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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]]'', ''[[Mandela's Gun]]'', ''[[Taxi to Soweto]]'' (1991), ''[[Soweto Green: This Is a 'Tree' Story]]'' (1995) and ''[[Kin]]'' (2000). He has twice received the MNET-VITA Award for production design. | 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]]'', ''[[Mandela's Gun]]'', ''[[Taxi to Soweto]]'' (1991), ''[[Soweto Green: This Is a 'Tree' Story]]'' (1995) and ''[[Kin]]'' (2000). 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. | + | 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. |
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Revision as of 10:21, 5 August 2023
Mark Wilby is an educator, production designer and art director.
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Biography
Besides his work in film, he 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.
Since 200* he has been the Dean of the Gqeberha Campus of AFDA.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
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, Mandela's Gun, Taxi to Soweto (1991), Soweto Green: This Is a 'Tree' Story (1995) and Kin (2000). 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.
Sources
https://afda.co.za/staff/mark-wilby/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928136/
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