Wanuri Kahiu

Director, Producer, Writer

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Wanuri Kahiu

Director, Producer, Writer

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29 titles

Projects in Development (4 titles)	Budget
Once on This Island Director (directed by) Director (directed by) See fewer
The Black Kids Director Director See fewer
The Thing About Jellyfish Director Director See fewer
Wild Seed (TV Series) - Director, Executive Producer, Writer Director, Executive Producer, Writer See fewer

Television in Production (1 title)	Episodes	Status
Washington Black (2025) (TV Mini-series) - Executive Producer (8 episodes, 2025), Director (3 episodes, 2025) Executive Producer (8 episodes, 2025), Director (3 episodes, 2025) See fewer Post-Prod Episode #1.8 (Jul 23, 2025) Season 1, Episode 8 - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	8	Completed

Past Film & Video (18 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Sarah (2024) Producer Producer See fewer
Look Both Ways (2022) Director (directed by) Director (directed by) See fewer
Lusala (2019) The Director Wishes To Thank The Director Wishes To Thank See fewer
Outer World (2018) (Short) - Writer Writer See fewer
Rafiki (2018) Director, Co-Producer, Writer (written by) Director, Co-Producer, Writer (written by) See fewer		$16K	$138K	$181K
Who Am I? (2018) (Short) - Co-Director Co-Director See fewer
The Forever Tree (2017) (Short) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Kati Kati (2016) Mentor (scriptwriting) Mentor (scriptwriting) See fewer
Homecoming (2013) (Short) - Producer Producer See fewer
Katungulu Mwendwa: Dinka Translation (2013) (Short) - Location Manager Location Manager See fewer
Motherland (2010) Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer	$2MM
Africa First: Volume One (2010) Director (segments: Pumzi), Writer Director (segments: Pumzi), Writer See fewer
Pumzi (2009) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer	$35K
From a Whisper (2008) Director, Writer (screenplay) Director, Writer (screenplay) See fewer
Ras Star (2006) (Short) - Director Director See fewer	KES 300MM
Still Life (2005) (Short) - Producer Producer See fewer	$15K
500 Years Later (2005) Camera, Associate Producer Camera, Associate Producer See fewer	$1MM
Mad Twin (2003) (Short) - Grip Grip See fewer

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Past Television (2 titles)	Episodes
P.O.V. (2015) (TV Series) - Special Thanks (1 episode, 2015) Special Thanks (1 episode, 2015) See fewer Beats of the Antonov (Aug 3, 2015) Season 28, Episode 7 - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	1
State House (2014) (TV Series) - Director (4 episodes, 2014), Writer (created by) (3 episodes, 2014), Writer (1 episode, 2014) Director (4 episodes, 2014), Writer (created by) (3 episodes, 2014), Writer (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Episode #1.4 (Mar 24, 2014) Season 1, Episode 4 - Director, Writer (created by) Director, Writer (created by) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	4

Self (4 titles)
Free to Speak - The Speech We Hate (2023) Self Self See fewer
Konbini (2018) (Podcast Series) - Self (1 episode, 2018) Self (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Le speech de Wanuri Kahiu, réalisatrice de Rafiki (Sep 24, 2018) Self Self See fewer
L'invité (2018) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2018) Self (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Episode dated 19 May 2018 (May 19, 2018) Self Self See fewer
Le journal du Festival (2018) (TV Mini-series) - Self (1 episode, 2018) Self (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Episode dated 12 May 2018 (May 12, 2018) Self Self See fewer

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