Arnold Mwanjila

About

Writer-Director and creative leader based in Nairobi, Kenya. Head Writer at Usiku Games, crafting educational game narratives that balance humor, clarity, and behavioral nudges while bringing characters and stories to life. Co-founder/creator roles and creative direction across Africa-elevating genre storytelling (Studio M&A, Media Hub Africa) and freelance writing/directing through Arnarchy Pictures, with experience spanning features, TV movies, sitcoms, and international productions.

Experience

• Head Writer · Usiku Games11-02-2021

  Responsible for crafting the core educational messages of the games into compelling content. Finely balancing humor, clarity and fun, while still creating behavioral nudges. Giving life to game characters and telling their stories through game content.

• Co-Founder | Creator, Studio M&A · Studio M&A11-01-2020

  Creating and developing genre stories that elevate Africa and Africans all over the world. Writing & Directing IP Creation

• Co-Founder | Creative Director · Media Hub Africa05-01-2014

  Responsible for the creative direction of each project. Developing the ideas into fully formed concepts and stories, writing scripts and directing (or attaching directors) to the projects. Running the writers’ room on larger projects and overseeing the creative aspects of production and post-production.

• Freelancer | Arnarchy Pictures · Arnarchy Pictures11-01-2010

  Freelance writing and directing gigs ranging from local productions to international work for productions out of Accra, Cape Town, New York & Seoul

• Input Control Specialist – Data Management · Columbia Uni. Undergraduate Admissions Operations11-01-2009 – 06-30-2010

  Input Control Specialist – Data Management

• Events Outreach & Development Intern · The Arts Initiative @ Columbia University05-01-2009 – 08-31-2009

  Events Outreach & Development Intern

• Distribution Intern · The Cinema Guild02-01-2008 – 05-31-2008

  Worked with the Head of Sales and Marketing to find niche markets for Foreign Independent Films (narrative) and Educational Documentaries

• Post-Production Intern · Steeplechase Films05-01-2006 – 08-31-2006

  Was an office runner on Ric Burn’s ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM.

Education

• Columbia University (in the City of New York)Bachelor of Arts, Film Studies (Economics Concentration)
• Talents DurbanWorkshop (program participation), Workshopped a sci-fi action feature screenplay set in Rwanda during the Genocide against the Tutsi
• MIRA NAIR’S MAISHA Screenwriting LabScreenwriting Lab (program participation), Workshopped a gangster thriller short screenplay taking place at a police roadblock in Nairobi
• Some Fine DayWorkshop (program participation), Workshopped my short period drama film, Ó-rékíé, set in Maasailand 1910.

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