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Djo Tunda wa Munga is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer born on 25 october 1972 at Kinshasa

Djo Tunda wa Munga

Djo Tunda wa Munga
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Birth 25 october 1972 (52 years) at Kinshasa

Djo Tunda Wa Munga (born 1972) is a Congolese film director and producer. For his 2010 thriller movie Viva Riva! he won the award for Best Director at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2011. Viva Riva! also won at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards for Best African Movie

Biography

Djo Tunda wa Munga est né à Kinshasa dans l'ancien Zaïre, le 25 octobre 1972, et immigre à l’âge de 10 ans en Belgique à Bruxelles.

Il sort diplômer de l'Institut National des Arts Supérieurs de Bruxelles. Il retourne directement au Congo, et devient assistant directeur et producteur pour différent programmes télévisuel internationaux comme la BBC, Arte ou encore la DRTV 2.

Il crée en 2006, la société de production audiovisuelle du nom de Suka ! Productions en République Démocratique du Congo à Kinshasa. Et en 2009, il crée la toute première école de cinéma congolaise surnommer les Ateliers d'action, il va produire en 2010 les courts métrages des étudiants de première année, et ses courts-métrages vont être par la suite réunis en un seul long-métrage du nom de Congo For Act.

En 2010, il écrit et réalise le film Viva Riva!. Le film sera un large succès critique, il remporte en 2011 six African Movie Academy Awards, dont le prix du meilleur film et du meilleur réalisateur, Viva Riva ! est aussi sacré meilleur long-métrage du Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival.


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Filmography of Djo Tunda wa Munga (2 films)

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Director

Viva Riva!
Viva Riva! (2010)
, 1h40
Directed by Djo Tunda wa Munga, Djo Tunda wa Munga
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Fabrice Kwizera
Rating60% 3.04583.04583.04583.04583.0458
The film features a gang war ignited by a fuel crisis in Congo.
Papy
Papy (2009)

Directed by Djo Tunda wa Munga

Papy finds out he has AIDS. His wife and family reject him, he can no longer go to work and he has to take care of his children. To be able to obtain the antiretrovirals, a member of his family must accompany him, but he has no one. Desperate, he hires a homeless man to play the role of his uncle. Papy gets his medicines.

Scriptwriter

Viva Riva!
Viva Riva! (2010)
, 1h40
Directed by Djo Tunda wa Munga, Djo Tunda wa Munga
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Fabrice Kwizera
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.04583.04583.04583.04583.0458
The film features a gang war ignited by a fuel crisis in Congo.
Papy
Papy (2009)

Directed by Djo Tunda wa Munga

Papy finds out he has AIDS. His wife and family reject him, he can no longer go to work and he has to take care of his children. To be able to obtain the antiretrovirals, a member of his family must accompany him, but he has no one. Desperate, he hires a homeless man to play the role of his uncle. Papy gets his medicines.

Producer

Viva Riva!
Viva Riva! (2010)
, 1h40
Directed by Djo Tunda wa Munga, Djo Tunda wa Munga
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Fabrice Kwizera
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.04583.04583.04583.04583.0458
The film features a gang war ignited by a fuel crisis in Congo.