The Warien Rose Filmmakers MBA, powered by Roxbourg, is a professional development program designed to equip filmmakers, creative entrepreneurs, producers, content creators, and media professionals with the business knowledge, leadership skills, and industry insight required to build sustainable careers and ventures in the creative economy.
This program goes beyond filmmaking as an art. It prepares creatives to understand film as a business, develop strategic leadership capacity, manage projects, build profitable creative enterprises, and position their work for both local and global opportunities.
Through this initiative, Warien Rose Academy is creating a structured pathway for African filmmakers and creative professionals to move from talent and passion into enterprise, leadership, and long-term industry impact.
The Warien Rose Filmmakers MBA, powered by Roxbourg, is designed to bridge the gap between creative excellence and business leadership.
Our purpose is to equip filmmakers with the entrepreneurial, strategic, and leadership capabilities required to build sustainable ventures and use storytelling to drive innovation, economic growth, and social impact.
We believe African filmmakers must not only create powerful stories, but also understand how to finance, manage, distribute, market, and scale their creative work into sustainable enterprises.
Film is more than creativity; it is enterprise, leadership, culture, innovation, and impact. Through the Warien Rose Filmmakers MBA, we are building a new generation of African filmmakers who can create, lead, and compete globally.
The Warien Rose Filmmakers MBA is designed for filmmakers, producers, directors, content creators, actors, media professionals, and creative entrepreneurs who want to grow from passion into structure, from talent into enterprise, and from storytelling into measurable impact.
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Together, these initiatives provide a structured pathway from professional development to executive leadership within the creative economy.
Akinnayajo Babatunde A., professionally known as Mr Tunez, is a Nigerian film and television director, producer, creative entrepreneur, and internationally recognized industry mentor.
As Director of the Warien Rose Faculty of Filmmaking, he provides strategic creative leadership, supports curriculum development, strengthens industry partnerships, and mentors emerging filmmakers for success in the global creative economy.
He has trained and mentored more than 3,000 African creatives, contributing significantly to talent development across the continent.
His productions, including Midnight (2019), Whirl (2021), 50 Days After (2022), Arrifeses — A Day of Misfortune (2023), and Fury (2026), reflect a strong commitment to cinematic excellence and socially conscious storytelling.
A member of the Directors Guild of Nigeria and the Association of Movie Producers of Nigeria, Babatunde remains committed to advancing innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable growth while helping shape the next generation of globally competitive filmmakers through Warien Rose Academy.
The Warien Rose Filmmakers MBA is powered by Roxbourg and developed through Warien Rose Academy’s commitment to professional education, creative leadership, and sustainable impact within Africa’s creative economy.
The Warien Rose Filmmakers MBA powered by Roxbourg is a bold step toward redefining filmmaking education in Africa. It is built for creatives who want to move beyond talent into structure, beyond passion into enterprise, and beyond storytelling into measurable impact.
Through this program, Warien Rose Academy is preparing filmmakers to learn, lead, create, and compete confidently in the global creative economy.