Michael Adedeji

 Michael Benjamin Adebisi Kehinde Adedeji was born in Delaware and spent the better part of 12 years there until in ’08 he moved to Kennesaw, Georgia for his formative years. His love of the art began started when he was a child and he had taught himself how to draw. Later, with that skill under his belt, he had an affinity for singing –so he taught himself how to sing. In his sophomore year of high school, he joined the Theatre Troup #7459 and a year later was inducted into the Thespian Honors Society.


After spending 3 years in Acting, he wanted to learn how to write and direct. He wanted to be a jack of all trades, better than a master of one. Naturally, he started with directing and debuted a friend’s script for a 10-Minute Play festival at Georgia Southern University. With acting, singing, drawing, and now directing under my belt. He was prepared for anything. After a full year and a half at Georgia Southern, majoring in Business and Theatre, he transferred to Georgia State University where he took his last Theater Class in African-America Theatre History. Where he met his mentor, Dr. Shirlene Holmes, an accomplished playwright who taught him how to write for the stage and eventually the screen. With his mentor’s guidance and his determined nature, he networked with many at Georgia State and got in good with their Creative Media Program.

Faced with an ultimatum at Georgia State, he presumptuously dropped his Theatre Major and kept his Business Major for the administrative side of the Entertainment Industry. Michael, then, went on to meet many people who would help him get his start in screenwriting, like Executive Producer of the Walking Dead, Tom Luse. Whom, he thanks for challenging him with the realities of screenwriting in the entertainment industry.

He later graduated in December of 2019 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and simultaneously applied for membership with the Organization of Black Screenwriters. In 2020 on Black History Month, he joined the organization and became a moderator for his very own Writer’s Group entitled ATLANTA FX. After a bizarre year Michael then took on some side gigs as a writer and consulting producer on some collaborations.