Neil Brandt

Producer

Neil Brandt, a UCT graduate in psychology and law, is one of South Africa’s leading young creative producers. Over and above numerous television projects, Neil has taken to market a number of well travelled award-winning documentary films, including Angola Saudades, The Mother’s House, Solly’s Story, History of South African Politics , Tsietsi My Hero, Courting Justice and Affectionately Known as Alex, which have won dozens of awards locally and internationally, including amongst them, Best Documentary Award at the SAFTA’s, Durban International Film Festival, Three Continents Human Rights Festival, Cape Town World Cinema Festival, Munich International Documentary Festival, Docusur Spain and more. He was the associate producer on the Emmy Award winning documentary, A Lion’s Trail, and competed for the Silver Wolf at IDFA. His most recent film with director Francois Verster, Sea Point Days, held its world Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September, and is travelling to IDFA, Dubai IFF and the Warsaw IFF in 2009.

His films have sold to broadcasters worldwide, including NHK Japan, Arte, Sundance Channel, Documentary Channel and Al Jazeera English. He is a founding member of Filmmakers Against Racism (FAR), and has served on a number of industry initiatives and is a member of the SASFED Intellectual Property sub-committee.