Clarence Peters
Clarence Peters on the set of a music video in 2013
Born	Clarence Abiodun Peters (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (age 41) Ibadan,Oyo State, Nigeria[1]
Nationality	Nigerian
Alma mater	Government College Ikorodu City Varsity
Occupations	Filmmaker cinematographer music video director
Years active	1998–present
Known for	founding CAPital Dream Pictures and Capital Hill Records
Parent(s)	Clarion Chukwura (mother) Sir Shina Peters (father)
Website	clarencepeters.com

Clarence Abiodun Peters (born 20 December 1983) is aNigerianmusic video director, filmmaker and cinematographer.^[2] He is the founder and CEO of Capital Dream Pictures, aproduction company that specializes in performing arts, film and video. He is also the founder and CEO of Capital Hill Records, a record label that was home toChidinma, Tha Suspect andIllbliss.^[3][4] He was ranked 2nd onChannel O's list of the Top 10 Most Visionary Music Video Directors.^[5]

Peters is the son ofSir Shina Peters, a musician, andClarion Chukwura, an actress fromAnambra State. In an interview with theDaily Times, his mother opened up about wanting to abort him while he was in her womb, but changed her mind because of her belief that he was thereincarnation of her father whom she lost when she was 11 years old.^[6] Peters played football while growing up, and attended Beehive Primary School andGovernment College Ikorodu. After finishing secondary school, he worked at Alpha Visions for three years before studying cinematography atCity Varsity, a film school inCape Town.^[7] Upon returning to Nigeria, Peters teamed up with a group of filmmakers to establish the Alliance Film Company, which is now known as the Allied Film Company. Peters worked with the company for a year and eventually started his own production company, Capital Dream Pictures.^[7]

Peters has citedSteven Spielberg,Hype Williams, DJ Tee,Akin Alabi, Wudi Awa, HG2 Filmworks,Kemi Adetiba,Sesan, Aje, and AK 1 as people he admires.^[4][7] In 1998, Peters was involved in aMobil-sponsored music video for a documentary onAIDS. He directed 40 episodes of the television seriesEveryday People, and has filmed music videos for several recording artists, includingDarey,Durella, andWizkid.^[8][7] In 2012, he filmed the music video forShuga's theme song, which was recorded by Boneye,Banky W., Wizkid andL-Tido.^[9] Peters has also directed several documentaries, TV commercials, short films, and TV features.^[7][10] In April 2014,Absolut Vodka honoured him for his creativity.^[11] In September 2015, Peters announced plans to premiere his 25-minute horror filmHex; the film's official trailer was released on 28 September 2015.

Peters met record producer Tha Suspect while in secondary school. The two started a group after becoming acquainted with each other. Capital Hill Records was formed after Peters returned to Nigeria from South Africa. He and Tha Suspect decided to look for a female artist who could rap and sing. At a later date, Peters signed rapper Kel to Capital Hill after being introduced to her by Terry tha Rapman.^[4] In September 2010, Kel's recording contract with the label was terminated after she had a misunderstanding with Peters. Kel managed to release her debut studio album,The Investment, while signed to the label.^[12] Latterly, the label partnered with the Goretti Company, a management company owned byIllbliss.

In January 2014, acopyright infringement was filed against Peters after the release ofTiwa Savage's "Eminado" video. He allegedly stole the vintage nature ofTumi and the Volume's "Asinamali" video, which was released to honour the artistic works ofSeydou Keïta.Tumi slandered Peters on Twitter and urged his fans to shine a light on the issue.^[13] Tunji "Tee Billz" Balogun, who is Savage's former manager and ex-husband, said he and his ex-wife never knew that the video's concept was adopted from another video and were surprised like everyone else.^[14]

After the release ofIce Prince's "V.I.P" music video on 21 June 2013, Peters was accused of plagiarizing scenes fromSlaughterhouse's "My Life" video and incorporating them into the "V.I.P" video.^[15] In February 2014, Ice Prince defended Peters' actions and said he told him the ideas to shoot. He also said that if anyone has a problem with the situation, they should hold him responsible.^[16]

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