Dorothy Ghettuba is a Kenyan film maker and TV entrepreneur. She is a
co-founder of the Nairobi-based Spielworks Media, an African
production company launched in 2009. In 2016, she was named among C.
Hub magazine's 100 most influential creative personalities. She is
also a 2016 Archbishop Tutu Fellow with the African Leadership
Institute.Born and raised in Kenya, Ghettuba studied communications
and political science at Andrews University in Michigan, USA. After
her graduation, she spent several years living in Canada, where she
worked for a period with a venture capital fund. She returned to Kenya
shortly after her thirtieth birthday. Ghettuba claims that her
original passion was acting, but when she was not selected for roles,
she turned to the production side of filmmaking.She quit her job at a
venture capital firm in Canada to pursue her passion in filmmaking.
Gettuba-Pala joined a local TV show as a producer before moving on to
establish Spielworks Media, a local entertainment production and
content creation company for television and digital platforms
operating in East and Central Africa. Ghettuba-Pala is also the
co-founder of Keja TV, a social media channel on Facebook and YouTube.
Ghettuba-Pala is dedicated to developing creative talent and quality
talent and as such has won many accolades for 18 television shows, 20
web shows and over 40 movies. Some of her renown projects include a
popular Kiswahili TV show, Penzi la Sumu. Other films that she has
produced are Lies that Bind, Saints and Higher Learning. The film
mogul landed a job at Netflix as manager international originals in
March 2019 and was also appointed by the Kenyan government as
chairperson Kenya Film Commission Board in May 2019. Ghettuba Pala is
married to a Kenyan journalist Oyunga.She launched Spielworks Media in
2009. She claims that her dream is to turn the company into an African
version of the US motion picture studio Universal Pictures.
co-founder of the Nairobi-based Spielworks Media, an African
production company launched in 2009. In 2016, she was named among C.
Hub magazine's 100 most influential creative personalities. She is
also a 2016 Archbishop Tutu Fellow with the African Leadership
Institute.Born and raised in Kenya, Ghettuba studied communications
and political science at Andrews University in Michigan, USA. After
her graduation, she spent several years living in Canada, where she
worked for a period with a venture capital fund. She returned to Kenya
shortly after her thirtieth birthday. Ghettuba claims that her
original passion was acting, but when she was not selected for roles,
she turned to the production side of filmmaking.She quit her job at a
venture capital firm in Canada to pursue her passion in filmmaking.
Gettuba-Pala joined a local TV show as a producer before moving on to
establish Spielworks Media, a local entertainment production and
content creation company for television and digital platforms
operating in East and Central Africa. Ghettuba-Pala is also the
co-founder of Keja TV, a social media channel on Facebook and YouTube.
Ghettuba-Pala is dedicated to developing creative talent and quality
talent and as such has won many accolades for 18 television shows, 20
web shows and over 40 movies. Some of her renown projects include a
popular Kiswahili TV show, Penzi la Sumu. Other films that she has
produced are Lies that Bind, Saints and Higher Learning. The film
mogul landed a job at Netflix as manager international originals in
March 2019 and was also appointed by the Kenyan government as
chairperson Kenya Film Commission Board in May 2019. Ghettuba Pala is
married to a Kenyan journalist Oyunga.She launched Spielworks Media in
2009. She claims that her dream is to turn the company into an African
version of the US motion picture studio Universal Pictures.
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