Wanuri Kahiu
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Director, filmmaker, and producer whose 2018 film, Rafiki, became the first Kenyan film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival. She is also known for several other movies including 2009's Pumzi and 2008's From a Whisper.
Before Fame
In the year 2001, she graduated from the University of Warwick with a BSc degree in Management Science.
Trivia
In the year 2019, it was announced that she would direct Millie Bobby Brown in an adaptation of the YA novel The Thing About Jellyfish. She co-founded the African art media collective Afrobubblegum. In the year 2023, she was honored with the Spirit of Cinema Award at the 28th International Film Festival of Kerala.
Family Life
Her husband is a cardiologist. They have two children.
Associated With
In 2006, she directed a behind-the-scenes documentary titled The Spark that Unites, about Phillip Noyce's film Catch a Fire.
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