AFDA (South African School of Motion
Picture Medium and Live Performance) has appointed Laszlo Bene as the Head of
the Television School at the Durban Campus.
A producer and director, Laszlo Bene has
worked on a number of national and international productions. Having received
his education and work experience in the trenches of the Hollywood film community,
he has produced over a dozen motion pictures.
In 2006, he swapped Hollywood for
Johannesburg where he entered the realms of television. He has worked on a
number of productions, including the popular children’s series, Takalani Sesame and created/produced a
number of projects, such as the Afrikaans family game show, Dis Rugby! which was based on one of
South Africa’s favourite past-times, rugby, the show was kykNET's biggest hit
in 2007. While working in the industry, he has been also involved in academics.
Since 2010 Laszlo Bene has been working at
AFDA as a guest lecturer, teaching production related subjects at the
Johannesburg and Cape Town campuses. Recently he has moved from producing to
directing when he started working on Nigeria's top television show, Gulder Ultimate Search. Taking the show
to new nights and even higher ratings, he has directed season 9 and 10 of this
epic series.
"I am excited to head up the
television school in AFDA Durban. I believe this newest AFDA campus has the
potential to not only produce future television professionals in the KZN area
but through this has a chance to grow the local industry as well. I am looking
forward to following the AFDA tradition of nurturing highly creative and
talented individuals who upon graduation will become the future of South
Africa's and KZN's television industry,” he says.
Dean of AFDA Durban Campus, Franco Human
said: “We are excited to have Laszlo head up the Television School here at the
Durban Campus, a person of his calibre and experience is very much appreciated
and he surely will add to the high level education that we give to our
students.”
For more information about AFDA contact
Milena Gevers on 031 569 2252 or e-mail her on milenag@afda.co.za