Director/ Writer/ Producer and Actor) based in East Africa. He is the founder of Kiasi TV, a platform for short form content by creators of African origin. Samuel Tebandeke is a screenwriter, producer and director with a background in finance and accounting. Alumnus of the MNET Screenwriters workshop (2009), Maisha Film Lab (2008 & 2009), Ouaga Film Lab (2020) and the Film Pro Series Pitching workshop (2021), Samuel has gone on to write for TV and film. He was one of the writers on TRICKSTARS, a TV show about common con schemes in Uganda that was broadcast on NTV Uganda in 2010. His debut short film, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY was released in mid 2017 and was in the official selection of the 40th Durban International Film Festival 2019. His directorial debut TEN O'CLOCK, a short film, premiered in April 2019 In Competition for the Young African Film Makers Award at the Afrika Filmfestival in Leuven, Belgium. The film also screened In Competition at PÖFF Shorts Film Festival 2019 in Estonia.