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William Kentridge

South African Artist


Born 01-01-1955 in Johannesburg

William Kentridge is a South African Artist and is well know for his animated of shape-shifting charcoal drawings. He acted and directed in Johannesburg's Junction Avenue Theatre Company from 1975 to 1991. Kentridge is a founder member of the Free Film makers Co-Operative and he also co-founded Free Film-makers Co-Operative in Johannesburg in 1985. His films were shown at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.



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Current Position(s)

Film Maker | Stereoscope
South Africa | 1999 - present

Other

Co-Founder | Free Film makers Co-Operative
Johannesburg | 1985 - present

Other

Previous Position(s)

Educational history

Tertiary

University of the Witwatersrand

Completed 1976

Bachelor of Arts degree - Politics and African Studies

Johannesburg Art Foundation

Completed 1978

Diploma - Fine Arts


L/Ecole Jacques leCoq Paris

Completed 1982

Diploma

Mime & Theatre

Achievements

Awards

Kyoto Prize | Inamori Foundation | 2010

Jesse L Rosenberger Medal | University of Chicago | 2006

Honorary Doctor of Literature | University of the Witwatersrand | 2004

Carnegie Medal | 2004

Goslar Kaiserring | 2003

memo | Loerie | 1994

1994 Loerie Award memo

Woyzeck on the highveld | Woyzeck on the highveld | 1992

production, set design & direction

Young Artist | Standard Bank | 1987

AA vita Award | Cassirer fine Art | 1986

New Vision exhibition | Market Theatre | 1986

Short Fiction | Red Ribbon | 1982

Other Achievements

Ubu Tells the Truth | 1996


Medicine Chest | 2001


Automatic Writing | 2001

Film maker

Stereoscope | 1999

Film maker

Weighing and Wanting | 1998

Artist

History of the Main Complaint | 1996

Film Maker

Felix in Exile | 1994

Film maker

Sobriety, Obesity & growing old | 1991

Film

Mine | 1991

Film

Monument | 1990

Film

Johannesburg:2nd Greatest City After Paris | 1989

Film

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