Abraham Adeyemi
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Abraham Adeyemi is an award-winning writer-director and playwright, hailing from South London. In 2020, his directorial debut No More Wings was crowned the best narrative short at Tribeca Film Festival, subsequently becoming an Oscar-qualifying film.
Abraham graduated in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University of London, followed by completing the prestigious Royal Court's Writers Group. His works for stage have played at a number of British theatres including the Hammersmith Lyric and Theatre Royal Stratford East. His play These Minging Streets was long-listed for the Alfred Fagon Award in 2018, a play that began its journey as a short play starring Jude Law.
His past short films, Therapy and Closure, were screened at a number of festivals, including the BFI Future Film Festival and Bafta-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival respectively.
In 2019 he won Soho House's global screenwriting competition Script House with his No More Wings script and his debut full-length play All the Shit I Can't Say to my Dad was staged at London theatre The Bunker.
He has been commissioned by Channel 4 and is developing an original pilot as part of their 4Screenwriting programme.
Abraham graduated in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University of London, followed by completing the prestigious Royal Court's Writers Group. His works for stage have played at a number of British theatres including the Hammersmith Lyric and Theatre Royal Stratford East. His play These Minging Streets was long-listed for the Alfred Fagon Award in 2018, a play that began its journey as a short play starring Jude Law.
His past short films, Therapy and Closure, were screened at a number of festivals, including the BFI Future Film Festival and Bafta-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival respectively.
In 2019 he won Soho House's global screenwriting competition Script House with his No More Wings script and his debut full-length play All the Shit I Can't Say to my Dad was staged at London theatre The Bunker.
He has been commissioned by Channel 4 and is developing an original pilot as part of their 4Screenwriting programme.
