Nelson Mandela - one of a few remaining pics in my possesion, after I shot a few rolls of film of the South African icon in the 90's. The search continues for the rest of the films.
South African film director and writer Oliver Hermanus shows his tattoo inspired by Salvador Dali's 'Curtain of Eyes'. Oliver's graduation film, 'Shirley Adams', premiered in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2009. In 2011 his film 'Skoonheid' was invited to compete in the Un Certain Regard competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. 'Skoonheid' won the Queer Palm on May 24th 2011. Oliver's third feature film, 'The Endless River' is currently in post-production with a mid 2015 release date.
Director of the hit South African Afrikaans Romantic Comedy 'Pad na Jou Hart', Jaco Smit is part of the wave of young new movie directors and writers driving the country's movie industry to great heights.
With an MA in Screenwriting from The Northern Film School (Leeds), Matthew Kalil has spent the last decade teaching and directing, writing, editing and acting in short films, feature films, documentaries, television shows and stage productions. Matthew has worked with production companies such as Penguin Films (SOS, Stokfel, Madam and Eve) and Freemantle Media (Interrogation Room) and has received funding for feature film development from various bodies such as the National Film and Video Foundation, Yorkshire Arts and the National Arts Council. He lectures at various institutions including the University of Cape Town, AFDA Film School, City Varsity, ACT Cape Town and TISH at New York University. His projects and collaborations have been exhibited, screened and broadcast in Denmark, Canada, France, New Zealand, America, Thailand, Sweden, Morocco and South Africa. His work often explores themes relating to political and environmental and identity in contemporary society.
Gregarious and at-times-controversial, but always brilliant and never boring, legendary South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs.
Mercurial Springbok Rugby player Breyton Paulse, whose 54 appearances in the green-and-Gold South African jersey and 22 international tries (including a memorable two tries against Australia in the 2002 Tri-Nations Tournament) have made him a firm favourite among rugby fans all over the world.
Springbok Rugby player Marius Joubert, with a total of 30 Springbok caps, was a member of the 2004 Springbok squad that won the Tri-Nations. In the Boks' home match at Ellis Park in Johannesburg against the All Blacks, he became only the second Springbok in history (after Ray Mordt in 1981) to score a hat-trick of tries against the All Blacks. Joubert was also for a time South Africa's leading try scorer in Tri-Nations play, with six tries, before being overtaken by Breyton Paulse.
One of South Africa's most influential on-air personalities, Radio DJ and International Club Dance DJ, DJ Fresh, aka Big Dawg - all-round awesome guy, music and whiskey connoisseur.
