About

Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo started her media career as an editor in the publishing industry. During this time, she published the illustrated history book Exploration Into Africa and Isimeme’s Stories, a collection of African folk tales.

She moved into television, working on Black Ink, a documentary that she originated about the history of the black press; and The Desired Number, a UN funded project shot in Nigeria. As a BBC employee, Yvonne worked on two in-house dramas before becoming freelance.

As a line producer her film credits include Love is the Devil (1998), the biopic of Francis Bacon starring Daniel Craig and Derek Jacobi; Harmony Korine's fantastical Mister Lonely (2007); Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) based on the Orange Prize winning novel;

As a line producer her film credits include Love is the Devil (1998), the biopic of Francis Bacon starring Daniel Craig and Derek Jacobi; Harmony Korine's fantastical Mister Lonely (2007); Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) based on the Orange Prize winning novel; David Farr’s psychological thriller The Ones Below (2015) and Remainder (2015), the directing debut of renowned artist Omer Fast.

David Farr’s psychological thriller The Ones Below (2015) and Remainder (2015), the directing debut of renowned artist Omer Fast.

Television credits include Top Boy (2011) the Channel 4 drama series starring Ashley Walters; and National Treasure (2016) a 4-parter starring Julie Walters and Robbie Coltrane.

Producing credits include Guerrilla, a 6-part series written by 12 Years A Slave Oscar winner John Ridley, starring Idris Elba, Frieda Pinto and Babou Ceesay; Shoot the Messenger (2006) starring David Oyelowo; and Freefall (2009) starring Riz Ahmed and Dominic Cooper.