The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Uganda
This page contains a list of the greatest Ugandan Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 1 of which were born in Uganda. This makes Uganda the birth place of the 75th most number of Film Directors behind North Korea, and Jamaica.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ugandan Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Ugandan Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Scott Hicks (b. 1953)
With an HPI of 58.06, Scott Hicks is the most famous Ugandan Film Director. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of Shine, the biopic of pianist David Helfgott, for which he was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay). Other films he has directed include the film adaptations of Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis and Nicholas Sparks' The Lucky One.
2. Nana Kagga (b. 1977)
With an HPI of 34.92, Nana Kagga is the 2nd most famous Ugandan Film Director. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Nana Kagga (also known as Nana Kagga-Hill or Nana Hill or Nana Macpherson) is a Ugandan filmmaker, scriptwriter and actress. She wrote and directed the 2012 film The Life and was a writer and executive producer of Beneath the Lies – The Series. She has written Mukisa, My Sister's Keeper with Clive Nshiime, Pieces of Me and many more. She is the co-owner of Savannah MOON, a production company in Uganda.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Ugandan film directors born between 1953 and 1977. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Ugandan film directors include Scott Hicks, and Nana Kagga. As of April 2024, 1 new Ugandan film directors have been added to Pantheon including Nana Kagga.
