Jinna Mutune

Jinna Mutune is a Kenyan film producer, screenwriter and director.

Early life and education 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. Leo was her first feature film and it was also funded by her own production company, Pegg Entertainment, with cinematography by Abraham Martinez. The U.S. premiere of Leo was well received by Kenyans and Americans, 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, was released in 2016. In addition to her feature films, she 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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