Usama Mukwaya | |
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![]() Usama at the IKON Awards in March 2023 | |
Born | Usama Mukwaya Nyanzi 12 December 1989 |
Nationality | Ugandan |
Education | Cavendish University (Diploma in Business administration) MNFPAC (Diploma in film directing and screenwriting) |
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Years active | 2010–present |
Father | Abdullah Mukwaya |
Awards | Full list |
Website | usamamukwaya |
Usama (/ʊˈsɑːmə/) "Osam" Nyanzi Mukwaya (born December 12, 1989) is a Ugandan screenwriter,[1] film director, producer, actor and former television host. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Ama Award and three Amvca Awards.
He launched his filmmaking career with the short film Hello, which won overall best film in the 2010 MNFPAC Students Awards. Among his first major films are Bala Bala Sese, directed by Lukyamuzi Bashir, for which Mukwaya is credited as the film's writer and producer.[2] The film was nominated at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Film in an African Language. His directorial debut is Love Faces,[3] which was released in January 2018.
From 2018 to 2022, Usama served as chief content officer for Stream Afrique, a subscription-based streaming platform that offers online streaming of majorly African content.[4]
Usama is credited as the producer of the 2023 inaugural IKON Awards and the follow-up 2nd iKON Awards,[5] the earlier of which marked his first "live" television production.[6]
He is an executive member of Uganda Film Network and a 2019 recipient of the LéO Africa Institute's Young Emerging Leaders Project Fellowship.[7]