David Olusoga
Actor · Executive Producer · Director of Photography · Director
Born Jan 1, 1970 · Lagos, Nigeria
Active 2005–present · Awards: Hessell-Tiltman Prize, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Longman-History Today Awards, honorary doctorate, Honorary Fellow of the British Academy, Medlicott Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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