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Wanuri Kahiu

Wanuri Kahiu

Writer · Born June 21, 1980 · Nairobi, Kenya

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Biography

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.

Wrote 3

2010s

  1. 2018

2000s

  1. 2009

    Pumzi

    Writer

  2. 2008

    From a Whisper

    Screenplay

Directed 8

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2016

    Who Am I?

    Director

  3. 2011

    Africa First: Volume One

    Director

2000s

  1. 2009

    Pumzi

    Director

  2. 2008

    From a Whisper

    Director

No release date

  1. Once on This Island

    Director

Produced 3

2020s

  1. 2024

    Sarah

    Executive Producer

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2013

    Homecoming

    Producer