T.O. Dee

Temitope Omotade Dipe, better known as T.O. Dee, is a Nigerian-American writer, producer and actor. His journey as a filmmaker began in high school when his mother bought him his first camera, which he used to chronicle high school life at Tampa Bay Tech in Tampa, FL. Though his passion for film making was kindled, he set his creative aspirations aside to purse a degree at the University of Florida in 2008. Upon graduation in 2012, he began working in the Florida school system with a goal of becoming a teacher and eventually a seminary professor. This seemingly sure plan was derailed after an unexpected layoff in 2014 forced him to reconsider his career path. It was then he decided to combine his two loves, writing and films, so he could formally pursue film making. He applied to USC, UCLA, and FSU with the hopes of studying screenwriting. However he was denied admission by all three schools, forcing him to regroup. Undeterred, he would go on to purchase textbooks and any available resources to teach himself the delicate art of screenwriting. By 2015 he began his first feature length screenplay titled, Son of Vengeance: Rise of the Red Hood, which would go on to score an 8.3/10 by ScreenCraft. At the end of that year he relocated up to Atlanta, GA, to further pursue his dreams of screenwriting and film production. Since then he has gone on to work on multiple productions as a writer, producer, script consultant, and actor, and continues to reside in Atlanta as he develops new projects.