Avril Beukes, ACE
Avril Beukes' career spans decades. She has edited more than 25 feature films as well as numerous TV scripted series, documentaries and short films.
“Yesterday”, a film in the Zulu language, was nominated for the 2005 Foreign Film Oscar. "Little One", which she edited in 2012, was selected as the South African Foreign Language entry to the 2013 Academy Awards. Other highlights include "Red Dust" starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor (for which she received the inaugural Golden Horn Award for Feature Film Editing in 2006), working with a bevy of female directors such as Liesl Tommy, Julie Dash, Neema Barnette, Numa Perrier and Ayoka Chenzira on Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar” and Tarell McCraney’s lyrical OWN series “David Makes Man”.
Whilst still in her native South Africa, Avril won numerous awards for her editing work in feature films and television. She edited the debut feature films of directors Tom Hooper and Gavin Hood and worked extensively with Darrell James Roodt.
Avril has worked as a director, writer and editor. Her narrative directing debut in 1995 was a comedy entitled "Toorgeld" for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. In 1998, she directed a 13-part documentary series profiling individual members of different units of the South African Police.
Avril has written two series which were broadcast in South Africa. "Sien Jy Nou!”, a 10-part youth drama series and "Viva", a 13-part dramedy series.
“Yesterday”, a film in the Zulu language, was nominated for the 2005 Foreign Film Oscar. "Little One", which she edited in 2012, was selected as the South African Foreign Language entry to the 2013 Academy Awards. Other highlights include "Red Dust" starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor (for which she received the inaugural Golden Horn Award for Feature Film Editing in 2006), working with a bevy of female directors such as Liesl Tommy, Julie Dash, Neema Barnette, Numa Perrier and Ayoka Chenzira on Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar” and Tarell McCraney’s lyrical OWN series “David Makes Man”.
Whilst still in her native South Africa, Avril won numerous awards for her editing work in feature films and television. She edited the debut feature films of directors Tom Hooper and Gavin Hood and worked extensively with Darrell James Roodt.
Avril has worked as a director, writer and editor. Her narrative directing debut in 1995 was a comedy entitled "Toorgeld" for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. In 1998, she directed a 13-part documentary series profiling individual members of different units of the South African Police.
Avril has written two series which were broadcast in South Africa. "Sien Jy Nou!”, a 10-part youth drama series and "Viva", a 13-part dramedy series.