Joe Njagu

Joe Njagu
Film director, Producer, Screenwriter
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Zimbabwean film director

Joe Njagu, born 7 October 1982, the award winning Writer/Director come on board exercising vast experience in independent film making, cutting across all production levels. Highly equipped with a burning passion and appreciation for art, Joe Njagu brings to life the self written screenplay for The Gentleman. The South African trained Writer/Director established himself as the future of Zimbabwean film through his first comedy debut: "LOBOLA, 2010," by far one of the best-selling Zimbabwean films, grossing over R500 000 in the first three months of release.

Highly inspired by Hollywood director, Chris Nolan, Joe believes The Gentleman is a new chapter of African cinema as the storyline, the acting, the pace and the overall ‘fell' of the film surpasses the usual ‘folktales' synonymous with African films. The Gentleman is a commercial film. It's a brand. A brand that is tied with other brands: Munyaradzi Chidzonga (BBA, 2010), Presley Chweneyegau (Tsotsi, 2009) and the Kenyan shell-bomb Sheila Kwamboka (BBA, 2010).


Trivia
Best Director: for the movie The Gentleman, American Film Festival, 2011
Best Director: Documentary, Jabula Film, Festival, 2009
Accolade: Jury President, Zimbabwe International Film Festival, 2009

Credits:
"Bitter Pill" - Writer/Producer
"Sores of Emmanuel" - Assistant Director/co-producer
"Lobola" - Writer/Producer
"The Gentleman" - Writer/Producer
If not writing/directing Joe loves watching movies all day.

Films

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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