Semagngeta Aychiluhem
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| Semagngeta Aychiluhem | |
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| Born | Semagngeta Aychiluhem 16 April 1993 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Ethiopian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia |
| 💼 Occupation | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 📆 Years active | 2011–present |
| 🏢 Organisation | Guzo Films |
Semagngeta Aychiluhem (born April 16, 1993) is an award-winning Producer, Writer, and Director based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is known for the TV Series Brotherly Sisterly, that aired on LTV and Sodere TV..[1] His works are stories that show different perspectives that sparks debates and discussions. He is the founder of Guzo Films, which was established in 2018.[2]
He has won various short film awards and screened his works in international film festivals. He was recently awarded the top prize at 2020 IEFTA’s Global Film Expression conference[2] to attend the Marche du Film in Cannes and won the 2021 Short Film Competition[3]
Early Life[edit]
Semagngeta was born on April 16, 1993, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Semagngeta had spent his childhood telling Teret (an Amharic word for tales/stories) to his friends. He was especially good at visually detailed and emotionally dramatic stories. He had never really imagined becoming a filmmaker, or if it was even possible for him, and his friends as well.
As a teenager, however, he grew up teaching himself about filmmaking and he has been working on experimental short films to hone his skills. As a self-taught filmmaker, who has more than 10 years of experience[4], he has come a long way in the DIY and guerilla filmmaking style to develop and prosecute his short films.
Career[edit]
Throughout the 2010s, Semagngeta had a number of jobs, both in and outside of the film industry. At the age of 18, while being a Mechanical Engineering student at Bahir Dar University, Semagngeta set his foot in the film industry working as a Production Assistant. After spending a year there, he started working as an assistant camera operator at two different film companies. Ever since, he's been involving himself in different film production companies taking different titles such as Editor, Graphics Designer, and Director of Photography.
After his graduation, he was working as an Aircraft Systems Power Plant Engineer at Ethiopian Airlines until his first narrative short film, My Happiness, got into 7 international film festivals. He then decided to quit his job to be a full-time filmmaker and later on started his own film production company, called Guzo Films.
Ever since his breakthrough, he had been producing, writing, and directing various short films, TV series, documentaries, and corporate videos. For instance, he has produced Many Loves (Bizu Fikir), which won the Best Short Film Award at NDIVA Women's FF Ghana, My Happiness (Short Film)[5], 5 Lelit web series, Brotherly Sisterly (Sitcom), Love and Brain[6], and The Trip[7] (Award-winning short film)[8].
Semagngeta is currently developing his first feature film titled The General, The Traitor, The Farmer, and The Queen and finished filming his limited TV series titled Liya[9][10].
Filmography[edit]
The autodidactic filmmaker, Semagngeta Aychiluhem, has written, produced, and directed many works. He has also made several documentaries and corporate videos for different local and international companies.
Short Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | My Happiness | ደስታዬ | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 2019 | Many Love | ብዙ ፍቅር | Producer |
| 2020 | Love, and Brain | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 2021 | The Trip | Writer, Producer, Director |
TV Series
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Brotherly Sisterly | Writer, Producer, Director |
In Development
| Title | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liya | Limited TV Series |
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| The General, The Traitor, The Farmer, and The Queen | Film |
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References[edit]
- ↑ ቆይታ ከሰማኝጌታ እይችሉህም (ኪያ) የጉዞ ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን ባለቤት ጋር #ፋና ቀለማት, retrieved 2022-06-08
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Semagngeta Aychiluhem | Fiction". Getz Magazine. 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "GFE Ethiopia Conference 2019". IEFTA. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "A Cinematic Future | People's Stories Project". www.psp-culture.com. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ↑ ቆይታ ከሰማኝጌታ እይችሉህም (ኪያ) የጉዞ ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን ባለቤት ጋር #ፋና ቀለማት, retrieved 2022-06-08
- ↑ Love and Brain: Zombie's Brain is Delicious!, retrieved 2022-06-08
- ↑ The Trip, retrieved 2022-06-08
- ↑ "NEFTI | NEFT Ultra Premium Vodka™". nefticompetition.com. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
- ↑ "GFE Ethiopia Conference 2019". IEFTA. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ↑ "Linkup Addis". linkupaddis.com. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
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