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[[John Trengove]] (1978-). Writer and director.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
 
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Born in Johannesburg. He is the son of the well-known South African advocate Wim Trengove.
  
 
== Training ==
 
== Training ==
A graduate of UCT Drama School
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A graduate of [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama School]] (1999). He also has an MFA in film from New York University.
 
 
== Career ==
 
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
John has performed in a variety of student productions, the most recent being [[Chris Wear]]’s enormously successful ''[[East]]''.
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John has performed in a variety of student productions, the most recent being [[Chris Weare]]’s enormously successful ''[[East]]'' and in ''[[Cum, Guns & Instant Coffee]]'' at the [[Little Theatre]], 1999. Appeared in ''[[Othello]]'', 2001.
 
 
He devised and directed ''[[Flat Panic]]'' for the KKNK, 2000 and in 1999 was nominated for the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Most Promising Student Award.  
 
  
Appeared in ''[[Othello]]'', 2001.
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He devised and directed ''[[Flat Panic]]'' for the [[KKNK]], 2000, ''[[So... You Think You Can Love]]'', written and performed by [[Sonia Esgueira]] and ''[[The Epicene Butcher]]'' (KKNK 2014).
  
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Writer and director of the television series ''[[Hopeville]]'' and of the award-winning film ''Inxeba (The Wound)'', a drama which explores tradition and sexuality and is set amid the Xhosa rites of passage into manhood [https://writingstudio.co.za/writer-director-john-trengove-talks-about-inxeba-the-wound/].
  
 
==Awards==
 
==Awards==
Nominated for the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Most Promising Student Award.
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John was nominated for the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Most Promising Student Award and was awarded by [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] for his direction of episode 1 of the [[SABC 2]] drama series ''Swartwater'', award year 2016.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trengove_(director)].
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''[[Die Burger]]'', 9 June 1999.
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''Othello'' 2001 programme notes.
 
''Othello'' 2001 programme notes.
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''[[Cape Times]]'', 25 March 2013.
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''[[Beeld]]'', 28 January 2014.
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[[Amazwi]] Literary Awards database.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:20, 28 January 2021

John Trengove (1978-). Writer and director.

Biography

Born in Johannesburg. He is the son of the well-known South African advocate Wim Trengove.

Training

A graduate of UCT Drama School (1999). He also has an MFA in film from New York University.

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

John has performed in a variety of student productions, the most recent being Chris Weare’s enormously successful East and in Cum, Guns & Instant Coffee at the Little Theatre, 1999. Appeared in Othello, 2001.

He devised and directed Flat Panic for the KKNK, 2000, So... You Think You Can Love, written and performed by Sonia Esgueira and The Epicene Butcher (KKNK 2014).

Writer and director of the television series Hopeville and of the award-winning film Inxeba (The Wound), a drama which explores tradition and sexuality and is set amid the Xhosa rites of passage into manhood [1].

Awards

John was nominated for the Fleur du Cap Most Promising Student Award and was awarded by Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns for his direction of episode 1 of the SABC 2 drama series Swartwater, award year 2016.

Sources

Wikipedia [2].

Die Burger, 9 June 1999.

Othello 2001 programme notes.

Cape Times, 25 March 2013.

Beeld, 28 January 2014.

Amazwi Literary Awards database.

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