Some creatives find their calling by following a clearly defined path. Zion Sirzee Bissallah found his by choosing his own.
A filmmaker, actor, producer, set and props designer, drone pilot, and creative entrepreneur, Zion has built a career across multiple corners of Nigeria’s entertainment industry. But beneath the many titles is a singular motivation: to create, to tell stories, and to open doors for others.
Born in Kadiri Kurama, Saminaka, in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Zion is a proud member of the Kurama tribe. His upbringing in a middle-class family taught him values that continue to influence his work—hard work, responsibility, resilience, and, perhaps most importantly, self-belief.
For Zion, knowing where he comes from isn’t just a detail in his biography.
It is the foundation of everything he is building.
Choosing the Unconventional Path
In 2013, after completing secondary school and writing his WAEC, Zion made a decision that would shape the rest of his life.
He chose not to continue with formal education.
Instead, he decided to pursue entrepreneurship and build a future through creativity.
It wasn’t necessarily the conventional route, but it was one he believed in. Today, he speaks about that decision without regret, recognising that the path he chose forced him to learn through experience, persistence, failure, and opportunity.
Rather than waiting for someone to give him a place in the industry, Zion began creating his own.
And over time, that decision evolved into a career spanning filmmaking, production design, acting, directing, drone operations, and entrepreneurship.
The Creative Behind the World
Film is often remembered through its actors, directors, and stories. But behind every believable world is an army of creatives responsible for making that world feel real.
This is where Zion’s work as a set and props designer becomes particularly significant.
From creating environments to sourcing and designing props, his work contributes to the atmosphere, visual identity, character development, and continuity of a production. He has worked across a growing list of film and television projects, including The Brainiac 1 & 2, Dorcas the Prophetess, Made to Last, Silent Storm, Safiya, Rariya Series, The Insider, Farin Jini Series, Away From Home, The Coffin Keeper, and several others.
Each production has presented another opportunity to understand the language of visual storytelling.
And for Zion, every set is more than a physical space.
It is part of the story.
His growing experience across productions has allowed him to build relationships, sharpen his craft, and understand the entertainment industry from multiple perspectives.
That versatility has become one of his greatest strengths.
More Than a Filmmaker
Zion’s creative identity doesn’t stop when the cameras stop rolling.
Through 29Teeth Entertainment, where he serves as CEO, he is beginning to move from creating stories to creating opportunities.
The company is built around a larger ambition: discovering, developing, promoting, and creating opportunities for talented entertainers.
His first signed artist, Phenace Pee, represents the beginning of that vision.
Together, they are working on projects designed not only to introduce an artist to audiences but to build something with meaning behind it.
Their first single, Locachi (Time), is dedicated to Zadok Yohana and to every hustler who continues to believe in God, believe in themselves, and work toward becoming a success story.
The message is simple but powerful: your current position does not have to become your final destination.
That philosophy mirrors Zion’s own journey.
Building From Where He Comes From
There is a deeper motivation behind everything Zion does.
He wants to see his people, his culture, his community, and Nigerian creativity represented on bigger platforms.
His identity as a member of the Kurama tribe is something he carries with pride, and his ambition extends beyond personal recognition. He wants his work to contribute to a broader understanding and appreciation of the people and cultures that shaped him.
For Zion, success becomes more meaningful when it creates room for someone else.
He wants to support young creatives who have the talent and ambition but lack access to opportunities. He wants to help people who are starting from ordinary circumstances realise that their dreams are still valid.
That makes his entrepreneurial journey about more than building companies.
It is about building access.
A Career Built on Possibility
What makes Zion’s story particularly interesting is the number of directions his creativity has taken him.
He can work behind the scenes designing a world for a film. He can step in front of the camera as an actor. He can operate a drone to capture an entirely different perspective. He can produce, direct, manage creative projects, and build businesses around entertainment.
Rather than seeing these disciplines as separate identities, Zion appears to treat them as different tools for the same purpose.
Creation.
That mindset has allowed him to remain adaptable in an industry where opportunities can come from unexpected places.
His work continues through Zion Sirzeeconcept Production Services, another platform through which he pursues production and creative ventures.
The goal isn’t simply to be known for one skill.
It is to become someone capable of bringing an entire creative vision to life.
The Legacy He Wants to Leave
For Zion, the destination has never been fame for fame’s sake.
His larger ambition is legacy.
He wants young people from ordinary backgrounds to see his journey and understand that where they begin doesn’t have to determine where they end.
He wants to contribute to his community.
He wants to promote Nigerian and Kurama culture.
He wants to create opportunities.
And he wants to tell stories that make people feel something.
At the centre of all of it is a sentence that captures his philosophy:
“What drives my work is knowing where I came from.”
It is perhaps the clearest explanation of his journey.
Zion isn’t running away from his beginnings in pursuit of success. He is carrying those beginnings with him.
From Kadiri Kurama to film sets, production companies, entertainment ventures, and the stories still waiting to be told, his journey is becoming a testament to what can happen when creativity is backed by conviction.
There is still a long way to go.
But Zion Sirzee Bissallah isn’t waiting for the perfect opportunity to arrive.
He is building the opportunity himself—and creating space for others to come along.
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