Catherine Meyburgh


Catherine Meyburgh is a South African film editor, filmmaker, artist, and projection designer.

Career

She started her career as a film editor in 1983 mainly focusing documentaries. She has served as an editor in over 30 documentaries which have been telecast on Arte, Channel 4, BBC and NBC. She worked as a film editor in animated films of prominent contemporary artist William Kentridge in 1990's. As a projection designer in theatre and opera, she has worked with fellow prominent artists including Leora Farber, Georgia Papageorge and Willem Boshoff. Her projection design has been displayed in various international exhibitions held in New York and Paris. She also initiated a project titled The Head & the Load collaborating with fellow artists William Kentridge, Philip Miller and Thuthuka Sibisi.

Films

''Kentridge & Dumas in Conversation''

Her directorial Kentridge & Dumas in Conversation is based on the real stories of contemporary artists William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas. The film reveals two of them involve in discussion regarding drawing, painting and filmmaking.

''Dying for Gold''

She co-directed, co-produced and edited the film Dying for Gold with Namibian filmmaker Richard Pakleppa which depicts the untold real story about the mining in South Africa. The film describes the difficulties faced by miners when they involve in search for gold.

Filmography

As Projection designer

As editor

  • 1988 - Space Mutiny
  • 1988 - Tyger, Tyger burning bright
  • 1988 -
  • 1990 - Nowhere to Play
  • 1992 - The Clay Ox
  • 1994 -
  • 1997 -
  • 1998 -
  • 1998 - Yizo Yizo 1
  • 1998 -
  • 1998 -
  • 1999 -
  • 1999 -
  • 2000 - The Guguletu Seven
  • 2000 - Soul City
  • 2000 -
  • 2001 - Yizo Yizo 2
  • 2003 -
  • 2003 - Sophiatown
  • 2003 -
  • 2003 -
  • 2003 -
  • 2004 - Zero Tolerance
  • 2005 - Crossing the Line
  • 2006 - '
  • 2006 - '
  • 2006 - The Bushman's Secrets
  • 2006
  • 2007 - The Glow of White Women
  • 2007 -
  • 2007 -
  • 2008 - Gugu and Andile
  • 2008 -
  • 2009 -
  • 2009 - Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation
  • 2009 -
  • 2011 -
  • 2011 - Bettie
  • 2012 - Taste of Rain
  • 2013 - Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
  • 2014 - Body Games/Jogo de Corpo
  • 2014 - When we were Black 2
  • 2018 - Dying for
  • 2020 -
  • 2021 -
  • 2021 – 1001 days

As director

  • 1992 - The Clay Ox
  • 1998 -
  • 2008 -
  • 2009 - Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation
  • 2011 - Bettie
  • 2018 - Dying for Gold
As Producer/co-producer
  • 1992 - The Clay Ox
  • 1998 -
  • 2007 - The Glow of White Women
  • 2012 - Taste of Rain
  • 2018 - Dying for Gold]
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