Added: Feb 06, 2018

Allan Manzi (born 19 January 1988) is a Ugandan film director. In 2014 he finished his masters in film and television while he lived in New York . He has worked on over 25 productions including Meet Mario and Netflix's Master of none. Manzi produced Meet Mario  which won him his first award at the 2014 Hoboken International Film Festival winning best short film.

His short film Father must die was also nominated for a short film award at the African movie academy awards in 2014. In April 2015, Allan together with other Rwandan youth in the US released a visual song, "Intashyo".^[3]

Manzi worked for NBC Universal - New York for 3 years until 2016 when he left NBC and started his own production company MANZI MEDIA.

His first Ugandan short film Rehema written by Usama Mukwaya premiered at the 38th Durban International Film Festival and nominated for Best short film. It had its Ugandan premiere in 2017 at the Uganda Film Festival winning the "Best short film" award. Rehema is now being adapted to a TV Series in Uganda. Manzi announced he is currently working on his first feature film "SAINT KIZITO".

In 2017 the multi talented Manzi worked in his first music EP "5 degrees left of heart" and exclusively performed his songs at A ka Dope, a very popular Ugandan talent showcase.

"A feeling inside" is an RnB song and first off his EP.

2018 is a year of music for Manzi as he releases his EP and directing on all his music videos himself.