Moses Bwayo
Producer, cinematographer, director and writer · Born August 7, 1989 (37) · Bududa
Oscar nominee · 1 other major award body
Moses Bwayo is an Ugandian and American documentary filmmaker. Born and raised in Uganda, he was introduced to filmmaking by peeking through cracks in the walls of local bootleg movie theaters. Wrapped in the camerawork and storytelling of Hollywood’s martial arts films, Moses immediately fell in love with cinema. He graduated from Kampala University with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and mass communication, earned a postgraduate diploma at Kampala Film School, and started working as a production sound recordist and cinematographer, shooting for ABC, BBC, and VICE News in Uganda. In 2017, he began work on Bobi Wine: The People’s President. Spending five harrowing years following Bobi Wine, a pop star turned politician who ran for president, opposing the 35-year Yoweri Museveni dictatorship. Moses was arrested, imprisoned, and shot in the face at close range while filming. Bobi Wine: The People’s President premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2022.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 7, 1989 (37)
- Bududa
- Producer, cinematographer, director and writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Moses Bwayo's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Moses Bwayo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Moses Bwayo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Kikuyu Land(2026)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Room: A Tribute(2025)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Eyes of Ghana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Savior Complex(2023)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
African Moot(2022)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Oli Otya? Life and Loss in Rural Uganda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Kyenvu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
N.G.O (Nothing Going On) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Queen of Katwe(2016)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all filmsRastasophical Mood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Champions of Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2015 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Bobi Wine: The People's President (2022)
Highest rated
Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within (2025)
Most popular right now
Savior Complex (2023)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2024.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary Feature
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Moses Bwayo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.