Emmanuel Fabiyi was born and raised in the town called Elephant and Castle London, England. He is the first born of five children to Eunice Fabiyi a Nurse/Midwife and Anthony Fabiyi, a teacher. Both parents are Nigerians. Emmanuel was taken back to Nigeria and lived there for a few years attending his Primary and secondary school studying and actively involved in sports before returning to Englend in 1998. After graduating from college, Emmanuel studied Information communication technology at the university of East London, he just wanted to get into the I.T industry as his father wanted him to get into that profession as he thought it would be the best for him.

Emmanuel over the years had written screen plays for film and television and currently is now creating his own opportunities working on them. He studied Acting at the Academy drama school where he worked along side Principal Tim Reynolds, who encouraged him to take his career very seriously. After graduating from the academy drama school, his first paid job was when he featured on CBBC's children's program Prank patrol. He then continued to constantly work on a number of shorts films.

He worked along side Holly oaks Jamie Lomas in the movie Eternal life which won a number of awards. Emmanuel Fabiyi as an actor and film maker now creates his own opportunities. He took up his directorial debut in 2011 where he shot his first short film called redemption a film that reflects on discrimination within the police force. He then continued making his first Feature film called Consciousness which took him 6 years to finish and is now in post production. He is still making films till present.