Biography

Jamal Ademola is a Nigerian-American artist and filmmaker who works across film, animation, painting, installation, acting, and performance. He longs to remember his dreams before they fade. Raised in Lagos, Nigeria, and uprooted to the U.S. at ten years old, he creates art and films that dwell in the in-between-exploring Black identity, migration, love, and the concept of being.

His short film "House of Aama: Threads of Legacy" premiered on PBS American Masters in 2025. His experimental works, "Who Should I Be in the World?" and "I Dreamed of Seeing Myself", have screened at festivals worldwide. He is the creative director of "The Blind Couple From Mali", an upcoming documentary featuring Grammy-nominated musicians Amadou and Mariam.

As an actor, he appeared in "Ten Cent Daisy"(2022) and "Imagine a Moon Colony" (2020). His work has been exhibited at the Wassaic Project (2025), August Wilson African American Cultural Center (2024), Images Festival (2024), Black Cultural Archives (2023), Alchemy Film & Arts (2023, 2022), and Kala Art Institute (2022). Supported by Comcast NBCUniversal, Firelight Media, PAM-CUT, BAVC Media, and other esteemed organizations, his work tells stories for those who feel bereft and suspended between places.

He is the writer and director of the upcoming docu-fiction film "They Came From the Clouds" and a romantic visual autoethnographic film titled "Pieces of You". He is represented by Where the Buffalo Roam.
- IMDb mini biography by: African Film Festival New York