Basic Facts
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Year of Foundation:
1971
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Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:
2012
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Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:
1972
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Agency (-ies) Who Awarded the State Accreditation:
South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
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Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):
Prof. Patrick Ebewo
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Address:
Staatsartillerie Road, Pretoria
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Country:
South Africa
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Website:
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Points of Contact
CILECT Contact Person:Section Head Tiaan van NiekerkTelephone:+27 382 54 96Email:vanniekerkcm@tut.ac.za
Mission & Strategy
TUT Film Programme aims to produce industry ready professionals who are technically and artistically excellent. Our goal is to focus specifically on improving the landscape of African cinema.
Key Teaching Staff
Dr. Francois Human
Laura Van der Merwe
Successful Graduates
Lance Gewer, Paul Raleigh, Marc Brower
Respectively the Cinematographer, co-producer and camera operator on Tsotsi, the Academy Award winner of the 2005 Best Foreign film catagory.
Richard Jeffrey
Won an Emmy award for his coverage of the assasination of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt.
Dewalt Aukema
Cinematographer for the Academy Award nominated film “A Cry for a Reason”
Bernard Joffa, Angus Gibson
Nominated for Academy Awards for “Senzeni Na” and “Mandela”, a documentary on the life of former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.
Mike Zidel, Grant Waterston
Contracted by Steven Spielberg to produce documentaries on surviving holocaust victims living in South Africa.