Elaine Proctor Explained
| Elaine Proctor |
| Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Citizenship: | South African |
| Occupation: | Novelist, film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1979–present |
| Notable Works: | Friends
Game for Vultures |
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]
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. Proctor has also written two novels. Her second novel, Savage Hour, was shortlisted for the 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.[3]
Filmography
Fiction
- Rhumba (2011)[6]
- Savage Hour (2015)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Festival de Cannes: Friends. 18 August 2009. festival-cannes.com.
- 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.
- http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/06/02/the-outsiders-in-my-head-2015-barry-ronge-fiction-prize-shortlistee-elaine-proctor-on-writing-the-savage-hour/ "The Outsiders in My Head: 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize Shortlistee Elaine Proctor on Writing The Savage Hour"
- Beverly Andrews,"Himba on film", New African, 1 March 2001, via HighBeam Research.
- https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/kin-3-1200463940/ "Review: Kin"
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153833/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-296276783.html "Woven Tapestry of Colour"
