Connect with us


People

Adebisi Peters, The Filmmaker Changing Lives Via Creative, Social Stories

Published

on

Now a multi-talented filmmaker with a wide range of cinematic skills, he is passionate about telling social and corporate stories to inspire people.

In 2021, after his recovery from depression, Adebisi posted “My Story,” a social documentary on mental health that addressed failure, intimidation, and despair, on his YouTube channel, The Kreativo.

He interviewed Twyse EremeMichael Sanni (MC Lively)Kie KieEdem Victor, and Adebayo Ridwan (IsbaeU) during the first season of the self-financed “Failure isn’t Final” of My Story. Link to his interviews below:

WATCH INTERVIEWS HERE

He now has over 2.7 million impressions and over 200,000 views in Nigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, with several impressive testimonials about how the documentary saved lives.

Adebisi was the 2021 winner of the British Council’s Climate Story Pitch “The Wrong Battle”. He was one of the top five best film/DSLR workshop students at AFRIFF, Africa’s international film festival, in 2020.

He is the Director of Photography for “For the Love of Dance,” an Amazon Prime Video dance documentary.

Adebisi Peters

As a Foley Artist in 2018, Adebisi took part in the British Council’s Nigeria Creative Enterprise Support Program. He was one of 25 entrepreneurs whose business ideas the council chose for the incubation phase of the program.

In 2017, Canon certified him as a filmmaker. Ever since, he has done a lot of creative works. As a freelancer, he has managed various campaigns that met client demands and creative ideas, created high-impact creative trailers for organisations, and cooperated with international agencies to help them accomplish their goals.

When he is not in the field, Adebisi lectures undergraduates as a practical broadcast production lecturer at Yaba College of Technology, his alma mater.

Through thick and thin, Adebisi has self-financed and produced Season 2 of My Story, which will premiere on May 22, 2022. Tagged as ‘The Push‘, the documentary will assist individuals in comprehending how failure can be a catalyst for stupendous achievements.

The Push focuses on how notable personalities pushed their way through stumbling blocks and defied the odds against them to reach the prize of their high calling. It features the stories of prominent figures such as Taaoma, Abula, Mr. Macaroni, Nasboi, Father DMW, and Dikeh.

Adebisi appeals for further support and collaboration to expand Season 2’s reach and influence to more people.

You can contact him via:

Mail: debisipeters@gmail.com
Social media (IG): @adebisipeters

Nigeria’s top youth newspaper - actively delivering credible news, entertainment, and empowerment to 50 million young Africans daily.

Advertisement

Trending