Lanre Olabisi is an award-winning writer/director whose films have screened on HBO, Showtime, Netflix, and Hulu. Most recently, he started directing episodic television and his first episode of The Rookie aired on ABC in January 2022. Olabisi is a fellow in both the HBOAccess Directing Program as well as the Disney Directing Program. In early 2021, Olabisi shadowed on HBO’s Succession and HBOMax’s Love Life. His latest short film is A Storybook Ending. It is a neo-noir dark comedy based on his feature screenplay. The short is currently streaming on all HBO platforms. Olabisi’s feature film work includes August the First and Somewhere in the Middle – both of which are distributed by Film Movement worldwide. August the First can now be seen on Showtime and had previously played on Netflix; Somewhere in the Middle is currently available on PlutoTV and it also previously streamed on Netflix. He has taught screenwriting, directing and acting for film at the New York Film Academy, the City College of New York, and Brooklyn College.