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Mark Wilby

GQEBERHA CAMPUS DEAN
Master of Fine Arts Humanities (RU)

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Mark has worked in various capacities in the South African film industry since the nineteen-eighties. As a production designer, he has worked on domestic (SABC, MWEB) and foreign (BBC, Channel4, Canal+) television productions, and designed numerous local and international features such as Krakatoa, Red Dust, and Mandela’s Gun. He has twice received the MNET-VITA Award for production design.

As a director, two early drama films Astor Mansions and Half-an-Hour were award-winners on the Weekly Mail Film Festival. Relocation to the Karoo in the mid-nineties prompted the pursuit of documentary film as a medium for social and environmental change.

Amidst these occupations, Mark has also practiced consistently as a conceptual artist. A personal research interest is in the expanding potential for hybrid forms of storytelling that embrace multiple media platforms. Solo and collaborative projects emerging from this practice have been exhibited locally and abroad.

Mark is attracted to the vision of the AFDA campus in Gqeberha – that of establishing itself as the cornerstone of a burgeoning industry in the Eastern Cape.

Learning Staff

Asipezi Jita

LECTURER:
Live Performance
BA Live Performance (AFDA)

Jacques Cloete

SENIOR LECTURER:
Editing; Data & Grading
BA Psychology, Literature and Linguistics, Sign Language;

Jeroen Roffel

SENIOR LECTURER:
Sound Design; Research Studies
MA, Master of Arts (Amsterdam)

Lungelo Manona

SENIOR LECTURER:
Producing
N.Dip Fashion Design, BA Media Communication and Culture,

Robert Haxton

PROGRAMME COORDINATOR:
Live Performance
MA, Master of Arts (RU)

Simamkele Mchako

LECTURER:
Screenwriting
BA Degree in Film and Media Production, Hons in Screenwriting (UCT)

Simon Pienaar

PROGRAMME COORDINATOR:
Motion Picture; Senior Lecturer; VFX
Btech in Applied Design Photography (NMU),

Ute van Wyk

LECTURER:
Production Design
Dip. Textile Design and Technologies (NMU), Btech in Textile Design and Technologies (NMU), PG Motion Picture Medium (AFDA)

Johannes Witbooi

JUNIOR TUTOR
BA Honours (AFDA)

Andile Tom

JUNIOR TUTOR
BA Honours (AFDA)

Anovuyo Nqeto

JUNIOR TUTOR
BA Honours (AFDA)

Support Staff

Valerie Rousseau

Student Affairs Officer
Short Course in Make-Up (Permanent Makeup Training)

Kym Duru

ACTING REGISTRAR
Dip. Marketing Management (VC), Dip. Business Management (In progress, Intec)

Ayakha Mekuto

Librarian
BA Library and Information Science (UFH)

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