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Dennis Munene is a talented filmmaker and photographer from Kenya, living in Nairobi. He is a fellow of the Mohamed Amin Foundation and has been awarded FilmAwards after one of his films won the prestigious Kalasha award in Kenya in 2014, Dennis was driven to study as much as he could on the art of film and photography though his metors.
His deep passion to tell stories started when he was around ten years old. One of his favorite people on the planet– his uncle — would bring him children’s storybooks filled beautiful drawings and Dennis was riveted. It was also his uncle that would let me operate his beautiful old camera during family gatherings to take pictures of his laughing relatives.
By the time he finished his studies he knew he wanted to be a filmmaker– he wanted his stories and his images to have movement, to take on a life of their own. He wanted the images he created to paint a riveting story just like the books from his childhood.
I currently focuses his photography and filmmaking on humanitarian affairs and has filled a much needed gap in Eastern Africa with the click of his camera. He has worked on a variety of projects including: television dramas, documentaries, films and TV ads mostly as a director of photography.
He is the founder of De:Nene pics, which empowers communities through passing down photography and filmmaking skills to the young people to tell their stories.
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