Guy Bomanyama-Zandu was born in Kinshasa on 22 November 1972. In the late 1980s he moved with his family to Brussels, obtaining Belgian citizenship.[1] He first studied electronics, and then film at the Institut de radioélectricité et de cinématographie (INRACI) in Brussels, graduating in 2000.[2] He made his first documentary, Papa Mobutu (2000) at INRACI. It was selected for the Namur Francophone Film Festival.[1] Almost all his films were presented at the Afrika Film Festival à Louvain en Belgique.