PHOTOGRAPHER / FILMMAKER

Born in Bonn, in 1985, of Kenyan and German parentage, Philippa Ndisi-Hermann is a Kenyan filmmaker and photographer. Philippa studied Filmmaking and Communication in the Netherlands and South Africa.

PHOTOGRAPHY

In April 2011, The Sundance Institute exhibited a selection of her work at MoCADA (The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art) in New York City.
The series of images "The View From Manda" was captured in Lamu at the Sundance Institute’s first theatre lab in East Africa.
"The View From Manda" was brought home to Kenya in August 2011, when it was exhibited at Le Rustique in Nairobi.

FILMMAKING

Gubi – The Birth of Fruit, her short film premiered at The Brooklyn International Film Festival 2008, and went on to be screened at numerous festivals worldwide, notably The Durban International Film Festival 2008, FESPACO 2009, and The Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2009.

Philippa’s One Minute Visual Art film, Speaking in Tongues was screened at The Beijing Art Museum in 2008 and The International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010.

She worked as 1st Assistant Director on Ongeriewe, a short film that premiered in competition at Festival de Cannes 2006.

Philippa is working towards her first narrative feature film, Two Princes.
Production is set for 2013, the film will be shot largely on the Islamic island of Lamu.

Philippa defines herself an aesthete, an artist, and an African.

She is based in her home town of Nairobi, Kenya where she practices as a filmmaker and photographer.

FILMOGRAPHY

Animals and Landscapes
2011
30 Minutes
Documentary

I'm Not Dead Yet
2009
Feature Length Documentary

Gubi - The Birth of Fruit
2007
7 Minutes

VIDEOGRAPHY

Believer
A song by Jahawi and Kevin Samuel
2012

Room for Me
A song by Jahcoozi, Just a Band and Lisa Oduor Noah
2011

No Place to Hide
2008

Speaking in Tongues
2008

EXHIBITIONS

"The View from Manda"
An Exhibition by The Sundance Institute
2011
MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art) - New York City
WNYC, Greene Space - New York City
Le Rustique, Nairobi, Kenya

BLOGS

http://onethirstyfish.tumblr.com/
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TWITTER

@ONETHIRSTYFISH

VIMEO

https://vimeo.com/user4277435

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