About
Primary Picture stands as an acclaimed production house, distinguished by its prowess in the realms of imaginative advertising concepts and immersive narrative cinema. From our inception, we've rapidly cultivated a worldwide renown, captivating attention and evoking intrigue through our noteworthy partnerships with prominent brands.
We’re fearless, we’re relentless and we’re forever excited about creating work that leaves a lasting and shareable impression.
We've achieved phenomenal growth over the years, resulting in us becoming one of the best entertainment entities in Kenya and the African continent.
OUR
VISION
Whilst the company activities are focused on filmed entertainment and media the long term vision is to create value through a range of diverse creations.
OUR
MISSION
Our mission is to provide the best film and tv production services with affordable, practical and reasonable fees designed for any type of client. Our numerous and verifiable past satisfied clients are living testimonies of this mission.
Our Team
Tosh Gitonga
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
Tosh Gitonga is a director, producer and founder of a new production house, Primary Picture. He has been on the Kenyan and African film scene since 2002. Having directed award winning films like Nairobi Half Life, which was selected as Kenya's entry to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Tosh is easily one of the most celebrated filmmakers in Kenya and Africa. David Tosh Gitonga is Kenyan by birth and residence. He terms his journey into film as a beautiful coincidence. He is self-taught, gaining his experience from working closely with respected film producers and directors like award winning, Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run (1998), The International (2009).
Always challenging himself and reaching for more, Tosh's latest film, Disconnect (2018) won Best Male Supporting Actor/ Best Sound and Best Cinematography at the Kalasha Kenya Film and Television Awards (2019) His latest work is 2 episodes on an upcoming South African Netflix original Series in Post production. Tosh is currently working on a new Exciting teen drama Series called Volume.
Barbara Maina
PRODUCER
Barbara Maina is a Producer from Nairobi, Kenya.As a Producer, it is not only Barbara's job to understand the brief for commissioned work, but her duty too. She takes care to understand the Client's needs and works with the Creative team to come up During Production, Barbara is committed to ensuring that her teams have everything they need to create compelling and creative work for the Client. Adept at handling even the most challenging of logistics, no job is too big for Barbara. She is guided by the ethos of high production value, professionalism and strong working relationships.
Barbara has worked with the region's leading advertising agencies to produce TV Commercials and Digital Content, resulting in work for some of Kenya's biggest corporate brands, such as Safaricom, Glovo, Kenya Commercial Bank, EABL, Telkom, Upfield, Isuzu and more. With her zeal, extensive experience and disposition for not stopping until solutions are found, Barbara is set contribute to and occupy space in Africa's fast growing Film & TV Industry.
Barbara Maina
PRODUCER
Barbara Maina is a Producer from Nairobi, Kenya.As a Producer, it is not only Barbara's job to understand the brief for commissioned work, but her duty too. She takes care to understand the Client's needs and works with the Creative team to come up During Production, Barbara is committed to ensuring that her teams have everything they need to create compelling and creative work for the Client. Adept at handling even the most challenging of logistics, no job is too big for Barbara. She is guided by the ethos of high production value, professionalism and strong working relationships.
Barbara has worked with the region's leading advertising agencies to produce TV Commercials and Digital Content, resulting in work for some of Kenya's biggest corporate brands, such as Safaricom, Glovo, Kenya Commercial Bank, EABL, Telkom, Upfield, Isuzu and more. With her zeal, extensive experience and disposition for not stopping until solutions are found, Barbara is set contribute to and occupy space in Africa's fast growing Film & TV Industry.
Joseph Ndolo
FINANCE & OPERATIONS
Joseph Ndolo is a Certified Public Accountant who graduated from Pinnacle Business School with CPA (K) and currently pursuing a degree in Finance at Moi University. Since then, he has worked in all manner of accounting and finance roles, starting in accounts clerk roles, working upwards and moving into financial management and budgeting. He has worked for small businesses, start-ups and some global brands. During that time, he's seen some really good accounting systems and some terrifyingly bad ones, too. As a dedicated and detail-oriented accounting professional, Joseph has been meeting the accounting needs of corporations and individuals for the past ten years. He is currently working as a Finance Manager at Primary Picture Limited where he specializes in preparing asset, liability and capital account management and analysis as well as analyzing financial options through careful risk and benefit options.