Otoja Abit

First-generation American writer/director/producer/actor OTOJA ABIT (pronounced "O-toe-jay Abbitt") is best known for his award-winning debut short, Jitters, in which he wrote, directed, produced, and starred. Otoja expanded on his short Jitters' theme with A New York Christmas Wedding, which entered the independent film festival circuit with runs at the American Black FilmFestival, UrbanWorld Film Festival, Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival, among many others. The first-of-its-kind urban-leaning holiday film touched on some of the themes involving the LGBTQIA community, 21st-century views on love, religion, family, and more. Acquired by and exclusively premiering globally on Netflix on November 2020, the film was highlighted in the New York Times for it's uniqueness. Otoja's past credits include Guest Star on CBS's BULL, HBO's The Night of, NBC's Blackish, Marvel's The Defenders and NBC's limited series The Slap. The only son of driven Nigerian parents, Abit was born in