Elaine Proctor

Elaine Proctor
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Johannesburg, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
CitizenshipSouth African
Occupation(s)Novelist, film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active1979–present
Notable workFriends
Game for Vultures

Elaine Proctor (born 1960) is a South African film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actress. Her film Friends was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or Special Distinction.[1]

Proctor attended the National Film and Television School, where she studied under director Mike Leigh.[2] Her graduation film, On the Wire, won the school's Sutherland Trophy.[3] Proctor has also written two novels. Her second novel, Savage Hour, was shortlisted for the 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.[4]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Friends". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  2. ^ Candice Pires, "Filmmakers Mike Leigh and Elaine Proctor on their close friendship: Elaine Proctor and Mike Leigh met when she was a student at the National Film School and he was her teacher, and then, as fellow filmmakers, their friendship blossomed." The Guardian, 17 May 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Himba was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "The Outsiders in My Head: 2015 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize Shortlistee Elaine Proctor on Writing The Savage Hour", The Sunday Times (South Africa), 2 June 2015.