Joseph Kumbela (born 1958) is an actor and filmmaker from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo who has won awards for his
acting.Joseph Kumbela was born in 1958. He has lived in Switzerland
since 1980. He started his career as an actor in France and the USA.
At the FESPACO awards in 1993 he won the prize for Best Actor for his
performance in the comedy Gito l'ingrat (Gito the ungrateful) directed
by Leonce Ngabo of Burundi. In this film Gito, a student from Burundi
and also a talented couturier in Paris, decides to return home. With
his diploma in hand and full of plans about his career, he leaves his
French companion Christine promising to bring her to Burundi later. He
cannot find work, but meets up with his old childhood sweetheart. Then
Christine arrives without warning and discovers what is going on. The
two women join together to teach Gito a lesson.Josef Kumbela has
written and directed a number of short films since 1994 using his
Geneva-based production company. His 1998 film L'étranger venu
d'Afrique (The stranger from Africa, or Feizhou Laowai) was the first
African film to be shot in China. It looks at a romance between Lulu,
an African student, and a Chinese woman, and depicts the clash of
cultures.
Democratic Republic of the Congo who has won awards for his
acting.Joseph Kumbela was born in 1958. He has lived in Switzerland
since 1980. He started his career as an actor in France and the USA.
At the FESPACO awards in 1993 he won the prize for Best Actor for his
performance in the comedy Gito l'ingrat (Gito the ungrateful) directed
by Leonce Ngabo of Burundi. In this film Gito, a student from Burundi
and also a talented couturier in Paris, decides to return home. With
his diploma in hand and full of plans about his career, he leaves his
French companion Christine promising to bring her to Burundi later. He
cannot find work, but meets up with his old childhood sweetheart. Then
Christine arrives without warning and discovers what is going on. The
two women join together to teach Gito a lesson.Josef Kumbela has
written and directed a number of short films since 1994 using his
Geneva-based production company. His 1998 film L'étranger venu
d'Afrique (The stranger from Africa, or Feizhou Laowai) was the first
African film to be shot in China. It looks at a romance between Lulu,
an African student, and a Chinese woman, and depicts the clash of
cultures.
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