Senegalese-Martinican filmmaker and screenwriter Marie KA is the driving force behind Dakar-based production company Picture Box, makers of educational and fictional films for the regional West African market. KA studied film at the Sorbonne and at Loyola Marymount University in California before returning home to concentrate on African stories. She has won various awards for her writing and directing, notably at FESPACO and at the Francophone Film Festival of Angoulême. Picture Box is currently developing its first feature film and a television series for children.