South African Film producer, broadcast and development executive, script consultant.
Since starting her career over 15 years ago, she has worked as a producer, broadcast and development executive as well as a script consultant on various films. She is passionate about media in general but film and television in particular. She worked within a public service broadcast environment as well as a commercial pay television environment. Over the years, she produced drama series, reality shows as well as lifestyle shows for various broadcasters in South Africa. Beyond her work as a producer, she has a deep passion for helping writers find the heart of their story through her work as a script consultant. The best scripts come when a writer is given permission to look beyond what they know.

In her 20-year strong creative journey, Mmabatho has worked as a producer, broadcaster (SABC, Kwese TV, TopTV), development executive as well as a script consultant. Roles that have harnessed her love for story and helping writers find their voice as storytellers. As development executive and broadcaster she has worked across the African continent from South Africa to Kenya to Ghana; working with producers to help bring their vision to life.
Her catalogue of work, as a script consultant, ranges from novel adaptations to politically potent films brought to life through titles such "Kalushi: The Solomon Mahlangu Story" and the sequel to "Happiness is a Four Letter Word" - "Happiness Ever After". Mmabatho's creative flair has also been injected outside South Africa as a consultant on the award-winning Lesotho based film "This is not a Burial", it's a Resurrection (REALNESS, Venice Biennale College Cinema 2019, Visionary Award winner Sundance 2019).
In 2017 Mmabatho was invited to co-mentor in REALNESS, a Pan African writing residency. Beyond Realness; she has mentored on the Canal+ Poland Series Lab (2021), The Philippines (Full Circle Lab 2019, 2020, 2022), Maisha Producers Lab (Uganda 2019), Jumpstart PRODUIRE AU SUD (South Africa 2019 and 2020), For Film's Sake- Attagirl Lab (Australia 2020 and 2022), The Pro Series Lab (Kenya 2020), BoostNL (Netherlands Film Festival/IFFR 2020), Dramatic Producer's Lab (Ethiopia 2019), EAVE Access Canada (2022). In addition to being a mentor, she has had the honour of being invited to participate in The Torino Script Lab (2018), EAVE (European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs 2020) and The Rotterdam Producer's Lab. She was head of scripted content at Rapid Blue, a Johannesburg-based production company. She currently works as a Development Executive and Script Consultant based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Her work as producer includes "Soul City 12" (a 26-part educational drama series on SABC 1).

Specialities: Script Development. Content acquisition/commissioning. Deal structuring. Channel Management.