Soji Ogunnaike
Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer
Soji Ogunnaike is a TV and Film producer, director, editor, colourist, animator and consultant with over 20 years’ experience. After spending a few years in the industry and getting his big break being the youngest Technical Director on the Big Brother Nigeria Show in 2006, he founded 601 Realtime, a TV/film production company that produced directed several TV commercials, TV Shows and Documentaries. He went on to found Rushing Tap, a video production and marketing Agency, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Rushing Tap has continued to help brands to create high value video content to achieve their goals. Rushing Tap has also forayed into creating original content like Plus 234, a drama series and POV, a short form series.
In 2022, Rushing Tap went into a strategic partnership with POV Studios, a conglomerate of Nigerian investors and this led to the birth of Rushing Tap Studios, that houses 3 soundstages, support spaces and high end equipment for hire.
With the setup of the studios, Soji led the team to produce and direct TV shows like Cowbellpedia TV Quiz Gameshow, TV series like Checkout, Nigeria’s first 120 episode series set entirely in a supermarket and most recently, Dead Tide, an action film that hit Nigerian cinemas on August 1st 2025.