Nick Wambugu is an award winning Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Drone Operator and Co-founder at Folklore Films. An alumni of Cinemadamare Film Institute in Italy 2015 and 2018. Previously he has also been nominated and won at the Cinemadamare Film Festival 2018 for Best Short Documentary DEMLA which he produced and directed in Sicily, Italy. He was the Drone Operator for Student Academy Award Winner and Academy Oscars Nominee Film “Watu Wote” in 2017, as well as the Drone Pilot for Sundance 2020 Softie Documentary film that won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award. He has also worked in 3 Feature films with the BBC AFRICA EYE Series as a Director and Cinematographer. His latest Personal project film is a Documentary feature film on BBC Africa Eye-STREET DREAMS- where he was the Producer, Director and Cinematographer. In 2023, he became a Video Consortium fellow, where he worked with VC on a Short film 'ROOTED IN TRUST' which he the was Director and Producer.
