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Clifford Bestall

Director at Shadow Pictures
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Experienced documentary filmmaker and director with a strong background in photography and storytelling.
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Location
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, ZA
Skills
  • Documentaries
  • Video Production
  • Film Production
  • Film
  • Photography
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Clifford Bestall is a seasoned documentary filmmaker with 45 years of experience in film production, directing, and teaching. He has worked with prominent companies like Shadow Pictures and BBC Television, and has a strong background in photography and storytelling. Bestall has received numerous awards, including two Grierson Awards, an Emmy, and a Peabody.

Experience

  • SHADOW PICTURES
    • Cape Town
    • Producer / Director / DOP
      • 1979 - Present
      • Cape Town

      Been in the documentary game for the past 30 years and still manages the odd success like 2 Grierson Awards, an Emmy 2011 and a Peabody 2011 to add to the number of creative pinnacles. Open to collaborations, documentary doctoring and enjoys shooting for young filmmakers to break out of incipient habits. Currently producing a series of films for Aljazeera on the neglected diseases that keep people in poverty in developing countries.

  • BBC Television
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa
    • SHADOW PICTURES
      • 1979 - Present
      • Cape Town Area, South Africa

      Shadow Pictures has been servicing international documentaries for the past 22 years.

  • BBC
    • Director/Producer
      • 1984 - 2001

  • University of Cape Town
    • Universities of Natal, Stellenbosch and Cape Town
    • Lecturer
      • Jan 1969 - 1980
      • Universities of Natal, Stellenbosch and Cape Town

      Taught video art, figure drawing, printmaking and design

Education

  • 1966 - 1968
    Durban Institute of Technology
    Diploma in Graphic Design and Art, Design and printmaking
  • 1958 - 1968
    Jeppe High School
    Matriculated

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