Adim Williams

ADIM WILLIAMS is a prominent Nigerian film director recognized for his involvement in notable Nollywood productions such as Abuja Connection 2 and Abuja Connection 3. Quotes I do more of acting now but I still direct and produce. I am preparing for a production but in between, I am still doing acting jobs. The pictures I posted on my Facebook wall were my July location pictures that I used to do my birthday on the 28th of July. Well, I have not left directing, I am just expanding my scope, and moreover I started as an actor, so I am using this to add to my resume. I didn’t leave directing but I do a lot of acting these days. I am not the one featuring myself, its people that invite me to their movies and that shows the desire to see me. The three last jobs I did were with Zubby Michael, Patience Ozorkwo, the other one is Zubby and KOK and they’re high profile movies. It’s fun because I have seen it all a as a director. It’s interesting taking instructions from other directors and very few of them are of my generation but 99 per cent of them are of younger generation. They respect me as a senior colleague; however, I do not conduct myself as a senior colleague but as an actor on set. Unless they seek for my advice, I don’t interfere in the director’s work. Anything I want to say, I say it before the job starts. When you send the script, I go through the script, make my notes and discuss it with the director before we go on set. I don’t go on set to say, ‘ah no, it’s not like this, do you know who I am? I conduct myself as an actor on set and I recognize that someone is in charge and if my advice or input is requested for, I will give it gladly and it ends there. Frankly, there is nothing new artistically and creatively. They’re not there yet but what has changed is technology because there are higher grade cameras from black magic to net dragon to Iris etc, but not in terms of creativity. They have not matched our standard the same way the actors of this generation may not be able to match the standard of the A- list stars we know like: Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade Ekehinde, Pete Edochie, KOK and Sam Loco Efe among many of them. It’s hard to match their standard in terms of professionalism, delivery and others.