Kemi 'Lala' Akindoju is an award-winning producer, casting director, actor and the CEO of The Make It Happen Productions- a film and theatre production company based in Lagos, Nigeria and more recently the United Kingdom, as The Make It Happen Films. The company has a focus on telling African stories that provoke thought, inspire and entertain. With almost two decades of experience in front of and behind the camera, she has produced some of the biggest and most successful titles out of Nigeria including Prime Video's "Gangs of Lagos" , Netflix's "The Black Book", & Seasons 1 & 2 of "The Smart Money Woman " . She has performed in over 100 stage productions across Nigeria and the world, as well as producing & directing some of the most critically acclaimed plays including her one woman show *Naked" & "Ada The Country" : A musical. As a casting director, her credits include Disney's Emmy Nominated animation series "Iwájú", the Sundance-winning short film "Lizard", & the NAACP-nominated film "Eyimofe". She has also been on the casting team on Disney's "Rise", Film4/BFI's "My Father's Shadow" and Paramount Pictures' soon to be released "Children of Blood & Bone". These are just to mention a few She served as a Senior Development Executive at Amazon Prime Video Nigeria between 2022 and 2023, helping shape the service's local strategy across original and content. In this position she also developed and saw to the successful execution of "Christmas In Lagos". Lala is very experienced with producing high scale films, with big budgets whilst hiring the right talent in front and behind the camera. She is also passionate about teaching and coaching and has experience wearing these hats. She was Sope Dirisu's Dialect coach in "My Father's Shadow" where she worked with him to become an authentic Nigerian man. A 2010 The Future Awards winner for Actor of the Year, Lala is an alum of the US State Department's International Visitor's Leadership Program (IVLP), Berlinale Talents, 2016 recipient of the Africa Magic Trailblazer Award, a member of the Global Shapers community of the World Economic Forum and 2025 participant of the EAVE Producers workshop.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer and actor
- 4 on MovieCove
What are Kemi Lala Akindoju's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Tonye in Lara and the Beat (2018)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kemi Lala Akindoju's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kemi Lala Akindoju's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Gangs of Lagos(2023)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Black Book(2023)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
4th Republic(2019)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Lara and the Beat(2018)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles from 2018 to 2023.
How do Kemi Lala Akindoju's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Cult Classics.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kemi Lala Akindoju work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kemi Lala Akindoju's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kay I. Jegede shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Kay I. JegedeShared titles: Gangs of Lagos (2023), Lara and the Beat (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Kay I. Jegede
Actors
- Chioma Chukwuka AkpothaShared titles: Gangs of Lagos (2023), Lara and the Beat (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha
- Shaffy BelloShared titles: The Black Book (2023), Lara and the Beat (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Shaffy Bello
Composers
- Kulanen IkyoShared titles: The Black Book (2023), 4th Republic (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Kulanen Ikyo
Mixed roles
- Demi BanwoShared titles: Gangs of Lagos (2023), Lara and the Beat (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Demi Banwo