Robyn Slovo
Robyn Slovo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom, South Africa |
| Occupation | Film producer |
Robyn Slovo is a South African film producer, based in the UK. Her work includes the 2000 film Morvern Callar, the 2006 film Catch a Fire, and the 2011 film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Biography
Slovo started her career in theatre,[1] before moving into the television and film industry, working first as a script editor and development executive for the BBC, and then as a film producer for Company Pictures and Working Title Films.
Slovo's family is Jewish.[2] She is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First — both major figures in the anti-apartheid struggle who lived perilous lives of exile, armed resistance, and occasional imprisonment, culminating in her mother's assassination in 1982. A family memoir in the form of a feature film, A World Apart, was written by her sister Shawn Slovo and starred Barbara Hershey. She played her mother in the film Catch a Fire, also written by her sister Shawn Slovo. She is the youngest sister of novelist Gillian Slovo and screenwriter Shawn Slovo.
References
- ^ "Dead Proud from Second Wave Young Women Playwrights – EDITED BY ANN CONSIDINE & ROBYN SLOVO". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
- ^ "Jews in the News:Sarah Michelle Gellar, Julianne Margulies and Jake Gyllenh | Tampa JCCS and Federation".