South Africa

Clarence Hamilton trained as a filmmaker at Ryerson Polytechnic (now University) where he studied towards a Bachelor in Applied Arts (Film), graduating in 1990. Since his return to South Africa in 1992, after an 18 year exile, he has worked extensively as a writer, director and executive producer in the film and television industry.Among his credits as writer, director and executive producer are Molo Fish! Avoiding the Truth (1997), a thirteen-part television drama and the first South African-Canadian official co-production, and Molo Fish II - Into the Unknown, a ten-part sequel which aired in 2004. In 1992 he directed the fourth episode of Hold up the Sun (Ulibambe Lingashoni), a TV series documentary about the ANC. Clarence also worked as head-writer on the first season of Takalani Sesame (2000), a South African adaptation of the US-originated children's educational television series, Sesame Street. In 2002 he was co-creator along with Ngaire Blankeberg of Gazlam, a thirteen part HIV drama. In 2003 he worked as head-writer for season 3 of Soul Buddyz, an educational family drama series conceived by Soul City. In 2005 Clarence became co-project leader of a feature film and television script development program of the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), a government agency mandated with the promotion and development of the film and television sector in South Africa. In August 2007, Clarence joined the NFVF as development and production executive and in April 2009 the NFVF appointed him head of production and development.

Filmography

Sketches for Triangles (1990)
Ulibambe Lingashoni / Hold up the Sun (1992)
Molo Fish! Avoiding the Truth (1997)
Molo Fish II - Into the Unknown (2004)