Ofentse Mwase is a South African director, filmmaker and the founder of Ofentse Mwase Films. Born and raised in
Rustenburg
Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). In 2017 ...
, North West, Mwase studied film and cinematography at
AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy
AFDA is a private Higher Education institution that offers courses in film, television, performance, business innovation and technology, radio and podcasting. It has campuses located in Auckland Park, Johannesburg; Observatory, Cape Town; Dur ...
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Career
Ofentse Mwase was born in
Rustenburg
Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). In 2017 ...
, North West, South Africa. His filmmaking interest began in 2005.
In 2009, he shot a Short film ''iGolide'', and receive nomination for Best Cinematographer of 2010.
Two years later, in 2011 he shot ''The Hajji'' short film, which was nominated for Best Cinematography at AFDA. Mwase won Best Cinematography for a TV Drama ''
Tjovitjo'' at the
SAFTA’s annual ceremony in 2018.
Same year he also shot ''Thato, a Sterkinekor'', which won Silver Loerie at the 2011 Loerie Awards.
In 2017, Ofentse directed a Music Video for Ameni by Miss Pru featuring Sjava, A-Reece, Emtee, Fifi Cooper, Saudi and B3nchmarq which went on to win his 1st SAMA(South African Music Awards) for Music Video Of the Year 2017. He shot his first feature film ''Collision directed by Fabien Martorell'', which will premier on June 16, 2022 on Netflix.
Filmography
Awards
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, Music Video of the Year
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, Best Produced Music Video
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, "Mali Eningi"
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References
External links
*{{IMDb name, nm6494936, Ofentse Mwase
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
South African directors
South African music video directors
South African cinematographers