Tito Olawole

Tito Olawole is an award-winning Nigerian-British animator and recently completed an artist residency at Filmværksted Viborg. Her short film Black Girl Joy won the RTS Southern Craft Award (2021), and her first anime-inspired series was selected for co-development with the BBC through the Ignite Scheme. A graduate of Bournemouth University with a BA (Hons) in Computer Animation Arts (2019), Tito has worked as a 2D animator, CG generalist, and character designer. She is passionate about creating Black female heroes in anime, aspiring to develop and direct ethnically diverse shows that embody authentic, culturally rich stories.