Christopher King

Christopher King

Biography

Christopher King is an award-winning filmmaker, originally from Melbourne, Australia. He has lived & worked in Kenya since 2007 where he founded Circle & Square Productions with his wife Maia Lekow in Nairobi. A fluent swahili speaker, Christopher has worked on the bleeding edge of Nairobi's creative scene for more than 14 years as a freelance cinematographer, editor, director, producer and video artist. His first feature, THE LETTER which he co-directed and co-produced with Maia was Kenya's official submission to the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021 and was nominated for an African Movie Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Following this remarkable journey, he co-directed a second feature documentary, HOW TO BUILD A LIBRARY, with Maia.