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John Trengove

John Trengove

Actor, Director, Writer

Born March 21, 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Biography

John Trengove is a South African writer and director. His debut feature The Wound opened in Sundance and Berlin and was named "the most important LGBT film you will see in 2018" by i-D magazine. The controversial film was briefly banned in his home country and went on to collect 28 international awards, including Best First Feature at the BFI London Film Festival and Best International Feature at Outfest. It was shortlisted for the International Feature Oscar in the same year. His second feature film, Manodrome, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, and Odessa Young, premiered at the Berlinale Competition, and was released around the world in 2023. His third feature is currently in production.

John's work also spans television, commercials, and theatre. He directed the cult hit play The Epicene Butcher which played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and his television miniseries Hopeville won the Rose d'Or in 2010 and was nominated for an International Emmy. He has received 2 best director SAFTA's and an honorary award from the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work in television, especially the drama series Swartwater. Most recently, he directed on the Cape Town crime drama White Lies with Natalie Dormer, released in 2024. John trained as an actor and studied film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He lives between Cape Town and São Paulo with his husband, filmmaker Marco Dutra.

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25 wins and 20 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

5

Type

Year

Bury Your Dead Poster

Bury Your Dead Feature Film2024Grand Orgiast

All the Dead Ones Poster

All the Dead Ones Feature Film2020Luchino

Sunday Documentary2015

Memoirs of a Killarney Houseboy Poster

Memoirs of a Killarney Houseboy Short Film2012John, Captain of the Flamingos

Disco 3000 Poster

Disco 3000 Short Film2011

Director

17

Type

Year

The Smell of Apples Poster

The Smell of Apples Feature Film2026

White Lies Poster

White Lies TV Series2024

Manodrome Poster

Manodrome Feature Film2023

The Wound Poster

The Wound Feature Film2017

Swartwater Poster

Swartwater TV Series2014

The Goat Poster

The Goat Short Film2014

Disco 3000 Poster

Disco 3000 Short Film2011

A Country Imagined Poster

A Country Imagined TV Series2010

Hopeville Poster

Hopeville Feature Film2010

Intersexions Poster

Intersexions TV Series2010

Hopeville Poster

Hopeville TV Series2009

Say Hi to Bangkok Short Film2009

Shuga TV Series2009

Bay of Plenty TV Series2007

Public Enema Documentary2007

The Lab TV Series2006

Hard Copy Poster

Hard Copy TV Series2005

Writer

9

Type

Year

The Smell of Apples Poster

The Smell of Apples Feature Film2026

Manodrome Poster

Manodrome Feature Film2023

The Wound Poster

The Wound Feature Film2017

The Goat Poster

The Goat Short Film2014

Disco 3000 Poster

Disco 3000 Short Film2011

Hopeville Poster

Hopeville Feature Film2010

Hopeville Poster

Hopeville TV Series2009

Say Hi to Bangkok Short Film2009

The Lab TV Series2006

Producer

7

Type

Year

The Train of Salt and Sugar Poster

The Train of Salt and Sugar Feature Film2016

Leemte Short Film2015

Necktie Youth Poster

Necktie Youth Feature Film2015

Memoirs of a Killarney Houseboy Poster

Memoirs of a Killarney Houseboy Short Film2012

Disco 3000 Poster

Disco 3000 Short Film2011

Public Enema Documentary2007

Payday Short Film2004

Thanks

4

Black Burns Fast Poster

Black Burns Fast Feature Film2026

Bury Your Dead Poster

Bury Your Dead Feature Film2024

Good Manners Poster

Good Manners Feature Film2017

The Silence of the Sky Poster

The Silence of the Sky Feature Film2016

Editor

3

Type

Year

Disco 3000 Poster

Disco 3000 Short Film2011

Say Hi to Bangkok Short Film2009

Public Enema Documentary2007

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Under the Willow Tree Short Film2005

Cinematographer

1

Neurotica Poster

Neurotica Short Film2003

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