Wanuri Kahiu

Wanuri Kahiu

Рождение : 1980-06-21, Nairobi, Kenya

История

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.

Профиль

Wanuri Kahiu

Фильмы

Посмотри в обе стороны
Посмотри в обе стороны
Director
Накануне окончания колледжа жизнь Натали распадается на параллельные реальности: в одной она беременна и остаётся в родном городе, чтобы растить ребёнка, а в другой - переезжает в Лос-Анджелес, чтобы продолжить карьеру своей мечты.
Подруга
Подруга
Writer
Кена и Зики — близкие подруги, пускай их семьи и разделяет политическая вражда. Когда в девушках пробуждается любовь друг к другу, они оказываются перед выбором между своим счастьем и безопасностью.
Подруга
Подруга
Co-Producer
Кена и Зики — близкие подруги, пускай их семьи и разделяет политическая вражда. Когда в девушках пробуждается любовь друг к другу, они оказываются перед выбором между своим счастьем и безопасностью.
Подруга
Подруга
Director
Кена и Зики — близкие подруги, пускай их семьи и разделяет политическая вражда. Когда в девушках пробуждается любовь друг к другу, они оказываются перед выбором между своим счастьем и безопасностью.
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
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.
Homecoming
Homecoming
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.
The Spark That Unites Us
The Spark That Unites Us
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.
The Spark That Unites Us
The Spark That Unites Us
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.
Pumzi
Pumzi
Writer
A sci-fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, 'The Water War'.
Pumzi
Pumzi
Director
A sci-fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, 'The Water War'.
From a Whisper
From a Whisper
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.
From a Whisper
From a Whisper
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.
The Thing About Jellyfish
The Thing About Jellyfish
Director
A young girl becomes convinced the drowning of her best friend was actually caused by the sting of a rare jellyfish.
Once on This Island
Once on This Island
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.