Dylan Valley is an award-winning South African filmmaker, born and
raised in Cape Town. He has directed work with SABC, Al Jazeera, and
independently. He teaches in the television studies department at Wits
University.Valley grew up in Kuils River and then the white suburb of
Durbanville where he faced being the only coloured child in the
neighborhood. From this experience, he was pushed into the hip-hop
music that constructed his identity. The Hip-Hop music genre led
valley to incorporate this style within his another passion that is
documentary filmmaking. And now, we can see his work which is a mix of
music, art, performance, that tell stories about real people.After
graduating from Fairmont High School , Durbanville, he started to
study Film and Media at the University of Cape Town and during this
time, he did an internship at E-TV for 2 months. In 2005, as his final
university project, he made a 10 minutes documentary about the history
of the Cape Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts) scene. In 2006, he got
his Honors degree in Film Theory and Practice from UCT and also
produced a film, as his final thesis, called Lost Prophets with his
co-producer and collaborator Sean Drummond, talking about Prophets of
the city which shows the history of personal stories of South Africa's
Hip Hop. The documentary was screened at various film festivals in
South Africa.In 2007 he worked at Plexus Films on the HEADWRAP team as
a researcher and trainee director. And he got promoted to director
straight away. Later, he was invited to direct some of the famous
episodes from the series Headwrap including Hip Hopera and Awareness
thru Colours. With Plexus Films, Valley developed a feature-length
documentary, called Afrikaaps which explores the history of Afrikaans
using Hip Hop, humour and personal perspective. The film, follows a
group of local artists, creating the stage production, Afrikaaps, as
they trace the true roots of Afrikaans to slaves in the cape. The
documentary won Best South African Documentary at the Cape Winelands
Film Festival. Valley was also nominated for Best documentary director
at the 2012 South African Film and Television Awards for his work on
Afrikaaps. In 2009, he was selected in The Mail and Guardian's list of
300 Young South Africans you have to take to lunch.
raised in Cape Town. He has directed work with SABC, Al Jazeera, and
independently. He teaches in the television studies department at Wits
University.Valley grew up in Kuils River and then the white suburb of
Durbanville where he faced being the only coloured child in the
neighborhood. From this experience, he was pushed into the hip-hop
music that constructed his identity. The Hip-Hop music genre led
valley to incorporate this style within his another passion that is
documentary filmmaking. And now, we can see his work which is a mix of
music, art, performance, that tell stories about real people.After
graduating from Fairmont High School , Durbanville, he started to
study Film and Media at the University of Cape Town and during this
time, he did an internship at E-TV for 2 months. In 2005, as his final
university project, he made a 10 minutes documentary about the history
of the Cape Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts) scene. In 2006, he got
his Honors degree in Film Theory and Practice from UCT and also
produced a film, as his final thesis, called Lost Prophets with his
co-producer and collaborator Sean Drummond, talking about Prophets of
the city which shows the history of personal stories of South Africa's
Hip Hop. The documentary was screened at various film festivals in
South Africa.In 2007 he worked at Plexus Films on the HEADWRAP team as
a researcher and trainee director. And he got promoted to director
straight away. Later, he was invited to direct some of the famous
episodes from the series Headwrap including Hip Hopera and Awareness
thru Colours. With Plexus Films, Valley developed a feature-length
documentary, called Afrikaaps which explores the history of Afrikaans
using Hip Hop, humour and personal perspective. The film, follows a
group of local artists, creating the stage production, Afrikaaps, as
they trace the true roots of Afrikaans to slaves in the cape. The
documentary won Best South African Documentary at the Cape Winelands
Film Festival. Valley was also nominated for Best documentary director
at the 2012 South African Film and Television Awards for his work on
Afrikaaps. In 2009, he was selected in The Mail and Guardian's list of
300 Young South Africans you have to take to lunch.
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