Brian Ogolla - How I feel as a Film Maker

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In this series, "How I feel as a..." I am speaking to different people in different disciplines and careers. My guest, Brian Ogola, is a Kenyan film, stage and television actor. His film, Poacher is coming to Netflix on the 30th Sept. 2020.  Ogola  discovered his passion, love and appreciation for performing arts in high school but begun acting professionally in 2012. His break out role was in the hit Kenyan television series JANE AND ABEL produced by Dorothy Ghettuba, where he was cast as the lead.  In 2015, he was cast in the movie KATI KATI, a feature film nominated in the 90th Academy Awards (Oscars) in the category "Best Foreign Language Film." He graciously stars alongside Joyce Maina in the only African short film (NEOPHOBIA, 2017) selected for screening at the prestigious 70th Cannes Film Festival in France. On stage performances, he takes the city by storm with the TOO EARLY FOR BIRDS play series based on odd stories from Kenyan history as featured on the blog OWAAAH. Through his art, Brian is committed to projects that spark conversation and shift opinions on vital social issues affecting Kenya today. He was cast as a lead role in the award-winning movie 18HRS, which aims to give perspective to not only the Kenyan Health Care System but Africa’s as a whole. The film won “Best Overall Movie in Africa” in the 6th Annual AMVCAs.His role in the 2018 film POACHER got him a few nominations in the 2018 Kalasha Awards, one of them being “Best Lead Actor” in a film. The film lenses in on the broad issue of poaching in Africa. It won “Best Short film” in the prestigious awards amongst other international awards. Brian Ogola is a seasoned, ethereal and risky actor that enjoys intentional healthy living, music and some alone time.