Laura Kutika

Laura Guliamo Luyeye Kutika (born 24 August 1984) is a Congolese film director and writer.

Biography Kutika was born in Kinshasa, Zaire. She obtained a literary baccalaureate and studied law at the University of Kinshasa. Before she completed her studies, Kutika decided to pursue her passion for writing and take a training course in television and radio scriptwriting. In 2002, she was a co-writer for a radio soap opera, Center Lokole de Kinshasa. Kutika moved to France in 2003 to work on directing. It received the prize for best documentary at the Cinema Au Feminin festival in Kinshasa.

Kutika is the mother of three children. She practices taekwondo.

Filmography 2001-2003: Kinshasa Hôtel (writer) 2009: Entre chat et chien (assistant director) 2011: Vas-y fonce (director) 2012: Ndouleman (assistant director) 2013: Moumoune et moi (director) 2015: Abeti Masikini: Le Combat d'Une Femme (writer/producer/director)