RESUME
1. Personal Data
Name: Peter Karanja
Date of Birth: December 27, 1967 /
Place of Birth: Nairobi, Kenya
Citizenship: Kenyan /
Place of Residence: Nairobi, Kenya
Current Mailing Address: P O Box 50518 – 00200 Nairobi
Tel: 254 020 2700070
Telefono: 254 722 756 718
Email Addresses: petekaranja@hotmail.com / peter@wildeyesproductions.com
Family Background
Father’s Name: Mr John Ngige Koina
Mother’s Name: Mrs Rebecca Waithira
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Mary Wanjiru Karanja (Mrs)
Names of Children:
Rebecca Waithira
(Born February 11, 1993)
John Alex Ngigi (Born February 2, 1998)
Joy Muthoni (Born February 22, 2004
2. Educational Background
| Dates |
Institution |
Achievement |
| 1982-1985 |
Nairobi Technical High School |
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (Division Three)
|
| 1981 |
Karura Forest Primary School |
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (Division Three)
|
3. Professional Training
| Dates |
Institution |
Achievement |
| 1986-1989 |
Trained on the job at Media Productions Limited Nairobi |
Cameraman, Sound Editor, Video Editor
|
4. Professional Records
| Dates |
Position |
Organization |
Responsibilities |
| 1986-1990 |
Cameramen/Soundman
Video Editor
|
Media Productions Ltd.
Nairobi Kenya
|
Shooting raw footage videos in various locations & editing them back in the studio |
| 1990-2000 |
Technical Operator |
URTNA Program Exchange Centre,
Nairobi , Kenya |
Traveling on behalf of URTNA to shoot videos on location |
| 2000-2002 |
TV Cameraman |
German TV, ZDF |
Video Shooting & Editing |
| 2002-2004 |
Freelance Cameraman |
World Food Program |
Video Shooting Food distribution programs in the Great Lakes Region and beyond |
| 2004 to date |
TV Cameraman |
Wild Eyes Production |
Shooting & Story development |
5. Other Productions I have been involved in
A. As Soundman
- Translation of the film ‘JESUS’
- Cofta TV Ad
- KIE Documentaries
- Dairy Farming Teaching Aids
- Far From My Bed Show- Dutch TV KRO
B. As a Cameraman
- KBL Festival of Darts 3 Camera Production
- Cattle vaccination in Southern Sudan for UNICEF
- Safari Music 1991
- Adolescent health
- Vulnerability Treasure
- Africa the Emerging Power
- The re-emerging spirit
- Flooding in Somalia
- Nairobi Bomb Blast
- The Art Club – CNN ( Zanzibar)
- Images of Kenya
- AIDS orphanages for ABC New
- Ethiopian Famine (ZDF)
- Feature on River Niger (ZDF)
- Gorillas in Congo (ZDF)
- Straight talk (ZDF)
- AIDS in Uganda (ZDF)
- Elephants Translocation in Uganda for IFAW
- WFP Food airlifts in Somalia during Flood
- WFP Story in Kakuma Refugee Camp on World Women Day 2002
- Australia sheep story 2003 in Eritrea
- Coverage of elections in Zimbabwe in 2002
- WFP activities in Eastern DRC-December 2003
- BBC World –Feature on Pneumonia Vaccine in Kenya 2004
- BBC World – Feature on Trachoma in Tanzania 2004
- WFP Story on Tsunami effects in Puntland ( Somalia) 2005
- IFAW Story on bush meat trade in Cameroon 2005
C. As Video Editor
- For Israel 1 – Nairobi Bomb Blast
- For RAI TV – Nairobi Bomb Blast
- For Middle East Broadcasting Corporation – Nairobi Bomb Blast
- The Re – Emerging Spirit
- The Vulnerable Treasure
6. Professional Objectives
- To be the best in my profession
- To own a Professional production House of my own one day
7. References
1. Hon. Raphael Tuju
P O Box 61353 / Nairobi, Kenya
2. Mr Paul Harrison
P O Box 12387 / Nairobi, Kenya
Email: harriconsultants@yahoo.com
TEL: 0720 239 466
3. Mr Walter Heinz
Correspondent, German TV ZDF / P O Box 45165 -00100
Nairobi, Kenya
TEL: 020 7121399
4. Dr Bedan Wanene Gichanga
Health Management Systems Specialist;
USAID / KENYA
P.O. Box 629 00621 / Village Market, Nairobi, Kenya.
TEL: 8622000
5. Mr. Josiah Obat
Voice of America
East Africa Bureau, P.O. Box 10190 – 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: jobat@lon.voa.gov
TEL: 254 20 225622 |
