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
Born	1960 (age 63–64) Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Citizenship	South African
Occupation(s)	Novelist, film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1979–present
Notable work	Friends Game for Vultures

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

• Game for Vultures (1979)
• Sharpeville Spirit (1986)
• We Will See/Re tla bona (1987)
• On the Wire (1990)
• Friends (1993)
• Kin (2000)^[3][5]

Fiction

• Rhumba (2011)^[6]
• Savage Hour (2015)

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Friends". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
2. 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.
3. Beverly Andrews,"Himba on film", New African, 1 March 2001, via HighBeam Research.
4. "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.
5. "Review: Kin", Variety, 7 August 2000.
6. "Woven Tapestry of Colour", Daily News (Durban), 11 July 2012, via HighBeam Research.

External links

• Official website
• Elaine Proctor at IMDb
• "Elaine Proctor on The Savage Hour: trying to give goodness a shape", The Irish Times, 22 May 2015.