Wanuri Kahiu
出生 : 1980-06-21, Nairobi, Kenya
略歴
Wanuri Kahiu (born 21 June 1980) is a Kenyan film director, producer, and author. She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed, including the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009 for her dramatic feature film From a Whisper. She is also the co-founder of AFROBUBBLEGUM, a media collective dedicated to supporting African art.
Director
On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie's life diverges into two parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and must navigate motherhood as a young adult in her Texas hometown, the other in which she moves to LA to pursue her career. In both journeys throughout her twenties, Natalie experiences life-changing love, devastating heartbreak and rediscovers herself.
Writer
Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Co-Producer
Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Director
Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Director
Through the eyes and guided by the wisdom of children, Who Am I? gives an enlightened voice to the tribal and religious fissures that are growing in Kenyan society, providing a voice of wisdom and compassion, all with the inherent child’s understanding of fairness.
Producer
Kenyan Jim Chuchu’s short film casts a voyeur’s obsession with the girl next door, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, science fiction and fiction.
Producer
Behind the scenes documentary about "Catch A Fire" (Dir. Phillip Noyce/ Working Title/Universal Films). Following Derek Luke as he prepares for the role of Patrick Chamusso, a South African guerilla fighter.
Director
Behind the scenes documentary about "Catch A Fire" (Dir. Phillip Noyce/ Working Title/Universal Films). Following Derek Luke as he prepares for the role of Patrick Chamusso, a South African guerilla fighter.
Writer
A sci-fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, 'The Water War'.
Director
A sci-fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, 'The Water War'.
Screenplay
When an intelligence officer and a young, rebellious artist discover that they both lost somebody in the US Embassy bombing 10 years ago, they learn how to confront their fears and forgive.
Director
When an intelligence officer and a young, rebellious artist discover that they both lost somebody in the US Embassy bombing 10 years ago, they learn how to confront their fears and forgive.
Director
A young girl becomes convinced the drowning of her best friend was actually caused by the sting of a rare jellyfish.
Director
Adaptation of the Broadway musical. The story is set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea and tells of a peasant girl who falls in love with an aristocrat. Against this backdrop, social class differences play out while the island gods wager a bet of what is stronger, love or death.
