Celebrity Profile: Clarence A. Peters

He is One of Naija's Best Music Video Directors. Clarence Abiodun Peters is the CEO of multimedia content creation company CAPital Dreams Pictures. Born in Ibadan, Nigeria with the genes of legendary musician Sir Shina Peters and actress Clarion Chukwurah, Clarence Peters aka Capital is the most sought after director in the industry at the moment. He has already done some amazing videos like 9ice's Street Credibility, Shayo by Durella, Nobody Test Me by the Choc Squad ( M.I and co.), Only Me by 2baba himself and Remember by Bracket featuring 2face. Yeah, Clarence is that good, everybody wants him. At just 28, He has already won director of the year at the Nigerian Music Video Awards 2008 and the best music video at the HipHop world Awards 2010 for Finest and is a well known name when it comes to music in Naija. He is so popular that 3 of every 5 videos seen on TV is directed by him. He specializes in motion pictures of all formats from HD (High Definition)/SD (Standard Definition) to 16mm/Super 16mm/ 35mm formats.

Clarence attended Government College, Ikorodu and Camp David Academy Secondary School, Ogba. As a kid, Clarence worked as an actor with Owner of SoundCity, Tajudeen Adepetu for two years. He starting directing at just 18 years of age when he directed 40 episodes of the TV series "Everyday People". He later moved to South Africa where he attended the City-Varsity Summon Television Academy in Cape Town and gained a degree in directing and cinematography. He returned to Nigeria to direct his first music video, Fuji by Darey. He founded CAPital Hill record label with his secondary school mate and friend, Tha Suspect who is also an artiste under the label.

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