Background
He is the son of Abdullah Muhammad Mukwaya and Aziidah Mariam. After the death of his mother when he was 8, Usama"s aunt took him in. When she died too, Usama had to move in with his father and later on with his grandfather.
He is the son of Abdullah Muhammad Mukwaya and Aziidah Mariam. After the death of his mother when he was 8, Usama"s aunt took him in. When she died too, Usama had to move in with his father and later on with his grandfather.
He attended Linnet Primary School in Wakiso District, for his Primary school education, Shuhada"e Islamic Secondary School in Mbarara for his O level, Nyamitanga Secondary School for his A level and studied Information technology at Makerere University under the Cisco Certifications.
His other film credits include Bala Bala Sese, his latest film as a writer and producer directed by Lukyamuzi Bashir. Born in Mulago Hospital, Kampala-Uganda, Usama hails his ancestry from Ganda, Ankole and Rwanda. In July 2011, he then made it to the final selection of the 12 screenwriters from all over East Africa to participate in the 7th Maisha Laboratory ending up with a collaboration with Diana Karua in the making of the movie She Likes Prada.
He has worked as a general secretary and treasurer Screenwriter’s guild of Uganda Network and as general secretary Pearl International Festival.
The first of its kind indigenous film festival aims to draw attention to raise the profile of local films and filmmakers with the aim of contributing towards the development of Cinema of Uganda. Usama lives in Kampala.
He broke through his writing career with his short film Hello that won overall best film in the 2010 MNFPAC students" awards. Through Uganda film network, he later joined Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Center where he worked on his first short film, Hello which won the overall best film in the MNFPAC awards 2010. Later in 2011, Usama won the African Young Achievers Award in the film and television category, the youngest among the winners to win the award in the newly introduced category alongside Rwandan president Paul Kagame, who won the Lifetime achievement award. He went on to participate in the program"s second season with his short film In Just Hours that had him emerge the season"s winner for best short film director Usama is credited to be the co-founder of Pearl International Film Festival alongside Magezi Moses. He is also the founder and C.E.O of O Studios.
