Early Life
Sibbie Alpha Sibbie was born to his Sherbro parents – Amidu Sibbie and Sarah Caulker on 17th November 1994 at Moyeama in Bonthe District. He is the eldest child with six siblings. Sibbie hailed from a small fishing island in Bonthe but was raised in Gbangbatoke, Moyamba District where he started his primary and Junior secondary education. As a young boy, Sibbie developed passion in arts and writing. He was well known for drawing at a tender age and he wrote his first unpublished biography novel while he was in JSS II. After his BECE examination, Sibbie proceeded to Government Secondary School in Bo (Bo School) until after his WASSCE examination. Whiles in Bo School, Sibbie joined the famous OBBA drama group and he acted in many plays during OBBA celebrations in the School. Sibbie is presently pursuing a higher diploma certificate in procurement and Supply Management at IPAM, University of Sierra Leone. To this day, Sibbie is a single.
Career
He developed desperate passion for acting and decided to join a movie group where he started as PA (Personal Assistant) to his director Kenneth K. Moriba in Bo. With his love for writing, he worked with his director as an apprentice who started showing him the formats and principles in screen writing. Few years later, Sibbie directed his first movie (Fruit of Life) at the age of 18 in 2013. This movie had a national distribution across the country by Destiny Electronics in Bo. He is a household name in the Sierra Leone film industry, as a young film maker who commands high respect from many, Sibbie has proven beyond many vague doubt as a professional film maker with endless passionate passion for his career. He is a well-established film maker and an author with many unpublished manuscripts. He is also a poet and a member of Sierra Leone Writers Association and the Sierra Leone Writers Series. Sibbie is presently working on a photography studio as an aside to his film career. Besides filming and writing, Sibbie is also an entertainment blogger and the CEO and Chief Editor at South Side Magazine (an online entertainment journal). As a reputable movie director and undoubtedly one of the best in the country, Sibbie hit the spotlight after directing Tribal War (a movie that was banned from the market due to the public perception of the title) since then, he had got a seat amongst prominent film makers in the country. In 2016, Sibbie was awarded best screen writer and best movie director at the Bo Entertainment Awards (BEA) just after Tribal War saga. The following year he directed Land of Doom, an epic movie that had over twenty thousand sales across the country. This movie also bagged many awards the same year it was released. In 2018, Sibbie directed two mega movies, Bloody Affairs (a high budget action packed movie) and Kornya (First Union Film in the country) produced by Bo Film Union. After the released of Kornya, the movie left many people appraising the young man for visualizing such a great story. In July 2019, Sibbie was awarded best Sierra Leone movie director at the SLAAM awards in Maryland. That was two months after he received best movie director awards at Bo entertainment awards Vol 4. (The second time to win this award). He is a household name in the Sierra Leone film industry, as a young film maker who commands high respect from many, Sibbie has proven beyond many vague doubt as a professional film maker with endless passionate passion for his career.
In December 2019, Sibbie was given a honorary award for his hard work at Bona awards in Bo and the following week he again bagged Sierra Leone best movie director at the national entertainment awards (NEA) at Kimbima Hotel in Freetown. Sibbie’s name got mentioned on many lips, newspaper headlines and social media including entertainment blogs for his emulating achievements. In January 2020, Sibbie had another nomination at the New School Awards (NSA) that was to be held in March at Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown but was postponed due to the COVID 19 outbreak.
Filmography
…as both the screenwriter and director
Producer for Private Sorrow, Kornya Patricia Rose -Bo film Union
