South African filmmaker, academic, and artist.

Michael JAMES is a Screenwriter, Film Director, producer, actor, academic, and artist.

He is known for "Things We Found in the Silence", GOD'S WORK.

Michael is a Durban-based filmmaker, writer, academic, and artist passionate about storytelling that challenges historical narratives. He explores the intersection of myth and history through multiple mediums, using film, theatre, and academia to interrogate identity, race, gender, class, and faith. Alongside his career teaching film, philosophy, and political science, he has written several award-winning plays, including Things We Found in the Silence", which won the PANSA National Award. As a filmmaker, Michael has written, directed, and produced several works. His feature film, Dreams of Gomorrah, won three Simon Sabela Awards and two African Emerging Filmmaker Awards in 2020. The film is currently being distributed by MultiChoice across Africa. His documentary Free Education: The Story of Bonginkosi Khanyile premiered at the 2018 Encounters Documentary Film Festival before winning three awards at the African Diaspora Cinema Festival in Italy. Inspired by Tarkovsky, Godard, and Malick, his cinematic vision seeks to push artistic boundaries and redefine African storytelling.

Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► https://ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za/diff46/gods-work/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 17 August 2025