Elaine Proctor
Writing
Biography
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. Proctor attended the National Film and Television School, where she studied under director Mike Leigh. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elaine Proctor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Despite secretly being a convict who has broken parole, Jean Valjean promises a Bishop he will change his life. He becomes an upstanding citizen and adopts an orphan, raising her as his daughter. Constantly in danger of being exposed and sent back to prison, he stays one step ahead of the police Inspector who is obsessed with capturing him.
Les Misérables
While on a hunt for elephant poachers in Namibia, a white female conservationist and a black lawyer fall for each other despite the condemnation by the local community.
Kin
The beginning of the end of the apartheid era in South Africa is seen through the perspectives of three female friends: Sophie, who is of English descent; Aninka, who is an Afrikaner; and Thoko, who is black.
Friends
Trapped in time, a man and a woman meet at a deserted cross road, again and again.
Revolver
A dark and challenging drama set in South Africa during the Apartheid regime.
On the Wire
When a farm worker is killed a journalist working in a nearby area investigates the murder