David Olusoga
Actor · Executive Producer · Director of Photography · Director
Born Jan 1, 1970 · Lagos, Nigeria
Active 2005–present
David Adetayo Olusoga OBE is a British historian, writer, broadcaster, presenter and film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester.
Filmography
A Thousand Blows (2025) — Executive ProducerThe Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files (2019) — PresenterBritain's Forgotten Slave Owners (2015) — PresenterCivilisations (2018) — PresenterEmpire with David Olusoga (2025) — Presenter · Executive Producer · CreatorUnion with David Olusoga (2023) — Presenter · Executive Producer · CreatorBlack and British: A Forgotten History (2016) — WriterOur NHS: A Hidden History (2021) — PresenterExtra Life: A Short History of Living Longer (2021) — Presenter · CreatorFighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes (2015) — NarratorStatue Wars: One Summer in Bristol (2021) — Executive ProducerNamibia: Genocide and the Second Reich (2005) — Director of Photography · Director