Clarence Hamilton(I)
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Clarence Hamilton trained as a filmmaker at Ryerson Polytechnic (now
University) where he studied towards a Bachelor in Applied Arts (Film),
graduating in 1990. Since his return to South Africa in 1992, after an
18 year exile, he has worked extensively as a writer, director and
executive producer in the film and television industry. He is married
with two children.
Among his credits as writer, director and executive producer are Molo Fish! Avoiding the Truth (1997) a thirteen-part television drama and the first South African-Canadian official co-production, and Molo Fish II - Into the Unknown, a ten-part sequel aired in 2004.
Clarence also worked as head-writer on the first season of Takalani Sesame (2000), a South African adaptation of the US originated children's educational television series, Sesame Street. In 2002 he was co-creator along with Ngaire Blankeberg of Gazlam, a thirteen part HIV drama. In 2003 he worked as head-writer for season 3 of Soul Buddyz, an educational family drama series conceived by Soul City.
In 2004 as executive producer of Flowers of the Revolution, Clarence was responsible for providing training, leadership and creative vision for the young graduates of the National Electronic Media Institutue of South Africa (Nemisa) as well as for his more experienced mentee director, Nomonde Gongxeka, in the production of a three part documentary series on unsung heroines of the SA struggle for liberation.
In 2005 Clarence became co-project leader with Alby James and Philip Roberts in Sediba, a feature film and television script development program of the National Film and Video Foundation, a government agency mandated with the promotion and development of the film and television sector in South Africa. During this period he has mentored script editors, script editor trainees and supervised the development of four feature scripts to first draft and five ground-breaking mini-series, among them adaptations of Shakespeare, all commissioned by the SABC.
In 2006 he was appointed script editor on Otelo Burning, a moving coming of age story set against the backdrop of the political strife of 1980s township life and three boys' yearning for the sea. He is also script editor of The Fighting Prince, Norman Maake's first feature film with Focus Features slated for production in 2009 as well as Area Boys a Nigerian film under the same auspices.
On 1st August 2007 Clarence joined the NFVF as development and production executive. On 1st April 2009 the NFVF appointed him head of production and development.
Among his credits as writer, director and executive producer are Molo Fish! Avoiding the Truth (1997) a thirteen-part television drama and the first South African-Canadian official co-production, and Molo Fish II - Into the Unknown, a ten-part sequel aired in 2004.
Clarence also worked as head-writer on the first season of Takalani Sesame (2000), a South African adaptation of the US originated children's educational television series, Sesame Street. In 2002 he was co-creator along with Ngaire Blankeberg of Gazlam, a thirteen part HIV drama. In 2003 he worked as head-writer for season 3 of Soul Buddyz, an educational family drama series conceived by Soul City.
In 2004 as executive producer of Flowers of the Revolution, Clarence was responsible for providing training, leadership and creative vision for the young graduates of the National Electronic Media Institutue of South Africa (Nemisa) as well as for his more experienced mentee director, Nomonde Gongxeka, in the production of a three part documentary series on unsung heroines of the SA struggle for liberation.
In 2005 Clarence became co-project leader with Alby James and Philip Roberts in Sediba, a feature film and television script development program of the National Film and Video Foundation, a government agency mandated with the promotion and development of the film and television sector in South Africa. During this period he has mentored script editors, script editor trainees and supervised the development of four feature scripts to first draft and five ground-breaking mini-series, among them adaptations of Shakespeare, all commissioned by the SABC.
In 2006 he was appointed script editor on Otelo Burning, a moving coming of age story set against the backdrop of the political strife of 1980s township life and three boys' yearning for the sea. He is also script editor of The Fighting Prince, Norman Maake's first feature film with Focus Features slated for production in 2009 as well as Area Boys a Nigerian film under the same auspices.
On 1st August 2007 Clarence joined the NFVF as development and production executive. On 1st April 2009 the NFVF appointed him head of production and development.
