[5] After joining college at Kenyatta University, Njue met childhood friend Bill Jones Afwani and the two have since then collaborated in all their projects.

Sticking Ribbons is a story about Kimberley, a former sex addict, who addresses a group of recovering addicts as to why after being released from rehab, she enrolls right back.Impressed by the previous short, Phoebe Ruguru, a Kenyan filmmaker based in London, contacted Njue on Facebook and they teamed up to make the second short film titled Saidia/Help, which was penned by Njue.

It went on to win the 2014 Best Young Director award at the Unchosen modern day slavery short film festival in London.

Critics across the East African region praised Intellectual Scum as being the most successful short film in the history of Kenyan cinema.

[11] Njue has cited Woody Allen, Christopher Nolan, Luc Besson, the Coen brothers, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Biyi Bandele and Abderrahmane Sissako as influences.

Njue's personal favorite films include Léon: The Professional, Chinatown, The Tree of Life, Inception, Children of Men, and Fargo.