Uga Carlini
Uga Carlini (19**-19**) is an actress, scriptwriter,film director and producer.
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Biography
She studied for a drama degree at Stellenbosch University(specializing in acting and film-making), she Uga returned to South Africa to become the founding owner of Towerkop Creations, a film company that specializes in female driven heroine stories.
Has a son Roka
Career
Having worked in film in the United Kingdom, Australia and Fiji - where she compiled and pioneered the acting, screenwriting and filmmaking syllabus for the National University of Fiji, she returned to South Africa and in 2010 founded the film company Towerkop Creations, a film company that specializes in female driven heroine stories.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Television work included work for Zyron Pictures, doing the research and production support tasks for the series Sewe Sakke Sout ("seven bags of salt") and the treatment and preproduction research for Celeb Se Kind.
Her films include a short film, Good Planets Are Hard To Find (2012) and the full-length hybrid feature Alison (2016), which had its international premiere at Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles.,
Awards, etc
Uga is the first filmmaker and Towerkop the first South African company to be inducted as a member of the South African / American Business Chamber.
Alison was selected "pick of the fest" from Enclave LA and Best Documentary at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival.
Sources
"Woman of the Month - Uga Carlini", Xtraordinary Women, 2012[1]
Ilse Salzwedel. 2016. 'n Storie van Hoop , Rooi Rose: September: pp.20-23.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148097/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
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