Abbas Tyrewala is a Mumbai-based scriptwriter and filmmaker. He began writing advertising copy while still in college, and got a job with O&M advertising as soon as he dropped out. Within a year, he realized that he wanted to write for movies, not commercials. He...
I was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and started my professional career in screenwriting in 2007. After a successful career in News anchoring, I started writing for the TV series Makutano Junction, which after several seasons I became the assistant script editor. I also...
I am a Film Editor and a Maisha Alumni in 2006 as an Editor. I have 12 years of work experience having worked on “Centre 4” as my 1st Big Project. I have been in the film industry since 2002 and worked on the following...
Cheerag graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India with specialization in Sound Recording and Sound Engineering in the 80’s after which he spent 7 years recording classical music (Indian and Western) for the archives of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. From 1992...
Rob Fruchtman is an award-winning director, producer and editor of documentaries and television programs. He won the Documentary Director award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival for his feature film, Sister Helen, which aired on HBO. He has won three Emmys for his work with PBS. His...
Director: Zippy Kimundu and Mira Nair Country: Uganda (2014) Genre: Documentary Time: 13.12 min An inspiring creative documentary that follows the story of one of Uganda’s unsung heroes – Robert Katende. Popularly known as ’Coach Robert’, he was able to transform a little unknown slum in the outskirts of...
Director: Solaire Munyana Country: Uganda (2016) Genre: HBO - Documentary Time: 17.35 min Opera in the Dusty City is a day in the life of these four young men as they prepare for a performance in Kampala, the capital city. As much as they have been able to garner...
Director: Mitchelle Jangara Country: Kenya / Uganda (2016) Genre: HBO - Documentary Time: 15.00 min Ugandan Haven is a story that looks into the lifestyle and culture of the Somali community in Uganda. The story is told through the eyes a young Somali artist Okiyalo, whose life we see...
Director: Kennedy Oryema Country: Uganda (2012) Genre: Documentary Time: 5.31 min A story of Esther Namirimu, juggling responsibilities of taking care of her HIV blind mother and looking for food. She attends to household responsibilities in between going to school at Makerere University Primary School, where she is a...
After film school in Amsterdam, where I majored in Directing at the School of Audio Engineering and Film Academy, I briefly worked for Sony England at the International Broadcasting Convention, IBC in Amsterdam RAI for two years (2003-2004) where I exhibited their newest cameras to...
