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  • Lucas De Man
    Director
    Artistic director of company: New Heroes >
  • Kagiso Lediga
    Kagiso Lediga
    Comedian • Director • Writer
    Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film director. >
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    Hannah Barry
    Curator • Director
    Curator and founder of Bold Tendencies and Hannah Barry Gallery. >
  • Shelter4Art
    Shelter4Art
    Director
    Shelter4Art specialises in photography, graphic design and illustration. >
  • Christopher Lutterodt-Quarcoo
    Christopher Lutterodt-Quarcoo
    Director
    Professed cult storyteller, deconstructing society through politics, documentary fiction and historical-futurism. >
  • Artwell Nwaila
    Artwell Nwaila
    Director
    Creative director, writer, photographer & fine artist all in one. >
  • moladi
    moladi
    Director
    Unlock your business potential by solving a social problem. moladi creates jobs through shelter. >
  • WOW Creative Design Studio
    WOW Creative Design Studio
    Director
    “There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” - Milton Glaser >
  • James Cooper.
    James Cooper
    Director
    James Cooper is an award-winning director, based in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and Dublin. >
  • Tomas Leach
    Tomas Leach
    Director
    Tomas Leach is a London-based film director of commercial productions and creative documentaries, including the Little Scraps of Paper series. >
  • Chris Milk
    Artist • Director • Digital Designer
    Chris Milk is an artist known best for his music video work, including the award-winning “The Johnny Cash Project” and Arcade Fire’s “The Wilderness Downtown”. >
  • Karin Fong
    Karin Fong
    Director • Filmmaker • Motion Graphics Designer
    Karin Fong directs and designs for film, television, and environments. She is a founding member of production and design company Imaginary Forces. >
  • Oliver Hermanus
    Oliver Hermanus
    Director
    Oliver Hermanus is a South African filmmaker, best known for his films Shirley Adams and Skoonheid. >
  • Tholoana Qhobela
    Director
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  • Happy Ntshingila
    Happy Ntshingila
    Director
    Happy Ntshingila founded South Africa's first black-owned agency, HerdBuoys, in 1991. He is now the CEO of Supersport. >
  • Thebe Ifakeng
    Thebe Ikalafeng
    Director
    Thebe Ikalafeng is a recognised and award-winning brand builder, and managing director of brand strategy consulting firm, Brand Leadership. >
  • Gary Harwood
    Gary Harwood
    Director
    Gary Harwood is a director at the brand agency Harwood Kirsten Leigh McCoy (HKLM). >
  • Keith Rose
    Keith Rose
    Director
    Keith Rose is one of only a select few to be inducted into the Clio TV Hall of Fame, for his BMW Mouse commercial. >
  • Craig Wessels
    Director
    Wicked Pixels was the first boutique studio in South Africa to specialise in the craft of animation, visual effects and motion graphic design founded by Wessels >
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