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Raised in Brampton, Ontario, Omorose Osagie began her filmmaking career with a passion for storytelling. She studied Film Production at the University of British Columbia. Her animated short film, Glass Doll, has received the FAP grant from the National Film Board of Canada and premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival. She also participated in the 2020 cohort of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s mentorship program. Her student film, The Right Swipe, has shown at the Reelworld Film Festival and Whistler Film Festival. The film also appeared on the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's where to watch list for Black History Month.

Omorose’s films have received the National Film Board of Canada’s Filmmaker Assistant Program grant, the Indigenous Screen Office’s Solidarity grant, and Experimental Forest Films’ New Works grant.