What’s a defining moment in your life? When I quit my science job to go into show business/ and later when I moved from NY to LA. I wrote a screenplay and everyone told me I’d never get anyone to look at it. I got a big agency… and a big star interested right away!… Read More What’s a defining moment in your life? W

Why did you decide to get into this industry? I was compelled to write stories. I actually got a graduate degree in biology and physiology. But after working in science for a while, I decided I wanted to pursue creative endeavors instead. I moved to New York to become a star! I had been doing… Read More Why did you decide to get into this indu

@chantelclark: What are you working on next? In addition, if people want to find out more about you, where can they find you on social media? I’m developing my first feature, Wit Gesigte (Pale Faces), which was selected for the Sundance Institute’s January 2019 Screenwriters Lab and is headed to IFP Week in September. I’m… Read More @chantelclark: What are you working on n

@chantelclark: What, if anything, do you collect? Books. They’re everywhere in my apartment including in my kitchen cabinets (for context, I live in New York). I like to buy a book every time I visit somewhere new and when I go home, I stock up on South African titles that are harder to find here.… Read More @chantelclark: What, if anything, do you

@chantelclark: What advice do you have for other women in the industry? I think I still need advice rather than being in a place to hand it out, but some advice I had to give myself is to find a way to deal with rejection. The year after I graduated from my MFA was one… Read More @chantelclark: What advice do you have f

@chantelclark: What is a successful moment in your career so far? I was invited to attend the Sundance Screenwriters Lab in January of this year with my first feature script. It had seemed so far out of reach I almost didn’t submit (which, in hindsight, was a big life lesson). I was completely caught off… Read More @chantelclark: What is a successful mome

@chantelclark: What is your biggest concern with the future? When I start to feel encouraged about the positive changes in our industry, I seem to notice twice as many regressive and troubling happenings outside of it. In a city like New York there’s such a big film community I worry that it’s easy to get… Read More @chantelclark: What is your biggest conc

@chantelclark: What’s a defining moment in your life? At 22 I was accepted into the Film MFA program at Columbia University and I moved from Cape Town to New York. The move has largely defined my 20s, especially because I’d been working towards it since I was 18. The first two years here I was… Read More @chantelclark: What’s a defining moment

@chantelclark: Why did you decide to get into this industry? As a child one of my favorite things to do was to go to my local video store (which then became a DVD store, and sadly finally closed this year) and spend at least an hour finding the perfect film. At the time that meant… Read More @chantelclark: Why did you decide to get

@laurensowa: What are you working on next? In addition, if people want to find out more about you, where can they find you on social media? I have several film projects in various stages of production, and I’m always looking for good stories to help produce, and complex women characters to play. . My website… Read More @laurensowa: What are you working on nex