We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful STEPHEN SHENBOYEJO. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with STEPHEN below.

STEPHEN, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. What do you think matters most in terms of achieving success?

Passion Hard work
Consistency
Commitment
Taking risk
Developing new ideas
Persistence
Be resilient
Be optimistic
Think outside the box
Be positive

STEPHEN, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Stephen Shenboyejo, popularly known as Steve The Director, a multi-award-winning filmmaker/music video director

As a prolific cinematographer, director, editor and colorist, I have worked with twelve-time Grammy award nominee and two-time Grammy award winner; Lil Eddie.

I recently shot and directed the music videos of popular music producer, Mystro, who has produced songs for Tiwa Savage, Wizkid and Davido.

Mystro’s music video recently directed by me, features 2 time Latino Grammy Award winning artist who has a deal with Sony, Chocquibtown.

In 2022, I won Rome Best Music Video awards at Rome film festival and Europe Music Awards at Europe Music Video Awards film festivals, I won Best video Director, Best Cinematography and Best Music Video at the 6th Golden Wheat Awards in Turkey.

I won best Director and best Music Video at the 4th The Gladiator Film Festival In Turkey, I won best music video at East Coast Movie Awards in United States of America, with a recognition of excellence in Film making, including other awards nominations in film festivals across the Globe.

I was featured in articles in Atlanta based magazine, in United States of America, Voyage ATL and Shout out Atlanta.

I was later featured in different magazine in United States of America and other parts of the world, magazines include; Marika magazine, Gmaro magazine, 6X portrait magazine and many more.

I was nominated for The Young Male Entrepreneur Award at Africa Choice Awards 2022.

Other recent work includes; music video for Liberian born American based rapper Bucky Raw, Music video for Flowolf ft Nigerian born London based rapper Kidakudz and Dremo and TV commercials for popular brands.

How i got into my industry?

I got into the Film industry through curiosity, passion and my love for film making, growing up, I have always been curious as to how these so called actors got into that little box called television, back then I didn’t know what role an actor, cinematographer, director of photography, screenwriter, director and producer was.

In an action film, I’ve always thought those guys fighting and shooting always die in a film, I thought someone pay for their life, telling them, ‘Hey! you are going to die in the next movie’ not until i kept seeing them over and over again in the next movie, and movies released after that.

I always noticed in a bloody fight scene in a movie, there’s always someone capturing the moment, I mean how do we get to see a movie in the first place?. So who is that person capturing the whole thing?

No matter how bad or worse or emotional a film is, even if the entire cast in the movie died, there’s always one person behind, who is that person? I begin to ask my self. A director? cinematographer? director of photographer? other crew members behind the scene? this is where the interest came in. I felt the need ti identify the role each person played.

I started as a production assistant in a film and video production company, although it wasn’t easy at all, working and learning at the same time, I went from being a production assistant to become an editor, from an editor to cinematographer/director of photography then a colorist and now a successful director.

What problems i solve for my clients and what sets me apart from others?

I think out of the box, I think for my client and give them the best solutions that suits their situation, I am intuitive; the way I see things and the way i interpret things are different, I am very proud of the skill set, gift and talent God gave to me and I am very happy about how my career journey turn out to be.

Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?

Building an audience requires a lot of hard work, reaching out to Influencers, and celebrities, running ads, and marketing is also essential, Instagram has been beneficial for me, the hashtags, the sponsored ad, the accounts I followed, and also the accounts that followed me back, engaging on accounts in my niche, also what helped me grow is the fact that Golden Globes awards are following me on Instagram, that alone drives a lot of followers to my page, and again all the awards I won, all the articles and magazine I’m featured on are also very helpful.

Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?

Integrity and honesty

Contact Info:

• Website: https://instagram.com/bystevethedirector?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/bystevethedirector?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-shenboyejo