basketball player Temi Fagbenle.

Music videography

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Category:English male soap opera actors
Category:Living people
Category:Male actors from London
Category:1985 births
Category:English people of Nigerian descent
Category:English people of Yoruba descent
Category:Yoruba male actors
Category:Yoruba businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from London
Category:Black English male actors
Category:Yoruba filmmakers