Abraham Adeyemi

Writer/Director

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Film, TV & Theatre

Film, TV & Theatre

Abraham Adeyemi is a multi award-winning writer-director from South London who dropped out of an International Politics degree to pursue his dreams. 

His directorial debut No More Wings world premiered and received the best narrative short award at Tribeca Film Festival and he was later selected as the lead director’s mentee on Netflix’s Top Boy season 2, where he directed some scenes including part of the opening montage of episode 2. He is currently developing numerous original projects for film and television, and writing a pilot under the mentorship of Jesse Armstrong (creator of Succession) as part of the Dancing Ledge/ITV New Talent Scheme.

Abraham participated in the prestigious Channel 4’s 4Screenwriting programme and has since been commissioned to write two episodes of an unproduced All3Media drama series and has participated in several writers rooms including Supacell (Netflix), Black Ops (BBC Studios), Fremantle, Bandstand Productions, Joi Productions, 87 Films and Sugar Films/Ringside Studios. In gaming, he has participated in writers rooms for Play Station Studios. 

Abraham strives to tell stories that explore the multiple facets of human behaviour, the range of perspectives they carry and the complex dichotomies of life that exists within that, sans condemnation. Lastly, he would like you to know that he is a socks and green tea enthusiast, and his life would be incomplete without his loved ones.

In Development

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SOUTH LONDON, I LOVE YOU

2023

House Productions

TEACHER AND I

2022

Greenacre / Film 4

Feature

Theatre

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2019

Creative Blue Balls / The Bunker

THE EVERLASTING TAN / WHY I LOVE R. KELLY

2018

Tamasha Theatre

Monologues featured in the Hear Me Now anthology published by Oberon Books

THESE MINGING STREETS

2017

Lyric Hammersmith

Short Play
Starred Jude Law
Directed by Sean Holmes

THE CAGE

2017

Harts Theatre Company

Short Play
Winner of Enter Stage Write 2017 at Birmingham Rep
Hammersmith Lyric
Southwark Playhouse
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Theatre Royal Stratford East

Short Films

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CHASING THE NIGHT

2023

Film 4/Carbon/Creative Blue Balls

NO MORE WINGS

2019

Creative Blue Balls

Festivals
Tribeca Film Festival
We Are One Global Film Festival
Indy Fest by Heartland Film
The Wrap's Shortlist Film Festival
Shortcuts Film Festival
Encounters Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Aesthetica Film Festival

WINS:
Tribeca Best Narrative Short
The Wrap's Shortlist Film Festival - Audience Award
Encounters - IMDB Pro UK Audience Award
Soho House Script House Competition

HEADLINERS

2018

SBTV / O2

Directed by Koby Adom

CLOSURE

2015

Directed by Kobe Adon
*Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (BAFTA Cymru qualifying)
*London Independent Film Festival