I am an award-winning writer, director, actor, and PhD-qualified media specialist with more than two decades of experience in film, television, animation, live entertainment, and emerging creative technologies.
I graduated cum laude from Tshwane University of Technology with a Bachelor of Technology in Drama, specializing in Directing, while also completing my Dancecor Tap Association membership. Since entering the entertainment industry in 2002, I have worked across a wide range of creative disciplines, developing stories, directing performances, and leading productions for both local and international audiences.
In 2014, I was selected as the South African winner of the prestigious Jameson First Shot competition, writing and directing The Mundane Goddess, produced by Trigger Street Productions and starring Uma Thurman. In the same year, I received the Best Director award at the Johannesburg 48 Hour Film Project for Flying High, which was also nominated for Best Screenplay.
My professional work has included writing, directing, and creative development for organizations and brands such as Disney/Nedbank, Nickelodeon Africa, KykNET, and a variety of film, television, commercial, and live entertainment productions. In 2022, I served as Writer and Voice Director on Disney/Nedbank’s Penny Power Season 2, which received the Promax Africa Award for Best Integrated TVC.
Alongside my creative career, I developed a strong interest in the relationship between performance and technology. This led to a Master’s degree and ultimately a PhD in Drama and Film Studies from the University of Pretoria. My research focused on digital performance, virtual production, visual effects workflows, and the challenges actors face when performing in digitally generated environments. The resulting research contributed to the development of practical acting methodologies for green-screen and visual-effects-driven productions.
Today, my work sits at the intersection of storytelling, digital performance, and generative media. I actively explore AI-assisted content creation, synthetic media, narrative systems, and emerging production workflows while continuing to develop original films, series, and creative projects.
Whether directing actors, designing stories, evaluating narrative experiences, or experimenting with new technologies, my goal remains the same: to create compelling characters, meaningful stories, and memorable audience experiences.
dIRECTOR SHOWREEL
Highlights from my directing work
