CURRICULUM VITAE for Miss AMM MATSHAYA

CURRICULUM VITAE for Miss AMM MATSHAYA

PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname: Matshaya

Name: Amanda Miliswa Mariza

Date of Birth: 5 October 1982

Nationality: South African

Marital Status: Single

Gender: Female

Postal Address: 201 Carensville

Beach Road

Sea Point

Cape Town, 8001

Cellular Number: 076 189 8809

Electronic Mail: OR

Languages: English (Speak, Read, Write) Fluent

Afrikaans (Speak, Read, Write) Fair

Xhosa (Speak, Read, Write) Fluent

Sesotho/Tswana – Conversational

Drivers’ Licence: Yes - Code 8

INTRESTS

Cultural Activities: Performed Arts and Culture, Public Speaking, Events and Writing (Scripts and Print)

Hobbies: Television/Film Analysis, Current Affairs and Debate

Objectives and Goals:

I aspire to become an active participant of the South African film and media industry, with dreams to gain international recognition and participation, learning through key South African industry players. I am particularly interested in film and television production and broadcast, adding new dimensions and interpretations of what film and media should be in a contemporary South African context.

TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS EXPERIENCE

2004: PENGUIN FILMS: TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CONTINUITY

(Stokvel 2; Fishy Feshuns).

Producer: Roberta Durrant ()

RESPONSIBILITY: Paying close attention to detail on the productions and observing continuity for both productions.

2004: FREMANTLE MEDIA: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (Small Talk)

RESPONSIBILITY: Paying close attention to detail on the production and the editor’s notes. Assist the director where possible.

Producer: Carl Olen ()

2005: PENGUIN FILMS: TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (Madam&Eve).

RESPONSIBILITY: Assist the directors and production office where possible. Write out camera cards and camera scripts for multi-camera production. Liaise with artists and crew on behalf of the production office.

Producer: Roberta Durrant ()

COMMUNITY HEALTH MEDIA TRUST RESEARCHER/DOCUMENTARY FIXER (SIYAYINQOBA)

RESPONSIBILTY: Assist production in co-coordinating candidates and shoots. Source and interview candidates for programmes, present to producers and make recommendations based on research. Assist in writing treatments, scripts and questions for interviewees.

Producers: Jack Lewis and Vuyani Jacobs ()

DEVELOPED A 24MINUTES EPISODE FOR STOKVEL VI, DK ROBBERIES FOR PENGUIN FILMS.

DEVELOPED 2 x 24’ EPISODES FOR FAMILY BONDS 1, FOR SOSIBA ENTERTAINMENT. ()

2005/6: UMTANEZULU PRODUCTIONS: PRODUCTION SECRETARY (OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY)

RESPONSIBILITY: Assist in all production phases of a new SABC2 Game Show. Source archive material and images for the production, assist in contestants co-ordination as research for Questions Verifier.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (Our Beautiful Country)

RESPONSIBILITY: Paying close attention to detail on the production and the editor’s notes. Assist the director and editors’ where possible.

Producer: Amor Engelbrecht and Basetsana Kumalo ( and )

2006: PLEXUS FILMS: RESEARCHER AND PRODUCTION (HEADWRAP)

RESPONSIBILITY: Assist in all production phases of a new IKB cultural magazine show. Assist production in co-coordinating candidates and shoots. Research artists who fit into SABC1 profile and story ideas.

Producer: Miki Redelinghuys and Lauren Groenewald ( and )

2006/07: TSWELOPELE PRODUCTIONS: RESEARCHER/INSERT DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION MANAGER (SES’KHONA)

RESPONSIBILITY: Managing and content producing all production phases of a new Siswati /Ndebele magazine show. Tasks’ also include directing some inserts and story lining. Scriptwriting for the series links and inserts.

Producer: PHUTHI NAKENE ()

2007: PLEXUS FILMS: RESEARCHER, PRODUCTION AND DIRECTOR (HEADWRAP)

RESPONSIBILITY: Assist in all production phases of a second series magazine show. Assist production in co-coordinating candidates and shoots. Research artists who fit into SABC2 profile and story ideas and directing episodes.

Producers: Miki Redelinghuys and Lauren Groenewald

2006 – PRESENT: DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING SABC2 DRAMA MINI-SERIES

(THE RETURN)

Producers: Mariza Matshaya and Phiwa Sukumane ()

2008: OBIT MEDIA: PRODUCTION AND DIRECTOR (FIRST NATIONAL BANK: CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS – BRANCH BANKING)

RESPONSIBILITY: Assist in all production phases of producing FNB Corporate Communications for Branch Banking. Directing and Producing Employment Equity 10 episode puppet series Mantswe a Rona.

Producers: Obed Phasha ()

2008: FREERANGE FILMS: RESEARCHER AND PRODUCTION (MASUPATSELA)

RESPONSIBILITY: Assist in all production phases of a new IKB cultural magazine show. Assist production in co-coordinating candidates and shoots. Research artists who fit into SABC2 audience profile and generate story ideas.

Producers: Jemima Spring () and Tina-Louise Smith ()

2008: FREELANCE SCRIPTWRITER for Ses’khona (IV)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1996 – 2000 Victoria Girls’ High School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape

Tertiary Education: University of Cape Town

Institution / Degree / Year / Courses
University of Cape Town / Bachelor of Arts
(Film, Media and Visual Studies) / 2001 / DOH100F (Introduction to Social Sciences and Critical Thinking)
DOH101F (Texts in Context)
ELL113F (English Literary Studies)
MCL107F (World of Odysseus)

ELL110S (Literature and Film)

ELL112S (Language, Law and Media)
LLL138S (Afrikaans Media: Theory, History and Practice)
DRM119S (Twentieth Century Theatre Innovations)
University of Cape Town / Bachelor of Arts
(Film, Media and Visual Studies) / 2002 / ELL213F (Writing and Editing for the Media)
HST229F (History of Film)
SAN201S (Anthropology of Film and Media)
HST227S (Origins of the Contemporary World)
HST230S (Visual Culture, Perceptions and Communication)
MCL200S (Nation, Narration and Film)
University of Cape Town / Bachelor of Arts
(Film, Media and Visual Studies) / 2003 / ELL318F (Advanced Film Studies)
ELL319F (Media in South Africa)
ELL320S (Current Issues in Media Theory)
HST305S (History and Film)
HST306S (History of South African Photography: 1860 to the Present)
ELL312H (Senior Research Project)

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2000: Hostel Prefect

Sister Preston’s Award for Service at Eleanor Brown Hostel

Johan Carinus Art Center Grade 12 Bronze Award for Ceramics

2001- 2002: Editor of “The Glenite” (UCT Residence Magazine)

2002: “STEPS for the Future” Impact Study (Western Cape)

Glendower Residence Receptionist

2003: African Film Resources Organisation Chairperson

Centre of African Studies Cultural Advisory Board

Computer Literary Programme Tutor

Top Billing Market Researcher (September 2003)

Daily Dispatch Intern (Summer 2003/04)

2004: Independent Online – Online Operator

Trainee Assistant Director SABC2 “Stokvel”

Continuity for “Stokvel” and “Fishy Feshuns”

Assistant Director for “Small Talk”

2005: Production Assistant for Madam & Eve

Researcher/Documentary Fixer Siyayinqoba-Beat It

2005/6: Production Secretary and Assistant Director for Our Beautiful Country.

2006: Researcher and Production for Headwrap

2006/7: Production Manager, Researcher and Insert Director for Ses’khona

2007: Researcher, Production and Director for Headwrap

March – Aug 2008: Production Manager for Obit Media (Producers of FNB Corporate Communications: Branch City)

September 2008: Researcher/ Production for Masupatsela (Trailblazers)

2006- Awarded an SABC2 Heritage Strand Drama Mini-series commission as Producer/Writer for The Return.

EXTRA CURRICULUM EXPERIENCE

2002: STEPS FOR THE FUTURE IMPACT STUDY FOR WESTERN CAPE (UCT SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY)

ACTIVITY: Conducting a series of interviews with disadvantaged communities of the Western Cape, with a particular focus on the impact that STEPS for the Future series had on remote communities on the subject of HIV/AIDS through the media.

2002: GLENDOWER RESIDENCE RECEPTIONIST

RESPONSIBILITY: Maintain a safe environment for fellow student as well as minor administration and functionality for the daily running of our residence.

2003/4: AFRICAN FILM RESOURCES ORGANISATION CHAIRPERSON (AFRO) and CENTRE OF AFRICAN STUDIES CULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD.

RESPONSIBILITY: Chairing a society that is primarily concerned with creating a platform for cultural exchange through the arts as well as a celebration of what it means to be an African in the new millennium in a prestigious institution like UCT. Representing AFRO on the Centre of African Studies Cultural Advisory Board.

2003: COMPUTER LITERARY PROGRAMME TUTOR

ACTIVITY: Teaching computer illiterate first year students basic computer skills.

2003: TOP BILLING MARKET RESEARCHER (SEPTEMEBER 2003)

RESPONSIBILITY: Examining the success of a Top Billing broadcast, looking at the popularity of programme insert content through Audience Ratings (ARs).

2003/4: DAILY DISPATCH (SUMMER 2003/04) INTERN

RESPONSIBILITY: Reporting news for the Daily Dispatch newspaper gaining newsroom experience and feature writing.

2004: INDEPENDENT ONLINE - ONLINE OPERATOR

RESPONSIBILITY: Sub-editing and processing copy for the IOL newspaper websites.

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MISS AMM MATSHAYA: 201 Clarensville, Beach Road, Sea Point, 8001, Cape Town

Cellular Number: 076 189 8809

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