Zack Adesina,Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

Zack Adesina

Producer/Director (Self-shooting), Journalist

About Zack Adesina

Creative, Self-Shooting Producer/Director with strong Journalism credentials: Award-winning track-record of originating and delivering exclusive, headline-attracting, long-format factual programming that resonates with heartland & under-served audiences.
I am equally effective collaborating in a team, or working independently, making key decisions.
A verifiable history of maintaining the highest editorial

Creative, Self-Shooting Producer/Director with strong Journalism credentials: Award-winning track-record of originating and delivering exclusive, headline-attracting, long-format factual programming that resonates with heartland & under-served audiences.
I am equally effective collaborating in a team, or working independently, making key decisions.
A verifiable history of maintaining the highest editorial standards.

"From investigations to popular journalism, Zack's films are distinguished by diverse case studies,
unique access, and an intimate shooting style." AERIAL (BBC in-house magazine)

Credits

HANGING ON TO HOME: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

( Oct 2022 - Jan 2023 )

BBC, WE ARE ENGLAND

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

OUR BIG BEAUTY BUSINESS

( Apr 2022 - July 2022 )

BBC, WE ARE ENGLAND

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

OUR MONEY-SAVING STORY

( Apr 2022 - July 2022 )

BBC, WE ARE ENGLAND

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

BECOMING DAD

( Oct 2021 - Dec 2021 )

BBC, WE ARE ENGLAND

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

HANGING ON TO HOME

( Apr 2021 - Sep 2021 )

BBC, WE ARE ENGLAND

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

UNEQUAL FORCE

( May 2020 - July 2020 )

BBC

Producer/Director

AT RISK: BRITAIN'S REFUGEE CHILDREN

( Jun 2018 - Aug 2018 )

BBC

Producer/Director

GENETIC DAMAGE: THE SODIUM VALPROATE STORY

( Jan 2018 - Mar 2018 )

BBC NEWS

Producer/Director

TERROR BY TEXT

( Mar 2017 - Aug 2017 )

BBC WORLD

Producer/Director

CODE OF SILENCE

( Apr 2014 - Sep 2014 )

BBC WORLD

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

Equipment

Sony FX6

Additional Information

Industries

Online, TV

Programme Types

Biography, Commercial, Corporate, Current Affairs, Daytime, Documentary, Dramatised Documentary, Education, Factual Entertainment, Hidden Camera, Historical Documentary, Investigative, Magazine, New Media, News, Observational Documentary

Specialisms

Community, Crime, Current Affairs, Environment, Gay & Lesbian, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Mental Health, New Media, News & Current Affairs, Police, Programme Development, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Issues, Sociology, Undercover Investigation, Writing, Youth Culture

Employment History

2014 - 2022 SENIOR PRODUCER DIRECTOR, BBC SOUTH EAST/LONDON
Originating & pitching stories, writing scripts, filming, self-shooting, covert filming, producing edits, tailoring content for a range of platforms and audiences, including digital.

(2010 - 2014) PRODUCER - BBC CURRENT AFFAIRS, NEWS
Originating & pitching stories, writing scripts, filming, self-shooting, covert filming, producing edits, tailoring

2014 - 2022 SENIOR PRODUCER DIRECTOR, BBC SOUTH EAST/LONDON
Originating & pitching stories, writing scripts, filming, self-shooting, covert filming, producing edits, tailoring content for a range of platforms and audiences, including digital.

(2010 - 2014) PRODUCER - BBC CURRENT AFFAIRS, NEWS
Originating & pitching stories, writing scripts, filming, self-shooting, covert filming, producing edits, tailoring content for a range of platforms and audiences, including digital. Shooting Producer/Director: GAY, MARRIED & LEGAL 30-min (BBC, INSIDE OUT 2014) Uncovering the dark history of homophobia as John Coffey and Bernardo Marti race to be the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the UK.Producer/Director: MY BIG, FAKE GAY WEDDING (BBC INSIDE OUT 2014) Undercover investigation exposing the gangs organising fake gay weddings for illegal migrants.
Shooting, Producer/Director: THE SIKH CODE OF SILENCE 30-min (BBC WORLD, 2014) Filmed in the US and UK, this investigation uncovers the sexual exploitation of Sikh girls and how they are spirited off abroad to avoid bringing 'shame' on their families. Prix CIRCOM, Winner - Minorities in Society Category
Shooting, Producer/Director STATELESS CHILDREN (BBC, INSIDE OUT 2012)On homeless kids classified as 'stateless,' because they don't have the correct documentation or passports to prove citizenship.
Producer/Director: THE INJUSTICE OF LEGAL AID (2012)Undercover investigation exposing how multi-millionaires accused of fraud are receiving legal aid support by hiding their own funds from the authorities.
Shooting, Producer/Director BORN ADDICTED 30-min (BBC, INSIDE OUT 2010)Shot in the UK and US, an extraordinary campaign pioneered by one woman to sterilise illicit drug users in order to stop babies being born addicted.


(2006 -2010) BROADCAST JOURNALIST - BBC LONDON NEWS
Assisting reporters, research, pitching stories, producing reports, writing/cutting OOV's and PKG's, directing crews, self-shooting. HIGHLIGHT - Filmed from inside a hostage-held estate in Hackney for four days and nights, providing exclusive footage of stand-off with police.

Equipment

Sony FX6

Additional Information

Industries

Online, TV

Programme Types

Biography, Commercial, Corporate, Current Affairs, Daytime, Documentary, Dramatised Documentary, Education, Factual Entertainment, Hidden Camera, Historical Documentary, Investigative, Magazine, New Media, News, Observational Documentary

Specialisms

Community, Crime, Current Affairs, Environment, Gay & Lesbian, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Mental Health, New Media, News & Current Affairs, Police, Programme Development, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Issues, Sociology, Undercover Investigation, Writing, Youth Culture