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'''Cliff Bestall''' (19**-). He is a Cape Town based film director, also credited as Clifford Bestall.
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[[Cliff Bestall]] (19**-) is a lecturer, designer,  director and cinematographer
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Also credited as [[Clifford Bestall]].
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== Biography ==
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He attended Jeppe High School (1958-1968), then obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design and Art, Design and printmaking from the Durban University of Technology (1966 - 1968). Then became a lecturer at the
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University of Cape Town (1969 - 1980), teaching video art, figure drawing, printmaking and design. In 1979 he formed [[Shadow Pictures]], a documentary film company, ''inter alia'' working with BBC Television.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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'''Theatre work:'''
  
 
Along with [[Adrian Kohler]] he did the design for ''[[Tsafendas]]'' which was staged at [[The Space]] in 1976.
 
Along with [[Adrian Kohler]] he did the design for ''[[Tsafendas]]'' which was staged at [[The Space]] in 1976.
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'''Film work:'''
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This has included ''[[Passing the Message]]'' (1981), , ''[[Djadje – Last Night I Fell Off a Horse]]'' (1993), ''[[Witness Hillbrow: Between Heaven and Hell]]'' (2012), and ''[[Sinner]]'' (2016).
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'''For a full listing of his work, see the entry on him on [[IMDb]][http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626662/]'''
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
  
== For more information ==
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626662/
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626662/].
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/clifford-bestall-560ba517/?originalSubdomain=za
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 25 February 2022

Cliff Bestall (19**-) is a lecturer, designer, director and cinematographer

Also credited as Clifford Bestall.

Biography

He attended Jeppe High School (1958-1968), then obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design and Art, Design and printmaking from the Durban University of Technology (1966 - 1968). Then became a lecturer at the University of Cape Town (1969 - 1980), teaching video art, figure drawing, printmaking and design. In 1979 he formed Shadow Pictures, a documentary film company, inter alia working with BBC Television.


Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Theatre work:

Along with Adrian Kohler he did the design for Tsafendas which was staged at The Space in 1976.

Film work:

This has included Passing the Message (1981), , Djadje – Last Night I Fell Off a Horse (1993), Witness Hillbrow: Between Heaven and Hell (2012), and Sinner (2016).

For a full listing of his work, see the entry on him on IMDb[1]

Sources

Astbury 1979.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626662/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clifford-bestall-560ba517/?originalSubdomain=za

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