Adasa Cookey

Adasa Cookey (born Adasa Rawlinson Cookeygam) is a Nigerian-born music video director, cinematographer, commercial director, colourist, and filmmaker.^[1][2][3] He works and directs for Squareball Media Productions Limited where he is also the Chief Executive Officer of the company, which is also a record label that houses 1da Banton & Eli Jae.^[4]

Adasa Cookey
Background information
Born	Adasa Rawlinson Cookeygam (1981-10-21) 21 October 1981 (age 44) Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Occupations	Cinematographer, editor, colourist, music video director, commercial director, filmmaker
Years active	2010–present
Website	www.adasacookey.com
Education	Rivers State University of Science and Technology

Early life

Adasa was born on October 21, 1981, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. He spent his early childhood in Port Harcourt, where he attended secondary school at Bereton College and Federal Government College. Thereafter, he proceeded to study at Rivers State University of Science and Technology and earned a Bachelor of Technology in Architecture.^[5]

Career

Adasa left his customer care representative job in 2010 to switch his passion in video editing and directly. He has directed the music videos of music artistes like Davido, Burna Boy, Simi, Adekunle Gold, D'Prince, and Don Jazzy.^[6][7][8]

Selected videography

• Burna Boy – Like To Party (2013) ^[9]
• D'Prince – Goody Bag (2013)
• Ketchup- Show Me Yuh Rozay (2013)
• Mavins All Stars - Adaobi (2014) ^[10]
• DJ Xclusive ft Davido – Wo Le (2015)
• Adekunle Gold - Sade (2015) ^[11]
• Adekunle Gold - Ready (2016)
• Ric Hassani -Only You (2017)
• Orezi-Cooking Pot (2017) ^[12]
• Idahams-Toast (2017)
• Simi – Selense (2019) ^[13]
• Simi – Ayo (2019)
• Simi – Duduke (2020) ^[14]
• Simi ft Patoranking – Jericho (2019) ^[15]
• Bebe Cool ft Rudeboy - Feeling (2020)
• Runtown ft. Bella Shmurda, Darkovibes – Body Riddim (Video) (2020) ^[16]
• Simi ft. Adekunle Gold – By You (2019)
• Praiz – Madu (2020)
• Niniola – Addicted (2020)
• Wande Coal ft. Wale – Again (Remix) (2020)
• Wande Coal – Again (2020)
• Idahams-Billion Dollar (2019)
• Idahams-Ada (2020)
• Idahams-Enter My Eye (2020)
• Stonebwoy ft. Zlatan- Critical (2021) ^[17]

Awards and nominations

Year	Project	Ceremony	Category	Result
2016	"himself"	City People Entertainment	Best Music Video Director of the Year [18]	Nominated
2020	Simi ft Patoranking "Jericho"	Soundcity MVP Awards Festival	Video of the Year [19]	Nominated
2020	"Himself"	GALAXY AWARDS	Video Director of the Year	Won
2019	Simi ft Patoranking "Jericho"	AFRIMA Award	Best African Video [20]	Nominated
2017	Orezi, "Cooking Pot"	AFRIMA Award	Best African Video of the Year [21]	Won
2016	Adekunle Gold, "Pick Up the Call"	Nigeria Music Video Awards	Best Cinematography [22]	Won
2016	Ranti ,"Iwe Ki Ko"	Nigeria Music Video Awards	Best Editor [23]	Nominated
2016	Ranti ,"Iwe Ki Ko"	Nigeria Music Video Awards	Best Director [24]	Nominated