DURBAN’S Eubulus Timothy, award-winning writer director of the popular movie Deep End, won the Best Screenplay at the South African International Academy at a gala event at the Lyric theater in Johannesburg recently.
It has been a rollercoaster ride for the film after its initial theatrical release in March.
At the Simon Sabela Film and TV Awards in August, the film won the Best Picture and Best Director awards and in Hollywood, it won the Hartley-Merrill Screenwriting Award.
The late Irv Kushner director of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, gave Eubulus Timothy the award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Timothy trained as a director under Randy Zisk (Monk, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Weed, Memphis Beat); and Allan Arkush (Crossing Jordan, Heroes, Ally McBeal, Melrose Place).
He has a Diploma in Directing and a Diploma in Cinematography from the Los Angeles City College Film School.
Due to many requests from actors, he will be conducting a weekly Acting for the Camera –a four week programme in November using Stanislavsky Technique from which Method Acting was developed by Lee Strasbourg and Stellla Adler in Hollywood.
The course is designed for both professional and amateur actors.
It will be in the month of November.
For more information call Sasha on 031 309 7290 or Whatsapp 081 571 7331.
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