Jarryd Coetsee (born August 5, 1982) is a South African writer and filmmaker. His short film, ''The Suit'' won numerous international awards.

Early life and education

Coetsee was born in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

where he attended

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. He studied

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and

film-making Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

in South Africa and the UK. His family are the custodians of

Coetsenburg Coetsenburg is an historic wine estate and one of the oldest estates in South Africa, established in 1682. It is located at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain, which forms part of the estate, in the town of Stellenbosch, 31 miles (50 km) e ...

, one of the oldest wine estates in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

, established in 1682.

Career

His short film, ''The Suit'', won numerous international awards including the Best Short Film Award at the 11th SAFTAs and has been shown in 83 cities and towns in over 20 countries. The film features performances by Tony Award-winner

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and

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. Three of the film festivals for which it was selected are Oscar qualifiers (Urbanworld Film Festival,

Pan African Film Festival Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film festival and an ar ...

and BronzeLens Film Festival). Coetsee was the only filmmaker from Africa selected by the

Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma ( en, Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques) is an organization that gives out the César Award. It was created in 1975, on the initiative of Georges Cravenne. Board of directors The board is made ...

for its prestigious Les Nuits en Or 2017 (Golden Nights 2017) which saw him participate in film-related programmes in France, Italy and Greece, and receiving an award from

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at its headquarters, the

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, in

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for ''The Suit'' which was selected as one of the thirty top short films from around the world.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coetsee, Jarryd 1982 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of the University of West London South African film directors South African male film actors South African male writers Stellenbosch University alumni University of Cape Town alumni