ZIPPY KIMUNDU
Director and Producer
Award-winning Kenyan filmmaker who has worked in the global film industry for nearly two decades. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from New York University and has worked across more than 20 countries.
She co-directed the short documentary A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight with acclaimed director Mira Nair and served as assistant editor on Queen of Katwe. Her award-winning feature documentaries and international co-productions, Our Land, Our Freedom and Widow Champion, have screened at major festivals including IDFA, Sheffield, Hot Docs, Tribeca, Seattle and DC/DOX, among others, and continue to drive social impact.
She is an alumna of programmes supported by the Sundance Institute, International Documentary Association, Logan Elevate Award, Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, IDFA Bertha, Hot Docs Blue Ice, World Cinema Fund/ACP, the Ford Foundation, and the 2026 Chicken & Egg Award.
She is Creative Director at Terrace Kilifi, a film educator with I’ll Tell You My Story, co-founder of the Kilifi Creek International Film Festival and founder of Afrofilms International, a creative collective dedicated to igniting socio-political consciousness and action across continents.
She co-directed the short documentary A Fork, a Spoon & a Knight with acclaimed director Mira Nair and served as assistant editor on Queen of Katwe. Her award-winning feature documentaries and international co-productions, Our Land, Our Freedom and Widow Champion, have screened at major festivals including IDFA, Sheffield, Hot Docs, Tribeca, Seattle and DC/DOX, among others, and continue to drive social impact.
She is an alumna of programmes supported by the Sundance Institute, International Documentary Association, Logan Elevate Award, Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, IDFA Bertha, Hot Docs Blue Ice, World Cinema Fund/ACP, the Ford Foundation, and the 2026 Chicken & Egg Award.
She is Creative Director at Terrace Kilifi, a film educator with I’ll Tell You My Story, co-founder of the Kilifi Creek International Film Festival and founder of Afrofilms International, a creative collective dedicated to igniting socio-political consciousness and action across continents.