Jamal Ademola - Where The Buffalo Roam
Jamal Ademola
Director
Jamal Ademola is a Nigerian-American director whose work moves fluidly between cinema, advertising, and fine art. His storytelling blends live-action, animation, and documentary to create dazzling visual narratives that explore identity, memory, and belonging.
In advertising, Jamal has created for global brands including Google, Apple, Skechers, and House of Marley. His Northwell Health spot "Fearless Leader" won a Muse Award for Creativity, and he directed "Hope" for the UN Project Everyone, a short film-poem that straddles the space between branded storytelling and independent film.
His documentary work includes "House of Aama: Threads of Legacy" for PBS American Masters, supported by Firelight Media, and he is the creative director of "The Blind Couple from Mali", a feature documentary on Grammy-nominated musicians Amadou & Mariam.
Jamal’s avant-garde films and installations have been exhibited at the Albany Institute of History and Art, Wassaic Project, DOC NYC, Images Festival, Black Cultural Archives, Alchemy Film & Arts, and the August Wilson Center. He is currently directing "Pieces of You", a romantic visual autoethnography, and "They Came from the Clouds", a feature documentary supported by Comcast NBCUniversal, BAVC Media, PAM-CUT, and Kala Art Institute.
