By Dare Fayemi
In time past, it is widely believed among the Africans that an elephant doesn’t trumpet, and it’s calf also trumpet, which literally means that children don’t operate where their parents are operating, but reverse is the case in Nigerian Gospel Film Industry, as the industry is filled of filmmakers’ children who are excelling in the filmmaking world just as their parents are doing. Dare Fayemi, Gospel Film News’ Ibadan Bureau Chief compiles the second list of Gospel Filmmakers’ Children following in their parents’ footsteps:
1. Ayomide Segun-Badejo
Ayomide Segun Badejo is a female gospel actor, Online TV Host and Continuity Manager, born on 8th February, 2000. She hails from Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State Nigeria. She is the daughter of popular drama missionaries and filmmakers, Evangelist Segun and Titi Badejo of The Gideons Mission. She is the first of 3 children.
She ventured into film making as a young girl as she featured in one of her dad’s movie.
Her area of specialization is continuity management and Scriptwriting.
She is presently one of the hosts of an online movie review programme, “Watch and talk”.
2. Glorie Adepoju
She has acted in movies like: Blood on the altar, Captives of the Mighty, Attacks from home, Accursed children, Apoti Eri, The Puppeteer, Gbemi, High Calling, Josephine, Identity crisis, One careless night, Tight Rope, Pakute oro, Abattoir, Unlocked, amongst others.
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3. Precious Bamidele
Bamidele Precious Oluwanifesimi Oluwajomiloju is a Makeup Artiste and female actor. She is the fifth born of Drama Ministers and Members of Mount Zion Faith Ministries, Evangelist Matthew Bamidele and Dasola Bamidele.
She was born on the 3rd of November, in the south western part of Nigeria. She is currently a final year student of International relations at Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile- ife.
She was born into drama ministry and all it took her was just to find her area of interest. She knew from onset that it was make up for her because she is pretty good at making up herself and she also hated seeing terrible make up in movies.
It was her sister who was into it first, she took her on locations to assist her and from there on, her sister passed the baton onto her.
She has featured as a cast in movies like; The Ignition, Ipenija, Etutu Irorun, Accursed Children, Identity Crisis, Never too late, Chris’ Heartbeat, The bond and as a crew in movies like; The bond, Chris’ Heartbeat, Inferno, Widow of Orelonpe, Jinxed, etc.
4. Ifeoluwa Segun Badejo
She was born into drama ministry and she developed passion for drama over time.
She has featured in blockbuster movies like; Fears to the Wind, Journey in a Circle, Little Angel, Awon Akoni. The Cradle, etc.
5. Ruth Grace Adepoju
She has also edited movies like Sought Out, Abejoye, The Train, Heart pain, Vindicated, Rapture Nightmare, Gbemi, Abatoir, etc.
6. Oreoluwa Segun-Badejo
7. Seye Femi-Akintunde
He was born on July 10, 2000 as first child of Drama Ministers an Filmmakers, Evangelist Isaac Femi-Akintunde and Evangelist Grace Femi-Akintunde, members of Mount Zion Film Ministries.
He had his Primary Education at Genius International School, Ibadan, Secondary School at Christ Ambassador International College, Oluyole Estate, Ibadan and presently an undergraduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Filmmaking has been in his blood, He has been going to film locations since he was very young. As a toddler, the first movie he acted in was Captives of the Mighty and has acted in other couple of movies.
He wrote his first script, ‘Brood of Vipers’ at age 15.
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