Usama Mukwaya Quotes

Usama "Osam" Mukwaya Nyanzi is a Ugandan film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and television host. His breakthrough in his writing career came with his short film Hello that won overall best film in the 2010 MNFPAC Students Awards.

His directorial debut was Love Faces, released in January 2018. His other major films include Bala Bala Sese, directed by Lukyamuzi Bashir; Mukwaya is credited as the film's writer and producer. The film was nominated by the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Film in an African Language.

✵ 12. December 1989
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Famous Usama Mukwaya Quotes

“Inspirations come differently, sometimes you are just sleeping and get a bad dream, others are stories in papers. So people have different stories, it’s about art. I make sure I keep my brains awake.”

Source: " Ugandan film maker: I am living my dream http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1444750/ugandan-film-maker-living-dream#sthash.7Qz8HNn5.dpuf:" at New Vision. 24 January 2017 written by Glorias Musiime

“People here always want to grab a simple camera and a table light, get their cousin and shoot a movie. You can’t say that’s wrong, but it’s not cinema.”

Source: " camera, action: Uganda’s film scene http://www.bahighlife.com/articles/uganda-africa-s-film-capital/:Lights," at British Airways Highlife Magazine. 08 June 2015 written by Elizabeth Mcsheffrey

“It affected me so much having to adapt to different parenting environments.”

Source: " Mukwaya, the self made filmmaker http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18171:mukwaya-the-self-made-filmmaker" at The Observer. 12 April 2012 written by Polly Kamukama

“It's not about being cute or not, but the confidence of how you see yourself in the reflection.”

Source: " Mukwaya wins film contest http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26544&catid=42&Itemid=74:" at The Observer. 23 July 2013 written by Abu-Baker Mulumba

“Kinna-Uganda has something to do with mediocrity. We should follow the trends of other industries like Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood; let us call our films Ugawood.”

Source: " Ugawood or Kinna-Uganda? Film stars split over name http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17873&catid=42&Itemid=74 at The Observer. 12 March 2013 written by Polly Kamukama

“We have a lot of things that define who we are from where we come from and as filmmakers we need to be true to our identity.”

Source: " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2TC5Opl0YY" at Filmhackers.org. 10 June 2019

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