---
name: "Obiageli Odimegwu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/obiageli-odimegwu"
fi1m_id: "obiageli-odimegwu"
tmdb_id: 3444080
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:56:00.727814+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Obiageli Odimegwu

## Identity

Obiageli Odimegwu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/obiageli-odimegwu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** obiageli-odimegwu
- **TMDB ID:** 3444080
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3444080

Writer. Born in Nigeria.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3444080

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*All American*](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Obiageli Odimegwu is a writer, producer and director. She grew up in Nigeria and worked as an equity trader on Wall Street before moving into screenwriting. She received an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2019.

Her television credits include writing and story editor roles on *All American* (2018–), staff writer on *Guilty Party* (2021), and executive story editor on *Motorheads* (2025). She has also written episodes of *Fire Country* (2022) and *Sheriff Country* (2025). Earlier work includes several short films.

Odimegwu’s scripts have received a Humanitas New Voices Award, a BAFTA Newcomers Fellowship and a Paramount Writers Mentoring Program Fellowship. In 2020 she worked at Spotify writing true crime podcasts.

*Sources: allamerican.fandom.com, imdb.com, inevitable.foundation, bellanaija.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All American* (2018), Fi1m 68, Writer, Executive Story Editor, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sheriff Country* (2025), series, Writer
- *Fire Country* (2022), series, Writer
- *Cupcake* (2019), Writer
- *All American* (2018), series, Writer, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Co-Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)

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