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.[1]

Elaine Proctor
Born1960 (age 6061)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationNovelist, film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active1979–present

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

  • Sharpeville Spirit (1986)
  • We Will See/Re tla bona (1987)
  • On the Wire (1990)
  • Friends (1993)
  • Kin (2000)[3][5]

Fiction

  • Rhumba (2011)[6]
  • Savage Hour (2015)

References

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