Jinna Mutune | |
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| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Citizenship | Kenyan |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer and director. |
Jinna Mutune is a Kenyan film producer and director.
Jinna Mutune | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Citizenship | Kenyan |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer and director. |
Jinna Mutune is a Kenyan film producer and director.
Mutune grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, in a middle-class family [1] in Eastland's Kimathi Estate. [2] She studied at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance and also studied film in the United States. [3] [4] After film school in South Africa, she went back to Kenya for a while and then moved to the U.S., living in Boston, Houston and California. [2] Mutune states that she knew she wanted to be a filmmaker at age sixteen and by that time had also been directing plays at church and at her school. [2]
Mutune is the director of Leo , a story told through the eyes of a Maasai boy who wants to live out his dreams. [5] Leo was her first feature film and it was also funded by her own production company, Pegg Entertainment, with cinematography by Abraham Martinez. [3] Leo premiered in Nairobi in April 2011, but only to small venues: the film debuted on the "big screen" in Kenya in November 2012. [6] The U.S. premiere of Leo was well received by Kenyans and Americans, [6] and Mutune appeared on Kenya TV to discuss the film. [7] Mutune also organized a business deal with the airlines Kenya Airways and Emirates, to show Leo in-flight. [8] She also directed the film Chep, which was also produced by Pegg Entertainment. [9] Chep, a movie about a female marathon runner, set in the 1970s and celebrating women and the men who support them, will be released in 2016. [10] In addition to her feature films, she has also produced the music video for the Kenyan Official Olympic score (2012) and worked with Graça Machel on a public service announcement. [11]
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