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South African based Writer/Director
As a writer and a writer/director, Sofia’s experience encompasses a multitude of genres and media: corporate videos, industrial theatre, documentaries, drama, children’s programming, youth programming, wildlife, magazine, training, promos and infomercials. She has also scripted a local soap opera, written speeches for CEO’s and contributed articles to a few local magazines.
In the broadcast field alone, she has written over 250 episodes for local and international audiences. She has written and directed some 7 television series spanning 50 episodes.
Her work has earned her 4 London international awards, and 2 AMI International Festival script awards.
By 1996, she had been the recipient of close on fifty awards for script - including a 1995 AMI International Festival Craft Award for special contribution in script. The end of 1995 saw the launch of her directing career. By 2002, she had not only worked extensively in the international arena but provided writing and/or directing services to most of the blue-chip companies in the country. By 2005 she had won at least 77 local and international awards.
In 1998/99 she wrote a natural history series, working with National Geographic and Discovery. At the 1999 Avanti Awards, she received a bouquet of awards in the experimental film category including direction, casting, styling and script.
At the turn of the millennium Sofia directed her energies into experiential marketing events. Two of these launches won a host of Loeries and Avantis (South African awards) in the video and corporate theatre categories. These efforts did not distract her from her contributions to the international documentary market working for channels like
National Geographic, Discovery Channel and China Central Television.
In 2001 Sofia wrote and directed a television series involving a co-production between MNET and China Central Television. Filmed in two countries, in two different languages, it combined the resources of a Chinese and a South African film crew.
A large proportion of the material displayed at the South African Technology Exhibition in London was managed by Sofia.
In 2001 she wrote and co-directed a controversial documentary about young boys in Soweto who were dressing up as girls and entering Miss Gay Soweto. This was followed by a darker study of the phenomenon described as Parricide where children kill their parents. In 2002, he completed writing a documentary for Discovery on Mankillers – Herbivores which kill humans. She dedicated a couple of months to a Carte Blanche investigation into the pain and struggle of Drug Mothers. These are the desperate mothers who buy back their drug addict children from the Nigerian Drug Dealers. In October 2003 she directed a series for Discovery on Lost Languages. These included the Bacca Pygmys of Gabon and the Nu! language speakers in the Kalahari. In 2005 she was assistant director and co-wrote a 90 minute documentary feature on Nguni cows for theatrical release.
Corporate Clients:
Standard Bank, First National Bank, Nedbank/Nedcor, Absa, Rand Merchant Bank, Acmb, Nissan, BMW, Audi, Mercedes Benz Trucks, Old Mutual, Bidvest, de Beers, Debtech, Anglo-America, Spoornet, Telkom, Edgars, Mr Price, Satour, Mintek, Namaquasands, South African Breweries, Primedia, Vodacom, Winston, TV Africa, Smartlock, Smirnoff, Spoornet, Santam, SA Trim, Procter and Gamble, Tsogo Sun, South African Football Association, Momentum Life, Fiat, Alfa, Portnet, Cozaar, Coke, Johnny Walker, Maxim, Pantene, Nutrihealth, Pick ‘n Pay, Sharks Board, SABC Radioactive, Ukhozi FM, SAA, ATNS, PetroSA. |
