Catherine Meyburgh

Catherine Meyburgh is a South African film editor, filmmaker, artist and project designer.[1]

Catherine Meyburgh
NationalitySouth African
Occupationfilm director, editor, project designer, artist
Known forDying for Gold

Career

She started her career as a film editor in 1983 mainly focusing documentaries.[2] 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 project designer in theatre and opera, she has worked with fellow prominent artists including Leora Farber, Georgia Papageorge and Willem Boshoff. Her project design have been displayed in various international exhibitions held in New York, Paris.[3] She also initiated a project titled The Head & the Load collaborating with fellow artists William Kentridge, Philip Miller and Thuthuka Sibisi.[4]

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.[5] The film reveals two of them involve in discussion regarding drawing, painting and filmmaking.[6]

Dying for Gold

She co-directed the film Dying for Gold with Namibian filmmaker Richard Pakleppa which depicts the untold real story about the mining in South Africa.[7][8] The film describes the difficulties faced by miners when they involve in search for gold.[9]

Filmography

As editor
  • 1988 - Space Mutiny
  • 2000 - The Guguletu Seven
  • 2006 - Heartlines
  • 2006 - Angola: Saudades from the One who Loves You
  • 2008 - Gugu and Andile
  • 2012 - Taste of Rain
  • 2013 - Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
  • 2018 - Dying for Gold

As director
  • 2009 - Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation
  • 2018 - Dying for Gold

References
  1. "Catherine Meyburgh | Opera Australia". opera.org.au. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  2. Festspiele, Berliner. "Catherine Meyburgh - Biography". www.berlinerfestspiele.de. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  3. Galvin, Nick (2019-01-24). "Collaboration key in Opera Australia production of Alban Berg's Wozzeck". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  4. "Catherine Meyburgh". Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  5. "Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation". www.cultureunplugged.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  6. "In Conversation: Kentridge & Dumas". www.artfilms.com.au. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  7. "Dying for Gold". www.dyingforgold.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  8. Contributor (2019-04-29). "Catherine Meyburgh and Richard Pakleppa's Dying for Gold premieres at Hot Docs in Canada". Screen Africa. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  9. "Dying for Gold". Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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