Alenne Menget

Early life

Alenne Menget was born in Bamenda, Cameroon, in 1975. He began his education at GS Atuakom, where he earned his First School Leaving Certificate. He went on to attend PSS Mankon, and later GBHS Bamenda, obtaining his Ordinary Level Certificate. He completed his Advanced Level studies at PHS Batibo. Menget pursued a degree in history at the University of Buea and later studied investigative journalism at the World Bank Institute in New York. later in the year 2023, the award winning Cameroonian actor Alenne has been crowned Ni Ngamfon a respectable traditional title in Nyen-Muyah a Fondom in Batibo.

Career

Menget started his filmmaking career in 2008, two years after his acting debut in 2006, where he featured in several movies like Sacrament, Murder in the Police Station, Viral Ad, and Pink Poison Re-loaded. Having directed movies such as The Semetery, Living on Water, Come Rain Come shine, Clando, The Cameroon Mountain, and Web City, Kalabout in his earlier years, he has been a great actor, featuring in key Cameroonian movies like Smokescreen in 2016, Broken, and Assailed and Nganu in 2023.

He has received various awards, including Best African Actor in Golden Movies Award in Ghana in 2018, Best African Actor in CANNES, Dikalo Awards in France in 2019 and Best Nollywood actor in London in 2019 [1] and a Cameroon Heroes Medal of Valor.

Away from being a movie producer and actor, he is a Chef, an instrumentalist playing diverse instruments, and a father of many children.

Filmography

Sacrament

Murder in the Police Station

Viral ad

Pink Poison Re-loaded

Smokescreen (2016)

Broken (2019)

Assailed

Nganù (2023)