Quizzical Pictures, formerly known as Curious Pictures until 2012, is a South African film and television production company based in the
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
area.
The company was originally founded as Weekly Mail Television in 1993 and then ''
Mail & Guardian'' Television. The company separated from the ''Mail & Guardian'' in 1999, becoming Curious Pictures. As to avoid confusion with the American production company
of the same name, the company's name changed again in 2012 to Quizzical Pictures. In 2014, the studio moved to a warehouse facility in
Randburg.
Dramas, comedies, and reality joints produced by Quizzical have garnered a number of awards and nominations, including at the
SAFTAs,
Africa Movie Academy Awards, the
Rose d'Or,
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
, and
International Emmy Awards
The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sci ...
.
Productions
Film
Television
References
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Entertainment companies established in 1993
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Mass media companies established in 1993
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