Nairobi, Kenya
$250 - $500 / Day
Martin Munyua or “Marto” as friends and colleagues call him, is an award-winning filmmaker who is specialized in cinematography. In his career that spanning over twenty-five years, Marto has worked in various filmmaking capacities and has credits for cinematography, directing, editing, producing, writing as well as creating TV show formats. Martin graduated in 1995 as a cinematographer from Istituto Di Stato Per La Cinematografia e Per La Televisione - “R. Rossellini”, and Social Communications from the Pontifical Gregorian University, in 1997. Martin also holds a Global Executive MBA degree from USIU, Kenya (2013) Currently, Martin is the COO of Dreamcatcher Productions, Chairman of the Kenya Film & Television Professionals Association (KFTPA), and is a member of several film-related committees
Produced for Dreamcatcher Productions
Here is a mixture of clips from a selection of ads and documentaries we have filmed over the years. Most of my work was as DoP/Camera Operator
One of our first documentaries with AGRA. This and other documentaries have seen us become the main audiovisual company servicing AGRA with a variety of audiovisual products as well as event coverage.
We shot this in 2008, one of my last films to be shot on S16mm film. That is why I have posted it here as it brings back memories of my work on film for many years before transitioning to the digital workflow/space
Ms President is a reality TV series broadcast nationally via KTN every Wednesday at 8pm- 9pm. It features the “election” of one among the all-female contestants as the “President” of Kenya. The contestants undergo training and are then given tasks to undertake. In the process they display to the national audience their leadership capacity and abilities. In the end, via judge’s decision and viewers votes, one contestant shall be “elected President” It is a 26 episode reality TV series. A call inviting Kenyan women between the ages of 21-70 years to apply for consideration to join the show was put out on 5th June 2018 and closed on 10th August 2018. A total of 1010 applications from all 47 Counties were submitted by close of the call. After a rigorous shortlisting process that combined evaluation of submitted applications and interviews, 71 contestants joined the Ms President academy. The main objective of Ms President is to showcase to the national audience intelligent and articulate women who are “Presidential” with the aim of increasing the chances of women in Kenya taking up leadership positions across all spheres of our society. Many of the contestants will pursue leadership in different arenas including politics.
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