Jinna Mutune is a Kenyan film producer and director.Mutune grew up in
Nairobi, Kenya, in a middle-class family in Eastland's Kimathi Estate.
She studied at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and
Live Performance and also studied film in the United States. After
film school in South Africa, she went back to Kenya for a while and
then moved to the U.S., living in Boston, Houston and California.
Mutune states that she knew she wanted to be a filmmaker at age
sixteen and by that time had also been directing plays at church and
at her school.Mutune is the director of Leo, a story told through the
eyes of a Maasai boy who wants to live out his dreams. Leo was her
first feature film and it was also funded by her own production
company, Pegg Entertainment, with cinematography by Abraham Martinez.
Leo premiered in Nairobi in April 2011, but only to small venues: the
film debuted on the "big screen" in Kenya in November 2012. The U.S.
premiere of Leo was well received by Kenyans and Americans, and Mutune
appeared on Kenya TV to discuss the film. Mutune also organized a
business deal with the airlines Kenya Airways and Emirates, to show
Leo in-flight. She also directed the film Chep, which was also
produced by Pegg Entertainment. Chep, a movie about a female marathon
runner, set in the 1970s and celebrating women and the men who support
them, will be released in 2016. In addition to her feature films, she
has also produced the music video for the Kenyan Official Olympic
score (2012) and worked with Graça Machel on a public service
announcement.
Nairobi, Kenya, in a middle-class family in Eastland's Kimathi Estate.
She studied at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and
Live Performance and also studied film in the United States. After
film school in South Africa, she went back to Kenya for a while and
then moved to the U.S., living in Boston, Houston and California.
Mutune states that she knew she wanted to be a filmmaker at age
sixteen and by that time had also been directing plays at church and
at her school.Mutune is the director of Leo, a story told through the
eyes of a Maasai boy who wants to live out his dreams. Leo was her
first feature film and it was also funded by her own production
company, Pegg Entertainment, with cinematography by Abraham Martinez.
Leo premiered in Nairobi in April 2011, but only to small venues: the
film debuted on the "big screen" in Kenya in November 2012. The U.S.
premiere of Leo was well received by Kenyans and Americans, and Mutune
appeared on Kenya TV to discuss the film. Mutune also organized a
business deal with the airlines Kenya Airways and Emirates, to show
Leo in-flight. She also directed the film Chep, which was also
produced by Pegg Entertainment. Chep, a movie about a female marathon
runner, set in the 1970s and celebrating women and the men who support
them, will be released in 2016. In addition to her feature films, she
has also produced the music video for the Kenyan Official Olympic
score (2012) and worked with Graça Machel on a public service
announcement.
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