John Trengove
DirectorAbout
Born in 1978 in South Africa, he studied at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and directed television documentaries and commercials. In 2010, his miniseries Hopeville won numerous awards. He also worked as a theatre director and his stage play “The Epicene Butcher” won the Amsterdam Fringe Festival Award for Best International Production in 2012. He released his feature film debut The Wound in 2017, which was screened at the Sundance and Berlin festivals, and shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 2018. Manodrome is his second feature film.
2023 Manodrome
2017 Les Initiés The Wound
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