Elaine Proctor
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. Proctor attended the National Film and Television School, where she studied under director Mike Leigh.
Elaine Proctor
- Name
- Elaine Proctor
- Born
- 1960
- Birthplace
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Occupation
- Novelist, film director, screenwriter, actor
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Education
- National Film and Television School
- Honours
- Sutherland Trophy
- Languages
- English
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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. Proctor attended the National Film and Television School, where she studied under director Mike Leigh.
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Her graduation film, On the Wire, won the school's Sutherland Trophy. Proctor has also written two novels. Her second novel, Savage Hour, was shortlisted for the 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.
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• Name — Elaine Proctor • Born — 1960 • Birthplace — Johannesburg, South Africa • Citizenship — South African • Occupation — Novelist, film director, screenwriter, actor • Years Active — 1979–present • Notable Works — Friends Game for Vultures
Filmography
Filmography
• Game for Vultures (1979) • Sharpeville Spirit (1986) • We Will See/Re tla bona (1987) • On the Wire (1990) • Friends (1993) • Kin (2000)
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Fiction
• Rhumba (2011) • Savage Hour (2015)
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- 1.Festival de Cannes: Friends. festival-cannes.com.
- 2.Candice Pires, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/17/filmmakers-mike-leigh-and-elaine-proctor-on-friendship "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.
- 3."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.
- 4.Andrews, Beverly. Himba on film. New African. 1 March 2001.
- 5."Review: Kin", Variety, 7 August 2000.
- 6.Woven Tapestry of Colour. Daily News (Durban). 11 July 2012.
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