Filmography And Awards

The true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. Directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl), starring Naomi Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean).

2010 Runner-up for the Toronto fest’s “People’s Choice” Award.
2010 Winner Audience Prize, Best Narrative Film – Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

Docu-feature which explores the fate of the world’s most ancient shamanic culture, the San. Directed by Craig & Damon Foster.

John Vlismas, gladiator of SA comedy featured in a stand-up comedy film where no punches are pulled. Also starring Barry Hilton, Loyiso Gola, Joey Rasdien, Riaad Moosa and Krijay Govender.

Directed by Craig Freimond (Gums ‘n Noses) and stars Carl Beukes, Lionel Newton, Lindiwe Matshikiza and Nick Borraine.

South African Film & Television Awards nomination 2011 – Best Film.
South African Film & Television Awards nomination 2011 – Best Director.
South African Film & Television Awards nomination 2011 – Best Writer.
South African Film & Television Awards nomination 2011 – Best Supporting Actor.
South African Film & Television Awards nomination 2011 – Best Ensemble.
South African Film & Television Awards nomination 2011 – Best Sound Design.

A top 10 SA Box office hit, starring Leon Schuster and Leander Reddy.

A searing docu-feature about early prisoners on Robben Island, who fought for the right to play soccer during their incarceration as political prisoners in the 60’s. Directed by Junaid Ahmed.

Mention D’Honneur: 26th Milano International Federation Internationale Cinema.

Top 10 South African Box office hit. Comedy/Satire starring SA comedian Leon Schuster as a woman.

South African Film & Television Awards 2008 – Winner Best Lead Actor.

based on the true story of Bernie Baatjies and Cyril Beeka, written and directed by Donovan Marsh (SPUD).

South African Film & Television Awards 2006 Winner – Best Director.
South African Film & Television Awards 2006 Winner – Best Screenplay.
2006 Winner Best Director (First Feature) – Pan African Film Festival, USA.

Feature film based on the T.R.C. directed by Tom Hooper, (King’s Speech) starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

South African Film & Television Awards 2006 Winner – Best Editing.
South African Film & Television Awards 2006 Winner – Best Director.
South African Film & Television Awards 2006 Winner – Best Screenplay.
2006 Nominee BAFTA Television Award – Best Single Drama.
2005 Winner Audience Prize – Miami International Film Festival.
2005 Winner Silver Peacock Award – International Film Festival Of India.
2005 Winner Golden Kinnaree Award Nomination – Best Film: Bangkok International Film Festival.
2006 Winner Best Director Award (First Feature) – Pan African Film Festival, USA.

Top 10 South African box office hit. A classic slapstick comedy starring South Africa’s Number One Box Office Star, Leon Schuster and American stars David Ramsey and Faizon Love.

Family drama around the Comrades marathon starring Armin Muehler-Stahl (Shine). Patterson Joseph (The Beach) and Nthati Moshesh.

Starring Academy Award® winner Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter, shot in Wales and London.

Winner Crystal Award in Brussels, Best European Feature Film.

1999 BBC co-production starring Sean Bean, based on best seller by Andy McNab.

A comedy drama about love, sex and growing up. Filmed in UK in co-production with British Screen and Graphite Films.

Winner at British Film Festival of Dinard in France 1998: Trophee Hitchcock D’OR.
Trophee Hitchcock Audience Award.
Trophee Hitchcock Kodak cinematography Award.

Starring Ray Winstone (Nil by Mouth), Steve Waddington (Ivanhoe), directed by Antonia Bird (Priest). Shot on location in London.

Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in August 1997.
Screened at Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.

Directed by Katinka Heyns, accepted as South Africa’s first official entry for the 1998 Academy® Awards in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.

1997 Winner Best film – M-Net All Africa Film Awards.
1997 Winner Best lead actor – M-Net All Africa Film Awards.
1997 Winner Best Supporting Actress M-Net All Africa film Awards.
1997 Winner Best Supporting Actor – M-Net All Africa film Awards.

Feature film based on the classic novel by Alan Paton, starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris.

1995 Winner Best Actor (Vusi Kunene) in the M-Net Film Awards.
1995 Winner Christopher Award for Affirmation of the highest values of the human spirit.
1995 First film ever to receive a special award from the Academy of Religious Broadcasting in Seattle.

Adaptation of a Stephen King story directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) starring Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street – parts 1-5) and Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs).

Winner 1994 Best Picture M-Net All Africa Film Awards.

Starring Leleti Khumalo and Whoopi Goldberg.

2006 Winner Main Audience Prize at the Durban Film Festival.
1992 Winner Best Picture in the M-Net Film Awards.
1993 Winner Christopher Award for affirming the highest values of the human spirit.

Action thriller, starring Wings Hauser and Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy).