Catherine Meyburgh
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Catherine Meyburgh | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation(s) | film director, editor, project designer, artist |
| Years active | 1983 |
| Known for | Dying for Gold |
Catherine Meyburgh is a South African film editor, filmmaker, artist and project designer.[1]
Career[edit]
She started her career as a film editor in 1983 mainly focusing documentaries.[2] She has served as an editor in over 30 documentaries which have been telecast on Arte, Channel 4, BBC and NBC. She worked as a film editor in animated films of prominent contemporary artist William Kentridge in 1990's. As a project designer in theatre and opera, she has worked with fellow prominent artists including Leora Farber, Georgia Papageorge and Willem Boshoff. Her project design have been displayed in various international exhibitions held in New York, Paris.[3] She also initiated a project titled The Head & the Load collaborating with fellow artists William Kentridge, Philip Miller and Thuthuka Sibisi.[4]
Films[edit]
Kentridge & Dumas in Conversation[edit]
Her directorial Kentridge & Dumas in Conversation is based on the real stories of contemporary artists William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas.[5] The film reveals two of them involve in discussion regarding drawing, painting and filmmaking.[6]
Dying for Gold[edit]
She co-directed, co-produced and edited the film Dying for Gold with Namibian filmmaker Richard Pakleppa which depicts the untold real story about the mining in South Africa.[7][8] The film describes the difficulties faced by miners when they involve in search for gold.[9]
Filmography[edit]
- 1996 - UBU [10]
- 2005 - The Magic Flute/Die Zauberflöte by Mozart[11]
- 2005 - Black Box/Chamber Noire
- 2012 - The Refusal of Time and Refuse the Hour [12][13][14][15]
- 2010 - The Nose by Shostakovitch
- 2015 - Lulu by Alban Berg
- 2016 - Bikohausen
- 2017 - Wozzeck by Alban Berg[16]
- 2018 - The Head & the Load
- 2019 - Mining Bodies
- 2021 - Something this way comes [17]
As editor[edit]
- 1988 - Space Mutiny
- 1988 - Tyger, Tyger burning bright
- 1988 - Namibia, no easy road to Freedom
- 1990 - Nowhere to Play
- 1992 - The Clay Ox
- 1994 - Soweto, a history
- 1997 - SABC 20 years, the untold story
- 1998 - Robert Sobukwe
- 1998 - Yizo Yizo 1
- 1998 - Weighing... and Wanting
- 1998 - Alan Paton's Beloved Country
- 1999 - Stereoscope
- 1999 - Portrait of a Young Man Drowning
- 2000 - The Guguletu Seven [1]
- 2000 - Soul City
- 2000 - Sol Plaatje, A Man for Our Time
- 2001 - Yizo Yizo 2
- 2003 - 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès and Journey to the Moon
- 2003 - Sophiatown
- 2003 - Tide Table
- 2003 - Day for Night
- 2003 - Africa Rifting, lines of fire
- 2004 - Zero Tolerance
- 2005 - Crossing the Line
- 2006 - Heartlines
- 2006 - Angola: Saudades from the One who Loves You
- 2006 - The Bushman's Secrets
- 2006 - I am not me, the horse is not mine [2] [18]
- 2007 - The Glow of White Women
- 2007 - REwind: A Cantata for Voice,Tape & Testimony
- 2007 - What will come (has already come)
- 2008 - Gugu and Andile
- 2008 - Bloodlines
- 2009 - For which I am Prepared to Die
- 2009 - Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation
- 2009 - Breathe, Dissolve & Return
- 2011 - Other Faces
- 2011 - Bettie
- 2012 - Taste of Rain
- 2013 - Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
- 2014 - Body Games/Jogo de Corpo
- 2014 - When we were Black 2
- 2018 - Dying for Gold[19][20][21]
- 2020 - Deliver Me
- 2021 - Ghosted Matter
- 2021 - 1001 days
As director[edit]
- 1992 - The Clay Ox
- 1998 - Alan Paton's Beloved Country
- 2008 - Viva Madiba, a hero for all seasons
- 2009 - Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation
- 2011 - Bettie
- 2018 - Dying for Gold[19][20][21]
As Producer/co-producer
- 1992 - The Clay Ox
- 1998 - Alan Paton's Beloved Country
- 2007 - The Glow of White Women
- 2012 - Taste of Rain
- 2018 - Dying for Gold][19][20][21]
Animation
- 2016 - The Takeover - David Koloane
- 2019 - Something out of nothing - David Koloane
- 2021 - Phantom Hurt
References[edit]
- ^ "Catherine Meyburgh | Opera Australia". opera.org.au. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Festspiele, Berliner. "Catherine Meyburgh - Biography". www.berlinerfestspiele.de. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Galvin, Nick (24 January 2019). "Collaboration key in Opera Australia production of Alban Berg's Wozzeck". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Meyburgh". Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation". www.cultureunplugged.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "In Conversation: Kentridge & Dumas". www.artfilms.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Dying for Gold". www.dyingforgold.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Meyburgh and Richard Pakleppa's Dying for Gold premieres at Hot Docs in Canada". Screen Africa. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Dying for Gold". Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Ubu and the Truth Commission » MITsp". Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | Opera". NEW NATIONAL THEATRE, TOKYO. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "William Kentridge's witty animations unravel the nature of time". The South African. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Met Museum". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Cotter, Holland (28 November 2013). "William Kentridge: 'The Refusal of Time'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Brave art". News24. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Wozzeck: The Full Kentridge and Beyond". Schmopera. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Virtual Conversation: Jo Ractliffe, Philip Miller, and Catherine Meyburgh, retrieved 5 January 2022
- ^ Tate. "William Kentridge: I am not me, the horse is not mine – Exhibition at Tate Modern". Tate. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "The untold story of the making of South Africa". africasacountry.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Molelekwa, By: Thabo; Features (29 April 2021). "'Can they just pay me before I die?'". New Frame. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Davis, Rebecca (4 July 2019). "SILICOSIS: Dying for Gold: New documentary lays bare the stark debt SA owes its miners". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 January 2022.