Elaine Proctor
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South African film director (born 1960)
Elaine Proctor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 (age 64–65) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Citizenship | South African |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Notable work | Friends Game for Vultures |
Elaine Proctor (born 1960) is a South African film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actress. Her film Friends was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or Special Distinction.[1]
Proctor attended the National Film and Television School, where she studied under director Mike Leigh.[2] Her graduation film, On the Wire, won the school's Sutherland Trophy.[3] Proctor has also written two novels. Her second novel, Savage Hour, was shortlisted for the 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.[4]
Filmography
[edit ]- Game for Vultures (1979)
- Sharpeville Spirit (1986)
- We Will See/Re tla bona (1987)
- On the Wire (1990)
- Friends (1993)
- Kin (2000)[3] [5]
Fiction
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Friends". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ Candice Pires, "Filmmakers Mike Leigh and Elaine Proctor on their close friendship: Elaine Proctor and Mike Leigh met when she was a student at the National Film School and he was her teacher, and then, as fellow filmmakers, their friendship blossomed." The Guardian , 17 May 2015.
- ^ a b Beverly Andrews,"Himba on film", New African , 1 March 2001, via HighBeam Research.
- ^ "The Outsiders in My Head: 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize Shortlistee Elaine Proctor on Writing The Savage Hour", The Sunday Times (South Africa), 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Review: Kin", Variety , 7 August 2000.
- ^ "Woven Tapestry of Colour", Daily News (Durban), 11 July 2012, via HighBeam Research.
External links
[edit ]- Official website
- Elaine Proctor at IMDb
- "Elaine Proctor on The Savage Hour: trying to give goodness a shape", The Irish Times , 22 May 2015.
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