At 4 years old, I spent most of my time with my Dad, who then was 49. This experience granted me depth of vision and early life maturity. As a perpetual student, I'm practicing a keen eye for the beautiful, and my love for the profound feeds my fire.
With a genuine and positive attitude as part of his lifestyle and job description, Rodney Bidi Kimbangu is an entrepreneurial and multi-award-winning Filmmaker (Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor), Photographer, and Painter who speaks 5 languages among which he is fluent in 3. He is a Master Photographer by the famous photo competition platform GuruShots, as well as one of the 1000 chosen Mandela Washington Fellows 2016 and a University Innovation Fellow 2018. He started his artistic career at age 4, finger drawing on sand but was so immersed in what he was doing that he did not even know it.
Rodney speaks five languages, among which, in order of learning, are Lingala, French, English, Kikongo, and Japanese. He is fluent in the first three and can speak enough Kikongo and Japanese to get around.
Quotes
It costs me nothing to be happy, but it costs me my happiness to be angry.
- Rodney Kimbangu
Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.
- La Ratatouille
At 4 years old, I spent most of my time with my Dad, who then was 49. This experience granted me depth of vision and early life maturity. As a perpetual student, I'm practicing a keen eye for the beautiful, and my love for the profound feeds my fire.