South African Film Director, producer, screenwriter, lecturer and Professor.

Maganthrie PILLAY is a Film Director, producer, screenwriter, lecturer and Professor.

She is known for 34 SOUTH (2005, Director).

Maganthrie has worked across television, features, film festivals, and film training often collaborating with producer Dingi Ntuli in their film production company Masala Film Works. She became the first black to direct a feature film in South Africa, 34 South in 2005 (Premiered at Pan African Film Festival in LA). She has worked as Episode Director and Production and Post Production Supervisor on the acclaimed reality show Imagine Afrika. She was a senior content producer on Rise - Talk Show Hosted by Kgomotso Matsunyane and Lebo Ramofoko on SABC1. Maganthrie has directed over 40 documentaries for television, UN agencies, and other organizations, she directed her second feature in the USA, Austin Texas. One of her passions has been working to get films to local audiences. She loves Breaking it down and teaching film to different constituencies.

She has been on the board of the Cape Film Commission, SWIFT - Women in Film and TV, Durban Film Mart (Co-Chair 2023), Independent Black Filmmakers Collective (Co-Chair). She has been an advocate for equality and transformation through working with organisations.

She has been unofficially tracking women in tech and through to identify and understand the tech gaps, especially in Cinematography and Post Production Audio and Sound.

Source : JOBURG FILM FESTIVAL



Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- https://maganthriepillay.wordpress.com/about/
- Kevin Kriedemann (Film Publicist, Tel: +27(0)83 556 2346 / kevinkr(@)mweb.co.za)
- https://joburgfilmfestival.co.za/team/maganthrie-pillay/
- https://durbanfilmmart.co.za/dfm_speakers/maganthrie-pillay-profile/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 17 April 2024