22 December 2014 Last updated at 18:15 GMT
A law graduate, she got her first taste of the media industry as a little girl accompanying her father, a radio DJ.
As part of the BBC's African Dream series about entrepreneurs, the film-maker explains how she managed to excel in the entertainment industry in Nigeria and across sub-Saharan Africa.
Kemi Adetiba is an award-winning director, producer and cinematographer in the Nigerian city of Lagos and her production company - K-Alpha Innovations - specialises in making music videos.