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 | |
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Born | 1960 (age 60–61) Johannesburg, South Africa |
Occupation | Novelist, film director, screenwriter, actor |
Years active | 1979–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
Fiction
- Rhumba (2011)[6]
- Savage Hour (2015)
References
- "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.
- Beverly Andrews,"Himba on film", New African, 1 March 2001 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- "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 (subscription required) .
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