Matrid Nyagah is a holder of Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Arts and Film Technology
from Kenyatta University. She also graduated from FilmAkademie Wuttermberg in Ludwisburg,
Germany for the winter semester of 2020/2021 with a higher Diploma in Film; where she
produced and directed her short virtual reality film “In My Head” on Mental Health and also
produced an award-winning short film “Lauf.’ She is a leadership graduate from Fearless
Institute, a mentor, trainer, production consultant and an author.
She is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Fearless Films Limited, and also the founder of
Dada Trust, a non-profit organization that supports and celebrates women in the arts. She runs
Udada International Women’s Film Festival; a film festival that revels the African Women
Achievements in the Arts a narrative film and documentary producer with thirteen years’
experience in production. She is also one of the production managers of the documentary
SOFTIE which premiered at Sundance in January 2020.
Her production Watu Wote, winner of best narrative short student academy awards 2017, and
Oscar nominated best live short 2018, where she was service producer for Hamburg Media
School (HMS). She has produced and directed a Virtual Reality short film with scientists from
Kenya Medical Research Institute. She recently produced an international short film “Where
The River Divides” which is currently in post-production.