Malcolm Kohll

Malcolm Kohll (1953-)

Biography

Born in South Africa in 1953, he trained as a journalist at Rhodes University, fleeing the country in February 1977 at the height of the student unrest.

In London, he undertook a Post Graduate film course at Middlesex University and then entered the industry, initially as a script reader for Thorn Emi, and David Puttnam's Goldcrest Films. He was accepted onto a BBC writer's course and wrote for the iconic Sci-Fi series Dr Who.

In 1989 he returned to the country to write and co-produce The Fourth Reich for director Manie Van Rensburg.

Returning to the UK, Malcolm joined Focus Films as Head of Development, and over the next few years developed nine international feature films, the most prominent being The 51st State (aka Formula 51).

After 32 years in London as a writer/producer, he returned to Cape Town in 2014 to run the film school AFDA and afterwards co-founded the non-profit DOCi Emerging Film Makers Programme with Michael S. Murphey, a project supported by the US Consulate in Cape Town.

Malcolm also continued writing in his private capacity, with his South African thriller Good Hope being published in 2014.

Today he works part-time as a script editor for the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and continues to write and develop projects for the local and international markets while pursuing his work at DOCi and DISA.