Uga Carlini is a South African

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, writer and producer. She is best known for her work on the documentary film, ''Alison'', music video, ''17 Shots'' and feature film, ''Angeliena''.

Life and career

Carlini 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 ...

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

and studied at

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...

. Her mother is South African and her father is of Italian descent. She is the co-founder of the production company, Towerkop Creations in 2010, which supports female driven stories. Her debut documentary short film, ''Good Planets Are Hard to Find'', about Elizabeth Klarer. In 2016, she directed the feature documentary, ''Alison'', based on the Marianne Thamm book, ''I Have Life'', premiered at the

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Festival. She has also directed the music videos ''17 shots'', ''Die Deur'', ''Wildste Oomblik'' and ''Beauty of Africa'' for the

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Africa. Carlini's debut feature film, ''Angeliena'', about a formerly homeless parking attendant, released worldwide

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on October 8, 2021.

Personal life

Carlini has two sons, Roka and Neo, both made their acting debuts together on the feature film, ''Angeliena''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlini, Uga South African documentary filmmakers South African women film directors Women documentary filmmakers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Stellenbosch University alumni