Memry Savanhu

Memry Savanhu is a Zimbabwean Nollywood actress and filmmaker. She made her debut with Distance Between (2008), and had starred in One Fine Day, On Bended Knees and '76. Quotes I have always had love for film. I think my first love is actually making films. It’s not that I don’t like acting, but my first love is film-making. It’s great. Film-making is like any trade. I know so many people in the business who learnt the art of film-making from someone and they are making great movies. I know filmmakers who were not professionally trained when they started out, but they have gone on to take short courses later on. They get the training in order to improve on the areas they are ignorant, in order to produce better films. I think for me, the number one option is to have love for film-making. I think we are telling beautiful stories, our stories are authentic and they are original. We relate to our stories. If you see a Nigerian film, you can pick up the Nigerian culture from it. You will see it in the dressing and in the food they eat. When you see someone eating Eba and Egusi, this is indicating the African culture in our films. Our films reflect our culture Film-making made me come back. I had a bigger opportunity to make films and for my films to sell. I believe this is the place I can grow big and do great. He taught me many camera angles and lighting which is very important. I learnt a lot from my partner who I was producing with. It was my first time being on set as a producer, putting people together and being in charge of a production. It was successful. I learnt to be calm and much grounded. On the first day of the shoot, I was perturbed whenever something went wrong. From then on, I kept going and learnt to be grounded. Nollywood is the king of movies. Nollywood is big. It’s not that I don’t love Zimbabwe, we are trying. I am even supposed to shoot a movie there in September. What I have learnt here, I will love to take back and do some films with my Zimbabwean people. I will also love to teach one or two people about film-making. I am a filmmaker and an actress. I started in 2007, so this should be my eighth year in the industry. I am single though. I am not married, I am divorced. But I have got amazing kids. When I had the last one, I actually went back to London and took care of him He is five years old now. I am comfortable now to come out and do my work, rather than just staying at home. Remarriage? I am not searching – Savanhu, Zimbabwean actress;By Kehinde Ajose on August 9, 2015 External links Category:living people Category:Actresses from Zimbabwe Category:Television presenters Category:Women singers from Zimbabwe Category:Film producers