Dan Jawitz
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Dan is an Emmy award winning producer who has produced and distributed hundreds of hours of film and television including telenovelas, feature films, drama and factual series.
He started in the industry in 1997 as a Publicist on the film KINI AND ADAMS, which was selected for Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palm d'Or that year. In 2000, he launched Ice Media with Joel Phiri in Johannesburg. Pioneers in digital filmmaking in South Africa, Ice Media employed some of today's most successful producers, giving them their first jobs, and was the incubator for the iconic DV8 Films brand. In 2005, Dan and Mark Kaplan won an Emmy for "Most Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Achievement" for the film A LION'S TRAIL directed by Francois Verster.
In 2008, Dan established Fireworx Media with Neil Brandt and Bridget Pickering, a multiple award-winning production company which he managed for 10 years. Fireworx Media produced some of the highest rated drama series on South African television, including KEEPING SCORE (Telenovela, 156 x 24', SABC) and HUSTLE (Drama, 26 x 48', ETV). Dan produced 44 x 30' films for the documentary series FACES OF AFRICA broadcast on China Global Television Network (formerly known as CCTV), which tells stories about ordinary Africans doing extraordinary things. In 2013 he co-produced with Neil Brandt THE DEVIL's LAIR, directed by Riaan Hendricks, which won Best Feature Documentary and Best Editing at the South African Film Awards that year. In 2014, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of South Africa's liberation, he co-produced ONE HUMANITY with Tony Hollingsworth, directed by Mickey Dube, which vividly brings to life the history of the international Anti-Apartheid Movement using music, archive and interview.
In 2018, Dan formed Known Associates Entertainment (KAE). A partnership with Joel Phiri and Tshepiso Sello, KAE develops original in-house content across genres, while also serving local and international producers looking to shoot their projects in South Africa and across Africa.
Known for his commitment to advocacy, transformation and diversity, Dan has always been an active volunteer and contributor to industry organisations and NGO's throughout his career and has provided leadership and direction in the sector. He is the co-founder of SASFED, the South African Screen Federation and was a Distribution and Marketing advisor to the SA National Film and Video Foundation from 2005 - 2014. He was an Executive Committee member on the IPO Board for many years and is a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Zimbabwe International Film Festival, a festival he co-founded in 1998 now in it's 20th edition.
In 2018 Dan was invited to be a judge of the International Emmy Awards.
Author: Martin Gallagher, Screen Stories
He started in the industry in 1997 as a Publicist on the film KINI AND ADAMS, which was selected for Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palm d'Or that year. In 2000, he launched Ice Media with Joel Phiri in Johannesburg. Pioneers in digital filmmaking in South Africa, Ice Media employed some of today's most successful producers, giving them their first jobs, and was the incubator for the iconic DV8 Films brand. In 2005, Dan and Mark Kaplan won an Emmy for "Most Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Achievement" for the film A LION'S TRAIL directed by Francois Verster.
In 2008, Dan established Fireworx Media with Neil Brandt and Bridget Pickering, a multiple award-winning production company which he managed for 10 years. Fireworx Media produced some of the highest rated drama series on South African television, including KEEPING SCORE (Telenovela, 156 x 24', SABC) and HUSTLE (Drama, 26 x 48', ETV). Dan produced 44 x 30' films for the documentary series FACES OF AFRICA broadcast on China Global Television Network (formerly known as CCTV), which tells stories about ordinary Africans doing extraordinary things. In 2013 he co-produced with Neil Brandt THE DEVIL's LAIR, directed by Riaan Hendricks, which won Best Feature Documentary and Best Editing at the South African Film Awards that year. In 2014, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of South Africa's liberation, he co-produced ONE HUMANITY with Tony Hollingsworth, directed by Mickey Dube, which vividly brings to life the history of the international Anti-Apartheid Movement using music, archive and interview.
In 2018, Dan formed Known Associates Entertainment (KAE). A partnership with Joel Phiri and Tshepiso Sello, KAE develops original in-house content across genres, while also serving local and international producers looking to shoot their projects in South Africa and across Africa.
Known for his commitment to advocacy, transformation and diversity, Dan has always been an active volunteer and contributor to industry organisations and NGO's throughout his career and has provided leadership and direction in the sector. He is the co-founder of SASFED, the South African Screen Federation and was a Distribution and Marketing advisor to the SA National Film and Video Foundation from 2005 - 2014. He was an Executive Committee member on the IPO Board for many years and is a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Zimbabwe International Film Festival, a festival he co-founded in 1998 now in it's 20th edition.
In 2018 Dan was invited to be a judge of the International Emmy Awards.
Author: Martin Gallagher, Screen Stories