Abraham Adeyemi
Writer/Director
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
Production | Company | Notes |
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SOUTH LONDON, I LOVE YOU 2023 | House Productions | |
TEACHER AND I 2022 | Greenacre / Film 4 | Feature |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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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 |
THE CAGE 2017 | Harts Theatre Company | Short Play |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
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CHASING THE NIGHT 2023 | Film 4/Carbon/Creative Blue Balls | |
NO MORE WINGS 2019 | Creative Blue Balls | Festivals WINS: |
HEADLINERS 2018 | SBTV / O2 | Directed by Koby Adom |
CLOSURE 2015 | Directed by Kobe Adon |