The Biography of Damilola Mike Bamiloye, Creator of Abbatoir
DAMILOLA MIKE BAMILOYE, Script Writer, Cinematographer, producer is an upgraded version of his parents Mike and Gloria Bamiloye. He is of Mount Zion Drama Ministry’s extraction whose vision is in greater dimension even to that of his parents who are also his Mentor in the Ministry. The beauty is that he is still in his early days in the ministry and much younger.
Born on 16th September 1989, Michael Oluwadamilola Ilerioluwa Mike-Bamiloye is the first child of Mike and Gloria Bamiloye of the Mount Zion Drama Ministry and Mount Zion Television. His journey into film production began while he was a child, mimicking his dad’s movies during playtime with his siblings which later progressed to copying his dad’s scripts before he graduated into writing his movies.
His first break into film production was at the age of 15 when he produced his first movie ‘Youthful Lust’. He proceeded to serve as his father’s personal assistant (PA) after the compulsory national youth service according to a divine instruction he received in 2012 during his NYSC days in Imo State.
Serving as Mike Bamiloye’s PA was the training field used by God to sharpen his life’s purpose. He got his opportunity when the family travelled to Australia for a film shooting in Australia, they had no cameraman and he had to step into the big shoes by searching online and consulting with past hired cameramen on how to handle the video camera DSLR 60D. He later went on to shoot his first movie ‘Harvest of Crisis’ in Australia, with his skills improving over time and he is now the Director of Photography, Mount Zion Film Productions amongst other roles in the Ministry.
A graduate of Mass Communication from Bowen University, he has successfully bridged the gap by exploring new markets and opportunities in pushing the Ministry’s vision through social media. He became popular with his short skits on YouTube such as ‘Pepper Love’, ‘The Table is Set’ ‘The Professional Actor’, ‘The Sore’, ‘A Minute More’, ‘The Grand Thief’, Empty Proposal’, ‘She dey look Me’, ‘Head Cut’, ‘A Hundred Thousand’, ‘Check Up’, “Late Work” etc.
In 2020, despite the uncertainties posed by corona virus pandemic, ‘The Train’ was released which was written and produced by Damilola himself.
By 18th May 2020, the 3-hours movie had hit 1 Million views in 15 days and maintained the Number 1 spot on YouTube Nigeria Trending chart for 2 weeks. As at 6th June 2020, the views had reached 1,397,365 on Damilola Mike-Bamiloye YouTube channel.
Still in the euphoria of the success of The Train, another movie the Abbatoir was released. It was created by Damilola and Joshua. The movie which was released in episodes was had a huge viewership in Nigeria and people looked forward to Sunday afternoon for the weekly release of the each episode.
Damilola is indeed an inspiration to the young generation that hardwork and commitment pays with his younger siblings following his footsteps.
Damilola is married to Emmanuella who is a medical doctor, a blogger and a dramatist. They had their beautiful baby girl, Gloria in 2020.“
He said “I am highly passionate about making movies that preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am only carrying out the plan of God and reaching the simplest community unit which is the family.”
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