Biyi Bandele

Biyi Bandele
Bandele at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2014
Born	Biyi Bandele-Thomas (1967-10-13)13 October 1967 Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Died	7 August 2022(2022-08-07) (aged 54) Lagos, Nigeria
Alma mater	Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Occupations	Filmmaker novelist playwright
Years active	1998–2022
Notable work	Half of a Yellow Sun
Children	2
Awards	1989 – International Student Playscript Competition – Rain 1994 – London New Play Festival – Two Horsemen 1995 – Wingate Scholarship Award 2000 – EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award) for Best Play – Oroonoko

Biyi Bandele (born Biyi Bandele-Thomas; 13 October 1967 – 7 August 2022)^[1] was a Nigerian novelist, playwright and filmmaker. He was the author of several novels, beginning with The Man Who Came in From the Back of Beyond (1991), as well as writing stage plays, before turning his focus to filmmaking. His directorial debut was in 2013 with Half of a Yellow Sun, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.