ABOUT SANDI

WRITER, Film LECTURER

Sandi Durnford-Slater worked as a freelancer in the visual arts from 2004 until 2018. Her work includes entertainment journalism, lecturing Film Studies, acting, writing as well as still photography.

“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.” — James Cameron

 

 

Professional

Sandi taught Film Studies in some form or other from 1998 as well as doing part time freelance work (until recently). She has a passion for STORY and CHARACTER, collaborating with others to help them tell stories which have lasting impact.

Sandi has worked with TheSouthAfrican, SAPeople, Every Nation London, the BBC Schools Initiative, Selah Education, SACGD, DMI Productions, Liz Lugt, Future Productions, SVG Productions, The Sunday Times. Sandi works as a part time director of a family shipbroking company, where she does the marketing and writes website copy. Sandi blogs at Nyamazela.com.

Qualified

Sandi holds a BA in Psychology and Linguistics, and an MA Film. She is currently completing an MSc Applied Psychology at RGU University, Aberdeen.

Passionate

Stories are her passion and she takes an active interest in, and enjoys commentating on and writing about issues that surround culture (and now also Shipbroking ;).

Sandi says: “When I was little, I loved playing pretend. My grandparents lived on a huge farm in South Africa, and my brother and I would play at being ‘Robin Hood’, ‘Die Swart Kat’, ‘Heidi and Peter’, ‘Army soldiers’, ‘Detectives’, ‘Cowboys and Indians’, and whatever else captured our imagination on TV and films. I have always been captured by the power of good story-telling, devoured books and loved films and theatre.”