Meg Rickards
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
As a writer and director, Meg Rickards is passionate about telling authentic human stories. She has directed four feature films, a feature documentary, a miniseries and numerous short films.
Meg's most recent film is SNAKE (2024) screened at Dances with FIlms in Los Angeles and the Johannesburg International Film Festival. It is available on Amazon Prime in Africa.
In 2021, Meg directed the highly popular television feature ATLANTIS, streamed on Amazon Africa and eVOD.
KAALGAT KAREL, a romantic comedy which she directed as well as co-wrote and produced with Paul Egan in 2020 released in South African cinemas. The film was selected for a number of international film festivals including the Phoenix International Genre Film Festival in the US and Boden International Film Festival in Sweden. The film won Best Film awards at the Poor Life Choices Comedy Film Festival in Los Angeles, the Gelos Comedy Film Festival in Moscow, the Lit Laughs Festival in the UK, as well as Best Feature Screenplay at Writers Guild of South Africa Muse Awards.
Meg's debut fiction feature, TESS, was released theatrically in South Africa in 2017. TESS won a number of awards, including the Best South African Film Award at the Durban International Film Festival. It screened at the BRICS International Film Festival in New Delhi, and at the Brussels and Gothenburg International Film Festivals - among many others - and was screened on HBO Eastern Europe.
April 2014 saw the release of Meg's first feature documentary, which she co-directed with Bert Haitsma, namely 1994: THE BLOODY MIRACLE. This much talked-about documentary, which counts down to South Africa's first democratic elections, was broadcast multiple times by eNCA and eTV as well as by the Netherlands' national broadcaster VPRO. It won the Audience Award at the Durban International Film Festival and the Writers' Guild award for Best Documentary Script. The film opened the Nobel Peace Laureate Youth Summit as well as the Watch Africa Festival in Wales, and showed in several UK cities as part of the Freedom Tour. Meg's team was invited by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to screen the film at educational institutions throughout South Africa to initiate dialogue around democracy and reconciliation.
April 2014 saw the release of Meg's first feature documentary, which she co-directed with Bert Haitsma, namely 1994: THE BLOODY MIRACLe. This much talked-about documentary, which counts down to South Africa's first democratic elections, was broadcast multiple times by eNCA and eTV as well as by the Netherlands' VPRO. It won the Audience Award at the Durban International Film Festival and the Writers' Guild award for Best Documentary Script. The film opened the Nobel Peace Laureate Youth Summit as well as the Watch Africa Festival in Wales.
Meg holds a PHD in Film Studies, has taught extensively at the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, SAE, the Forward Fund Academy and ACT.
Meg's most recent film is SNAKE (2024) screened at Dances with FIlms in Los Angeles and the Johannesburg International Film Festival. It is available on Amazon Prime in Africa.
In 2021, Meg directed the highly popular television feature ATLANTIS, streamed on Amazon Africa and eVOD.
KAALGAT KAREL, a romantic comedy which she directed as well as co-wrote and produced with Paul Egan in 2020 released in South African cinemas. The film was selected for a number of international film festivals including the Phoenix International Genre Film Festival in the US and Boden International Film Festival in Sweden. The film won Best Film awards at the Poor Life Choices Comedy Film Festival in Los Angeles, the Gelos Comedy Film Festival in Moscow, the Lit Laughs Festival in the UK, as well as Best Feature Screenplay at Writers Guild of South Africa Muse Awards.
Meg's debut fiction feature, TESS, was released theatrically in South Africa in 2017. TESS won a number of awards, including the Best South African Film Award at the Durban International Film Festival. It screened at the BRICS International Film Festival in New Delhi, and at the Brussels and Gothenburg International Film Festivals - among many others - and was screened on HBO Eastern Europe.
April 2014 saw the release of Meg's first feature documentary, which she co-directed with Bert Haitsma, namely 1994: THE BLOODY MIRACLE. This much talked-about documentary, which counts down to South Africa's first democratic elections, was broadcast multiple times by eNCA and eTV as well as by the Netherlands' national broadcaster VPRO. It won the Audience Award at the Durban International Film Festival and the Writers' Guild award for Best Documentary Script. The film opened the Nobel Peace Laureate Youth Summit as well as the Watch Africa Festival in Wales, and showed in several UK cities as part of the Freedom Tour. Meg's team was invited by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to screen the film at educational institutions throughout South Africa to initiate dialogue around democracy and reconciliation.
April 2014 saw the release of Meg's first feature documentary, which she co-directed with Bert Haitsma, namely 1994: THE BLOODY MIRACLe. This much talked-about documentary, which counts down to South Africa's first democratic elections, was broadcast multiple times by eNCA and eTV as well as by the Netherlands' VPRO. It won the Audience Award at the Durban International Film Festival and the Writers' Guild award for Best Documentary Script. The film opened the Nobel Peace Laureate Youth Summit as well as the Watch Africa Festival in Wales.
Meg holds a PHD in Film Studies, has taught extensively at the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, SAE, the Forward Fund Academy and ACT.
