Profile: -  

· Professionally trained and qualified film, Theatre Director and writer with more than 10 years of vast experience in the field of Arts.

 

Work History: -

Artistic Director (Aug 2006 – present)

Theatre Under-Fire (T.U.F) Productions, Common Place, Leeds, www.tufproductions.com  

· I Direct and Produce T.U.F Productions’ Theatre pieces, facilitate Forum (Participatory) Arts workshops and managing the daily smooth running of T.U.F Productions.

 

Extras Trainee Director (Nov 2003 – Jan 2004)

Hotel Rwanda, 2004 (35mm Lions Gate Films) Directed by Terry George Johannesburg, South Africa

Responsibilities:

· Hotel Rwanda film had many extras so I was responsible for the soldiers, leading and giving them some basic directions on set. I was also responsible for explaining to them each and every scene they were participating in so that they would have a clear picture of what was happening.

 

Managing Director (Aug 1995 – June 2004)

Most United Knowledgeable Artists (M.U.K.A) Project

Hillbrow Theatre Johannesburg, South Africa

· I was directing, producing M.U.K.A Project’s Theatre plays, managing Arts workshops at Hillbrow Theatre i.e. children’s theatre program, women in arts program and Youth Theatre program. I also did fundraising for M.U.K.A Project and acted as their Tour manager during international tours.

Responsibilities:

· I was in daily contact with clients, Funders, Sponsors abroad and locally.

· I was also co-ordinating Arts festivals at Hillbrow Theatre and around Johannesburg metropolitan area.

Achievements:

· M.U.K.A Project productions I directed were awarded internationally and locally.

· I developed M.U.K.A Project into a professionally organised and sustainable community Theatre Company.

 

References: -

· Available on request.

Education: -

Northern Film School, Leeds Metropolitan University (Sept 2006 – June 2007)

· BA Honours, Film and Moving Image Production.

· Final Year Dissertation: - African Films/Cinema

 

Leeds Thomas Danby College (Sept 2004 – June 2006)

· BTEC National Diploma, Media (Moving Image) 3 Distinctions (2years full time)

· BTEC National Award Performing Arts, Distinction (2years Part time)

· NCFE Level 2 Key skills in Information and Communication Technology (2years Part time)

 

Windybrow Centre for the Arts (Sept – November 1997)

Johannesburg, South Africa

· Master Class in Stage Work

(This was a 3month Arts workshop facilitated by Tina Johnson from USA)

 

Additional Skills: -  

· Good leadership, co-ordinating and communicating skills

· Strong negotiations and interpersonal skills

· Use and application of computers

· Fluently spoken and written languages: - English, Shona, Ndebele, Zulu and Xhosa

· Basically spoken and written: - Sotho and Tswana

· Published Poetry (Tears of heart, 2000)

· Produced musical CD (Voice of the Soil, 2003)