Popular Actor and Producer Kunle Afolayan Known for big movies like PhoneSwap,The CEO, The Figurine and many more..
He had a chat with GuardianLife as coverstar for a recent edition..
Excerpts..
How would you describe yourself? Where were you born and where did you study?
Well I am Kunle, I am real. I am very focused. If I believe in something, I just go for it. I am a dreamer. Once I dream, I work towards actualising it, I put in all my energy and that has always worked for me. I was born in Lagos, I spent three years of my life in Kwara state, that’s where I am from. I did the latter part of my college in Kwara and after then I came back to Lagos. After that I did my higher institution in Lagos State Polytechnic. I only spent about six months in the UK studying digital filmmaking and since then I have been back in Lagos. I studied business administration and worked at the bank for about seven years. Then I started making films. I started as an actor in 1998 and I set up my production company in 2005, I made my first film in 2006 and that is what it has been. I do TV production, we do documentaries, commercials, film, a lot of people know me for feature films but my Golden Effect company runs on its own. I run as a brand.
How did you initially get into directing? What inspired you to go towards this path?
When I was going to start, I was actually going to start as a filmaker, then I reached out to some people who worked with my father in the past and some of them just thought I was a joke. Filmmaking is something you have to learn. Yes it is an acquired skill but you can’t say, “Oh I have talent of being a film maker.”
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