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Peter Gitau
Réalisateur/trice, Producteur/trice, Scénariste, Monteur/se
Kenya
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Réalisateur, scénariste, monteur et producteur kenyan.
Parfois crédité sous le nom de
Peter Wangugi GITAU
Peter GITAU est un réalisateur, scénariste, monteur et producteur. Il est connu pour THE CUT (2017).
Il dirige sa propre société de production, Tuwashow Pictures (Nairobi).
Peter était membre du Jury Longs métrages Documentaires au 9ème Festival du Cinéma Africain de Louxor (LAFF 2020, Egypte) où il a présenté son film THE CUT, le 07 Mars 2020, dans le cadre de la Section Hommage « Kenya Films », en présence d’une délégation officielle conduite par l’Ambassadeur du Kenya en Egypte.
Parfois crédité sous le nom de
Peter Wangugi GITAU
Peter GITAU est un réalisateur, scénariste, monteur et producteur. Il est connu pour THE CUT (2017).
Il dirige sa propre société de production, Tuwashow Pictures (Nairobi).
Peter était membre du Jury Longs métrages Documentaires au 9ème Festival du Cinéma Africain de Louxor (LAFF 2020, Egypte) où il a présenté son film THE CUT, le 07 Mars 2020, dans le cadre de la Section Hommage « Kenya Films », en présence d’une délégation officielle conduite par l’Ambassadeur du Kenya en Egypte.
English
Kenyan Film director, screenwriter, editor and producer.
He is sometimes credited as
Peter Wangugi GITAU
Peter GITAU is a film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He is known for THE CUT (2017).
He owns his production company, Tuwashow Pictures (Nairobi).
Peter Wangugi Gitau is an award-winning filmmaker, who has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of socially engaged interdisciplinary projects for over eight years.He has made several theatre productions, documentaries and fiction films touching on social-economic issues in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. He also has worked with several NGOs on different film projects among them; Film-aid International, World Food Programme, Windle Trust Kenya, Population Services Kenya and AMREF Health Africa. He has also directed award-winning Kenyan TV shows Pendo (2014-2016) and Pray & Prey (2014) among many others.
Peter was Feature Documentary Jury Member at 2020 Luxor African Film Festival (9th LAFF, Egypte) where he screened his feature THE CUT, on March 7,
insaide the « Kenya Films » Tribute Section; Kenyan Ambassador in Egypt and his delegation attended.
Peter attended the annual Maisha Film Lab (documentary) 2011 and there after worked on several film projects as a writer, director and editor in his home country Kenya that include;
Child for hire (2014) Won best editor in Kalasha International TV and Film Festival 2015
This is the story of Samantha, a 12-year-old orphan who lived with her brother in one of the largest slums in Nairobi. One problem leads to another and she ends up in the streets of Nairobi.
Heroic Cut 2014 a film produced by FilmAid in Kenya is aimed at demonstrating the importance and benefits of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in non-circumcising communities, as a means of preventing HIV/AIDS and other Sexually-transmitted Infections (STIs) by up to 60 percent.
Early Marriage 2015 Filmaid International Produced by FilmAid, this film is shown to the Turkana community, located in Northwestern Kenya, to advocate against early marriage and promote the importance of educating girls. This film was produced with the full support and approval of the local Turkana community, with Turkana crew/cast, and dialogue in the local Nga’Turkana language. After the film is shown to Turkana community members, they have an open dialogue with FilmAid’s Turkana facilitators about how to better ensure the education of girls within the Turkana culture.
Pendo TV series NTV Kenya /Dil Picures 2016 (Directed season 6&7) Maria’s journey back home after 5 years of incarceration. In her quest to bring sense back to her family Maria is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Her aggressors want Maria dead by any means necessary.
Pray and Prey NTV Kenya /Dil Picture 2016 (Directed season 6-) PrayAndPrey is a Kenyan TV dramedy (drama + comedy) follows the stories of men and women of God in their families and communities.
He has made theater productions, documentaries and fiction films touching on social economic issues in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Currently his film new feature film ‘The Cut’ is an official selection at this year’s Silicon Valley African Film Festival.
Source:
* http://maishafilmlab.org/maisha-alumni/peter-gitau/
* www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/en/Festival/JuryMember/Peter%20Wangugi%20Gitau
updated by Thierno Dia, on May 11, 2020.
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بيتر وانجوجي جيتاو
كينيا
مخرج
بيتر وانجوجي جيتاو هو مخرج سينمائي حاصل على العديد من الجوائز. عمل بشكل تعاوني وفردي في مجموعة من المشاريع متعددة الاختصاصات والاهتمامات الاجتماعية على مدى أكثر من ثمانية أعوام. قام بإنتاج مسرحيات وأفلام وثائقية وأفلام روائية تتناول القضايا الاقتصادية والاجتماعية في أوغندا وتنزانيا وكينيا. عمل بيتر مع العديد من المنظمات غير الحكومية في مشاريع أفلام مختلفة منها؛ فيلم-ايد الدولية، برنامج الأغذية العالمي، وندل ترست كينيا، خدمات السكان في كينيا والمؤسسة الطبية والبحثية الأفريقية. كما قام بإخراج برامج تلفزيونية حاصلة على جوائز لصالح التلفزيون الكيني
Source: 2020 Luxor African Film Festival
www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/ar/Festival/JuryMember/Peter%20Wangugi%20Gitau
He is sometimes credited as
Peter Wangugi GITAU
Peter GITAU is a film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He is known for THE CUT (2017).
He owns his production company, Tuwashow Pictures (Nairobi).
Peter Wangugi Gitau is an award-winning filmmaker, who has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of socially engaged interdisciplinary projects for over eight years.He has made several theatre productions, documentaries and fiction films touching on social-economic issues in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. He also has worked with several NGOs on different film projects among them; Film-aid International, World Food Programme, Windle Trust Kenya, Population Services Kenya and AMREF Health Africa. He has also directed award-winning Kenyan TV shows Pendo (2014-2016) and Pray & Prey (2014) among many others.
Peter was Feature Documentary Jury Member at 2020 Luxor African Film Festival (9th LAFF, Egypte) where he screened his feature THE CUT, on March 7,
insaide the « Kenya Films » Tribute Section; Kenyan Ambassador in Egypt and his delegation attended.
Peter attended the annual Maisha Film Lab (documentary) 2011 and there after worked on several film projects as a writer, director and editor in his home country Kenya that include;
Child for hire (2014) Won best editor in Kalasha International TV and Film Festival 2015
This is the story of Samantha, a 12-year-old orphan who lived with her brother in one of the largest slums in Nairobi. One problem leads to another and she ends up in the streets of Nairobi.
Heroic Cut 2014 a film produced by FilmAid in Kenya is aimed at demonstrating the importance and benefits of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in non-circumcising communities, as a means of preventing HIV/AIDS and other Sexually-transmitted Infections (STIs) by up to 60 percent.
Early Marriage 2015 Filmaid International Produced by FilmAid, this film is shown to the Turkana community, located in Northwestern Kenya, to advocate against early marriage and promote the importance of educating girls. This film was produced with the full support and approval of the local Turkana community, with Turkana crew/cast, and dialogue in the local Nga’Turkana language. After the film is shown to Turkana community members, they have an open dialogue with FilmAid’s Turkana facilitators about how to better ensure the education of girls within the Turkana culture.
Pendo TV series NTV Kenya /Dil Picures 2016 (Directed season 6&7) Maria’s journey back home after 5 years of incarceration. In her quest to bring sense back to her family Maria is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Her aggressors want Maria dead by any means necessary.
Pray and Prey NTV Kenya /Dil Picture 2016 (Directed season 6-) PrayAndPrey is a Kenyan TV dramedy (drama + comedy) follows the stories of men and women of God in their families and communities.
He has made theater productions, documentaries and fiction films touching on social economic issues in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Currently his film new feature film ‘The Cut’ is an official selection at this year’s Silicon Valley African Film Festival.
Source:
* http://maishafilmlab.org/maisha-alumni/peter-gitau/
* www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/en/Festival/JuryMember/Peter%20Wangugi%20Gitau
updated by Thierno Dia, on May 11, 2020.
______________
AR
بيتر وانجوجي جيتاو
كينيا
مخرج
بيتر وانجوجي جيتاو هو مخرج سينمائي حاصل على العديد من الجوائز. عمل بشكل تعاوني وفردي في مجموعة من المشاريع متعددة الاختصاصات والاهتمامات الاجتماعية على مدى أكثر من ثمانية أعوام. قام بإنتاج مسرحيات وأفلام وثائقية وأفلام روائية تتناول القضايا الاقتصادية والاجتماعية في أوغندا وتنزانيا وكينيا. عمل بيتر مع العديد من المنظمات غير الحكومية في مشاريع أفلام مختلفة منها؛ فيلم-ايد الدولية، برنامج الأغذية العالمي، وندل ترست كينيا، خدمات السكان في كينيا والمؤسسة الطبية والبحثية الأفريقية. كما قام بإخراج برامج تلفزيونية حاصلة على جوائز لصالح التلفزيون الكيني
Source: 2020 Luxor African Film Festival
www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/ar/Festival/JuryMember/Peter%20Wangugi%20Gitau
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