User:Kwame fosu

He was born in the early 1980’s to Mr. Michael Kwabena Esuon and Mrs. Beatrice Abena Safo Esuon, In Accra; he is the last of three boys. He hails from Kwehu Abetifi in the Eastern Region of Ghana; he had his basic, secondary and tertiary education in Accra. He attended Godwisdom Preparatory school. As a child his mum always wanted him to be a lawyer and till date she calls him Lawyer Mens, but little Ernest had love and passion for Entertainment. He has a stronger connection with his mum more than any of his two brothers, and it’s the reason his mum describes him as the never growing last baby. Ernest celebrates his birthday every 31st December. He had his secondary education in Wesley Grammar School; he applied for the entertainment prefect during his third year in his secondary school but was beaten to it. That didn’t kill his love and affection for entertainment; he had good friends in the music industry of Ghana at that time and decided to start writing songs, after several attempts to make it in the music industry he decided to take his acting carrier to the next level so he joined an acting agency while schooling. After secondary school he advanced to Aptitude Media Academy where he studied Broadcast Journalism, after nine months of training in the media he had his service with the University of Cape Coast where he had his first working experience as a Presenter and a Producer with Radio Valco. He produced almost every program that ran on the station, during his stay at the station he was also the marketer and advertiser for Shattle designs, and was recognized by Mr. Michael Shattle himself as the best marketer of their products. He loves acting and took part in plays and drama in his early childhood days, and it was his wish to take it further to any limit. With his love growing in the field of entertainment he later joined the Movie Africa Acting Club and featured in couple of movies, as time went by he developed a serious love for acting and decided to make music part time. In Movie Africa he met Mr. Nelson Mensah Rappy the chief editor at that time and from there, they had a connection, showing much interest in editing, the C.E.O of movie Africa accepted and agreed that he should join the editing class to have a basic training in film editing. After the course Mr. Nelson personally asked him to stay and assist him because of his speed, love and devotion towards editing. he almost gave up in editing because it was time consuming and very stressful, no amount of words were enough to convince him to change his mind, Mr. Nelson had to use a drastic measures to keep him in the field by asking him to serve him for six months of teaching him the profession without a fee. He later became the assistant editor in Movie Africa and was responsible for some major movie hits in Ghana, the likes of “Brenya” “Kyeiwaa” “Sakawa Boys” and a host of others. Based on his good works, he had offers to work with some big production companies like Miracle Films, Danfo B.A Production, Blema Productions, just a few, as the pressure kept piling for him, he had no choice than to keep delivering and that was how he got stuck in editing. With the pile of movies to edit he couldn’t make time for his music and acting and that was how he quit music. Getting an extra carrier in life for free he decided to pay his quota to Movie Africa, so he worked for five long years without any proper salary or payments for the movies he edited, it was a decision he took on his own that for as long as it takes he will serve till the right time for him to move on. His love for editing grew greater and he decided to take up the task of shooting by himself, put it on the timeline just to have something to edit, hence shooting became a thing he was doing every day. Since shooting goes hand in hand with editing, he started shooting weddings and parties to boost his experience in camera handling. It went on for some time until he was recognized and was being invited to cover events. With the savings he made from the event coverage he decided to put himself in a proper film school, hence he arrived in South Africa. In South Africa he had an offer to teach Television and Film Production in Montage Arts College, he worked as a practical lecturer where he taught students in both Pre and Post Production. He was the first lecturer who was able to put the students project work (Music Videos) into the entertainment market, he was also the first lecturer who introduced outdoor studies in the school; where he took students to the field for a shoot, while in Montage he had offers to work with other production companies but he refused and worked with Montage for a year. Montage Arts College wanted to renew his contract after a year into a five year contract but he declined the offer and went on to work with Victorist Media where he worked as a director and supervising editor. He helped shoot several movies in Victorist Media, after a few months of work, the C.E.O. Mr. Victor Fidelis Okakor saw the potential in him and gave him a script to direct, it was an opportunity for him to direct his first movie; low and behold he nailed it and it was impressive. From there, other producers noticed the Ghanaian based South African and started inviting him on their productions. Since 2011 he has directed a lot of movies and some of them have appeared in the Durban International Film Festival. After working with Victorist Media for couple of years he resigned and worked as a freelancer, with some experiences gained from Victorist Media and working for himself he thought it was time for him to own a production company, hence Media Africa Studios was born, it is a very young production company with great dreams and aspirations, working as the C.E.O. of Media Africa Studios he has produced a couple of movies with the very first movie called “Trustee” he also produced “Back Stab” “Working 4 Lobola” and a host of others, Most of the movies he produced has been successful in the market, and has played on South Africa’s local television channel Mzansi Magic and hoping to be a content supplier to M-net. His vision is to establish himself and also to give opportunity to other people who love acting and have the passion for entertainment most especially film making. Being the only person who is professionally trained, he thought it wise to offer training to people who also express interest in other areas apart from acting. Based on the fact that he is not interested in working with professionals he has trained people in the field of camera, lighting, sound and also editing. His company has given a lot of opportunities to people who have been seeking the chance to show their talent acting. By doing this he hopes to reduce the unemployment rate. With all this reach background its no hype that Mr. Ernest Kwame Fosu-Esuon has an enviable career, he also believe everyone deserves a chance in life and so he describes Media Africa Studios as a charity home.