Lecturer- Teaching, Skills enhancement, Curriculum development and Film events organizer
School of Communication- Department of Media and Film Studies
Biography
I have been a Media and Film Lecturer at Daystar University and the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication- Film Department (KIMC) for a period spanning 10 years. I teach courses including but not limited to Broadcast Journalism, Video Production, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Film Producing and Directing. I am also a practicing filmmaker with experience in writing, producing and directing Film & TV content as follows:
Writer/Director: Men of the Hill Feature length film (2019)
Writer/Director: Winds of Change Documentary (2018)
Writer/Director: Spill the Beans documentary (2015)
Executive Producer: The Runner Feature length film (2014)
Writer/Director: Take 2 TV Edutainment serial drama (2013)
Storyliner of popular NTV Series Mali (2010-2011)
Consultant- Shuga TV Serial drama Season 1(2010)
Head-writer- SIRI Edutainment TV Serial Drama (2008-2011
Lead-writer- Tabasamu TV Serial Drama (June-August 2008)
Additionally, I have been a consultant for the following organizations: The Standard Group Kenya (Scribe Project), Liverpool Health, Vision 2030 Secretariat, Department of Film Services (DFS), Save the Children Fund, Experiential Marketing (EXP Momentum), World-wide Fund (WWF) and the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). I am a member of the Kenya Film and Television Professionals Association (KFTPA) and Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMC). As my contribution to the community, I am the founding director of the East Africa Student Film Festival (EASFF). The first edition of the festival was successfully held in November 2017 with the proud support of the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB).
Academic Qualifications
PhD- Drama and Film Studies 2020- expected University of Pretoria, South Africa (2016-2019)
MA-Communication Studies 2013 University of Nairobi (2010-2013)
Professional Certificate- Higher education teaching August 2015 Daystar University’s Collaboration for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
BA-Communication (Electronic Media) 2007 Daystar University (2003-2007)
Certificate-Peer Counseling 2003 Daystar University
Publications (0 Publications)
Other Publications
Editor-in-Chief: CampusMise-en-Scene Magazine (First Issue: November, 2017) the magazine contains articles by faculty and students from various Universities across East Africa. It is published and distributed by the East Africa Student Film Festival (EASFF)
Invited Presentations
Panellist- Africa Union’s extraordinary session of the 2nd specialized technical committee on youth with specific reference to the National Film Sector (side event): (13th-15th September 2017). My presentation was on, How to Promote Kenya’s Cultural Heritage and National Cohesion through film. The event was aired live on NTV Kenya.
Delegate- International Film Convention- Kenya (IFC-K) (15th17th November 2017): I attended the 3-day conference as a delegate in my capacity as a practitioner and academic and participated in panel discussions. The convention was themed, Taking the Audiovisual and Film Industry in East Africa to the next Level.
Conferences
Nathan Masambu, Hesbon Owilla and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (2016). The Role Perception of Kenyan Journalists. East African Communication Conference (EACA).
Beatrice Mbogoh, Evonne Kiptiness and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (2016). Reporting Health in Kenyan Print Media: A Focus on the Coverage of Malaria (2015). International Communication Association (ICA) Regional Conference.
Levi Obonyo, Beatrice Mbogoh, Evonne Kiptiness, Nathan Masambu and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (2015). Newspaper Coverage of health-related news in Kenya’s Daily Nation and The Standard. The Western Health Communication Conference National Conference in collaboration with PATH foundation
Research Interests
Slow Cinema, Screenwriting, Feature length filmmaking, Journalism and Media practice, Film festivals, Video-on-Demand (VoD), Web-series and Pedagogy.
Project:
Faculty Development for Institutional effectiveness in Higher Education and learning –funded by Daystar University in collaboration with CETL.
Teaches
B.A (Media and Film Courses) and M.A (Writing for Media, Communication and Film Theory)
