Francois Verster
South Africa
Francois Verster is a documentary filmmaker.
He films, following creative and observational approaches to social issues have won multiple local and international awards, and include Scenes From a Dry City (2018), The Dream of Sheherazade (2014), Sea Point Days (2009), The Mother's House (2006), the Emmy award winning A Lion's Trail (2002) and When the War is Over (2002).
He has taught documentary courses and held fellowships at Columbia University in New York, the University of Cape Town and the University of Witswatersrand among others, and has published in various journals and anthologies. He currently teaches a postgraduate course on creative documentary at the University of the Western Cape.
