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Jerry Mofokeng |
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 No.1 Ladies Tsotsi |
Biographical
Information HEIGHT: 1.71m HAIR: Black EYES: Brown LANGUAGES: English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, IsiZulu FILM Mama Jack - Support - dir. Gray Hofmeyr Lord of War - Support - dir. Andrew Nicol Tsotsi - Support - dir. Gavin Hood Max King of Tears - Support - dir. Teddy Mattera Mr Bones - Support - Videovision International Ollie - Support - Peakviewing Transatlantic, SA Tarzan in Africa - Support - TZ Productions Cry the Beloved County - Support - dir. Darryl Roodt A Good Man in Africa - Support - dir. Bruce Beresfab Friends - Support - dir. Elaine Proctor TELEVISION No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Support - dir. Tim Fywell Soul City 8 - Lead - SABC 90 Plein Street - Support - SABC When We Were Black - Lead - dir. Khalo Matabane Crossing the Line - Support - dir. Brian Tilley Heal Side – Pilot - Lead - GBR Prod. Behind The Badge - Series - Lead - Vision Intern. Prod Nna Sajene Kokobela - Support - Scholtz Films Justice For All - Series - Guest - Southern Exposure Mandela & De Klerk - Support - dir. Joe Sargent /SHOWTIME Inside - Support - dir. Arthur Penn /SHOWTIME Rhodes - Featured - dir. David Drury /BBC The Line - Series - Support - dir. Brian Tilley Channel Four /SABC Drumbeats - Support - dir. Jurgen Schadeberg THEATRE Sizwe Banzi is Dead - Lead - South Africa and USA Jika - Support - New Federal The Baal - Lead - Wits Theatre The Island - Lead - Grahamstown /Wits Theatre All’s Well - Support - Grahamstown/Baxter Theatre As You Like It - Support - Wits Theatre Sus - Lead - Grahamstown /Wits Theatre DIRECTING Jerry Mofokeng has directed over 25 productions, both locally and abroad including The Suit - by Can Themba Civic Theatre Milestone - by Mandla Langa - State Theatre/G/ The Piano Lesson - by August Wilson National Tour A King is Born - by Jerry Mofokeng - Civic Theatre A Nun’s Romantic Story - by Zakes Mda - Civic Theatre A Raisin in the Sun - by August Wilson - NAPAC Nongogo - by Athol Fugard - Grahamstown/Civic Theatre Boesman and Lena - by Athol Fugard - Market Theatre Survival (Workshop ’71) - Riverside Theatre New York FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES Fulbright Fellowship - Columbia University, New York Resident Director - Market Theatre, Johannesburg Associate Artistic Director - Johannesburg Civic Theatre TRAINING 1991 MFA - Theatre Administration / Directing - Columbia University, New York 1986 B.A. in Dramatic Arts - Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg AWARDS 1994 Nomination for Vita Award for Best Direction for Raisin in the Sun Nomination for Vita Award for Best Directing for Nongogo 1993 Nomination for Vita Award for Best Directing for Boesman and Lena New York Audelco Award Nomination for Best Directing for Survival Nomination Artes Award for Best Supporting Actor for Duma in The Line |
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Website: www.tsotsi.com |
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