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(Head Of Department - Acting Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Patricia Boyer is a versatile and experienced actress with over 20 years’ experience in the industry both locally and internationally. She has appeared onstage in England with luminaries such as the great British actresses Sheila Gish and Janet Suzman, Hollywood stars Rachel Weisz and Gerard Butler and local stars James Ncgobo, Fana Mokoena and Moshidi Motshegwa. Her many theatre credits in London include ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ on the West End directed by Sean Mathias, ‘ The Cherry Orchard’ directed by Janet Suzman, ‘Don Juan comes back from the war’ directed by Jo Blatchely, and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ directed by Judith Roberts.
She is also an experienced film and television actress and has appeared in the hit UK television series ‘Wire in the Blood’ opposite Hermione Norris and Robson Green. Locally she has appeared in the Emmy nominated ‘Sokhulu and partners’ as well as ‘The Lab’, ‘Home Affairs’ and ‘Shado’s’ to name a few.
Patricia also has extensive experience as a free-lance casting director and has taught many work-shops on Acting for Camera, Audition Technique including Sight-reading and Television Presenting.
Patricia can currently be seen on SABC 1’s ‘Intersexions’ and MNet’s ‘Jacobs Cross’.
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(Lecturer - Acting Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Elizna le Roux has been involved in the fields of voice production, singing and theatre both academically and in-industry for over six years.
She is considered a specialist in voice production, singing, and movement with her B-Tech Drama Degree obtained from Tshwane University of Technology (2006).
In 2008, she completed her ICDL (International Computers Driving Licence) with a teacher’s qualification at Orbit FET College.
She is currently completing her Master’s Degree in Dramatic Arts at the University of Witwatersrand (2011), with her main research being Voice, Body and Mind integration. She is extremely passionate about what she does and wants to do, and as a result, she is extremely focused.
She received an FNB Vita Award for performing the character “Nina” in Fiela’s Child, the Musical, directed by Ian von Memmerty, in the Johannesburg State Theatre (2000).
During her studies at Tshwane University of Technology, where she specialized in voice production, she acted as the Vocal Coach for the play ‘Diepe Grond’ written by Reza de Wet and produced by Woutrine Theron in the Breytenbach Theatre.
She has made her guest appearance on the SABC program “Take 5”, MNet’s KTV, DSTV MK (music video) and also played a young school girl in the SABC 2 production “7de Laan”.
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(Head Of Department - Animation Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Miranda Zink entered this world 27 years ago...She's always had an immense passion for the world of design and moving media and has always been driven to create.
She studied at Midrand Graduate Institute from 2003-2005, where she received her BA in Graphic Design. In her third year she decided to take the route of Animation and Multimedia, as she realized that moving media and creating interactive design was more exciting to her than organizing space on a flat page.
After travelling and exploring the planet, Miranda began her career as a Graphic Design lecturer in 2007 at Midrand Graduate Institute, where she helped develop and write a lot of the course material, thereafter in 2009 she moved to CTI in Randburg where she helped establish and run the Graphic Design department.
In March 2011, Miranda joined CityVarsity in Newtown, ecstatic to be involved in such a dynamic team of Creatives, who hold the level of all creative media in such high regard. She has found her niche here; continuously sharing knowledge while simultaneously researching all facets within the field of animation.
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(Lecturer - Animation Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Kevin is an autodidactic animation guru -he has an extensive working knowledge in film and advertising and his hunger for moving media is insatiable.
He qualified as a sound engineer in 2004 at the Cape Town campus of CityVarsity, where he discovered his passion for all dimensions of the creative arts and strives to excel within the creative field on a professional level as well as encouraging the new generation to achieve their potential.
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(Lecturer - Animation Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Ben grew up with a love of traditional animation and sought to learn the craft he enjoyed.
While freelancing, he was invited to lecture at Cityvarsity Newtown, the very place he had graduated from.
Ben enjoys his time enlightening students and generally honing his chosen artform. |
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(Lecturer - Film Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Shaun Gouws obtained his Honours Degree in Producing of Motion Picture Medium and has been producing in the industry ever since. He has a passion for the medium.
Several of his films are still being screened by DSTV and the SABC and have won numerous awards at various film festivals. He gained a lot of producing experience working in the commercial industry dealing with clients like McCann Worldwide, Draft FCB, Ireland Davenport, The Jupiter Drawing Room and Leo Burnett to name a few.
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(Head Of Department - Multimedia Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Shalen has been involved in design, in one way or another, since he was born. From choosing his favourite toy based on colour, to sketching on the lounge walls at the family home, design seems to have slowly enveloped his life. He has strong opinions about poor colour matching when it comes to clothing and thinks most restaurant menus should be set alight due to their criminally poor typography.
He studied design at Rhodes University, graduating in 2003. He has been teaching design ever since, and has been actively involved in his trade. He has taught Graphic Design short courses in Ghana and Benin, and constantly lives the dream that graphic design will allow him to travel the world.
He heads up the MultiMedia Design Department as well as the Journalism Department in Newtown, Johannesburg.
He is happily OCD, only using one type of hanger in his wardrobes, all clothes needing to face the same direction. He believes that there is enough suffering in the world without bad design needing to contribute to it. To this end, he fights for human rights every day by teaching people how to design better, and do better through design.
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(Head of department - Sound Engineering Department)
Campus:
Newtown
After completing his Advanced Diploma in Sound Engineering Richard began working for Sound and Motion Studios in Cape Town. He soon moved to Johannesburg to open a studio there for the company. He now manages the Johannesburg branch of Sound & Motion Studios, recording and mixing albums for local artists, as well as handling post production for numerous MNet shows and TV commercials.
He has been a live sound engineer for the past 10 years, doing live sound for bands and other stage productions. This has included work overseas with international artists such as Kanye West, Akon & L.L. Cool J and R Kelly. He currently runs both Sound and Motion Johannesburg and CityVarsity’s Newtown sound department.
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(Lecturer - Sound Engineering Department)
Campus:
Newtown
Having a BA Degree and a passion for sound engineering, John has found himself playing roles in both music and TV production houses as a reliable sound man and doing technical support in both studio and live sound environments. This has given him the opportunity to build strong relationships in the sound engineering industry.
He has close on seven years’ experience in the field as a studio engineer and location sound recordist/mixer. John has been mentored by the best sound engineers in the country from production houses such as Jazz Worx, Darkstar Productions, Open Mic Productions, Post Masters and Presto Post Productions. He has taken part in the creation of productions that took South Africa by storm, with his sound designing and film scoring skills he has done work for the controversial documentary called “Behind the Rainbow” produced by Big Brother/ Big Sister productions and directed by Jhan El-Tahri, has done work for productions by the SABC including “Mtunzini.com”, “Tshisa”, “Jam Sandwich” and “Ba Kae”.
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(Lecturer - Sound Engineering Department)
Campus:
Newtown
James Olivier, who boasts an Advanced Diploma in Sound Engineering, has been lecturing at CityVarsity since the Sound Department launched at the Newtown campus in 2008.
He majored in Post Production in his final year and has since put his gained knowledge to work both locally and internationally. Moreover, James Olivier is employed by Sound & Motion Studios as a Sound Engineer where he works on projects that span from recording international artists such as Busta Rhymes and Ludacris, to final mixing advertising and television productions for MNet and Heineken International Breweries, among many others.
Working in the sound industry gives James an edge in lecturing at CityVarsity as he is well aware of the current trends and makes these available to his students.
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