Dorothy Ghettuba Explained

Dorothy Ghettuba
Birth Date:1979
Birth Place:Kenya
Nationality:Kenyan
Citizenship:Kenyan
Alma Mater:Andrews University
Occupation:Film and TV entrepreneur

Dorothy Ghettuba (born 1979)[1] is a Kenyan Film and TV entrepreneur. She is currently the Director, Original Series for Africa at Netflix[2] She is a co-founder of the Nairobi-based Spielworks Media, an African production company launched in 2009.[3] In 2016, she was named among C. Hub magazine's 100 most influential creative personalities.[4] She is also a 2016 Archbishop Tutu Fellow with the African Leadership Institute.[5]

Biography

Born and raised in Kenya,[6] Ghettuba studied communications and political science at Andrews University in Michigan, USA. After her graduation, she spent several years living in Canada, where she worked for a period with a venture capital fund.[7] She returned to Kenya shortly after her thirtieth birthday.[8] Ghettuba claims that her original passion was acting, but when she was not selected for roles, she turned to the production side of filmmaking.[9]

She quit her job at a venture capital firm in Canada to pursue her passion in filmmaking.[10] Gettuba-Pala joined a local TV show as a producer before moving on to establish Spielworks Media, a local entertainment production and content creation company for television and digital platforms operating in East and Central Africa.[11] Ghettuba-Pala is also the co-founder of Keja TV, a social media channel on Facebook and YouTube.[12] Ghettuba-Pala is dedicated to developing creative talent and quality talent and as such has won many accolades for 18 television shows, 20 web shows and over 40 movies.[13] Some of her renown projects include a popular Kiswahili TV show, Penzi la Sumu. Other films that she has produced are Lies that Bind, Saints and Higher Learning[14] . The film mogul landed a job at Netflix as manager international originals in March 2019[15] and was also appointed by the Kenyan government as chairperson Kenya Film Commission Board in May 2019.[16] Ghettuba Pala is married to a Kenyan journalist Oyunga.

Spielworks Media

She launched Spielworks Media in 2009.[17] She claims that her dream is to turn the company into an African version of the US motion picture studio Universal Pictures.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 14, 2013. Thursday. 2020-12-25. The woman who found gold in filming. 2021-11-27. Business Daily. en.
  2. Web site: Dorothy Ghettuba. IMDb. 8 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Biko. Jackson. The woman who found gold in filming. Business Daily Africa. 8 December 2016.
  4. Web site: 100 most influential creatives released by C. Hub magazine. News Ghana. 8 December 2016. 7 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Dorothy Ghettuba - 2016 Archbishop Tutu Leadership Programme Fellow. African Leadership Institute. 21 August 2017. 21 August 2017. 4 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181004062526/https://alinstitute.org/tutu-fellows/2016-fellows/293-dorothy-ghettuba. dead.
  6. Web site: Biko. Jackson. The woman who found gold in filming. Business Daily Africa. 8 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Biko. Jackson. The woman who found gold in filming. Business Daily Africa. 8 December 2016.
  8. Web site: Mulupi. Dinfin. Television entrepreneur, Dorothy Ghettuba, explains how she got to where she is today. How We Made It In Africa. 8 December 2016. 9 July 2013.
  9. Web site: Female Kenyan entrepreneur excels in TV production business. Africanews. 8 December 2016. 8 December 2016. 29 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181129012832/http://www.africanews.com/2016/03/01/female-kenyan-entrepreneur-excels-in-tv-production-business/. dead.
  10. Web site: Television entrepreneur, Dorothy Ghettuba, explains how she got to where she is today. 2013-07-09. How We Made It In Africa. en-US. 2019-06-08.
  11. Web site: About – Dorothy Ghettuba Pala. en-US. 2019-06-08. 2019-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608150646/http://dorothyghettubapala.com/about/. dead.
  12. Web site: Keja TV. en-gb.facebook.com. en. 2019-06-08.
  13. Web site: Ms. Dorothy Ghettuba Pala - Kenya Film Commission. kenyafilmcommission.com. 2019-06-08. 2019-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608150647/http://kenyafilmcommission.com/index.php/dorothy-ghettuba-pala. dead.
  14. Web site: Renowned Kenyan film maker lands a top job in the US – Daily Active Kenya. 30 March 2019 . en-US. 2019-06-08.
  15. Web site: Kenyan filmmaker Dorothy Ghettuba lands role as Netflix manager international originals. The County. 2019-06-08. 2019-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608150647/https://www.thecounty.co.ke/2019/03/kenyan-filmmaker-dorothy-ghettuba-lands.html. dead.
  16. Web site: Gazette Vol. 56 3-5-19 Special (State Appointments) Kenya (18K views). Scribd. en. 2019-06-08.
  17. Web site: Lati. Mwikali. Award-winning TV producer out to teach, inspire and entertain. 8 December 2016.
  18. Web site: Mulupi. Dinfin. Television entrepreneur, Dorothy Ghettuba, explains how she got to where she is today. How We Made It In Africa. 8 December 2016. 9 July 2013.

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