South Africa

François Verster is an Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa. After studying in Cape Town he worked with Barenholtz Productions in New York and on the crew of various independent features. In 1998 Verster formed Undercurrent Film and Television, a Cape Town-based company that aims to produce quality documentary programs for local as well as international markets. Verster’s films generally follow creative and observational approaches to social issues and have all won local and international awards. Verster has taught documentary filmmaking and held fellowships at Columbia University, NYU, and University of Cape Town. He currently teaches a postgraduate course in creative documentary at the University of the Western Cape. Biography Source

Filmography

Pavement Aristocrats (1998)
The Story of Mbube (1999)
The Man Who Would Kill Kitchener (1999)
The Granite War (2000)
Guilty (2001)
A Lion’s Trail (2002)
When the War is Over (2002)
The Mother’s House (2005)
Sea Point Days (2008)
Sea Point Days (2014)