Cecil Moller
{{short description|Namibian film director and producer (born 1967)}}
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Cecil Moller (born 1967) is a Namibian film director and producer.
Biography
Moller was born in Namibia in 1967 and came to the United States to study art. Interested in magical realism, he received his bachelor's degree in communications from Ramapo College.{{cite web |title=Graduation Film Book |url=https://issuu.com/dodge/docs/gradbook |publisher=Chapman University's Dodge College of Film |accessdate=11 October 2020 |page=65 |date=June 8, 2010}} Moller worked as a sound engineer, cinematographer and editor for several productions before directing his own films. He made his film directing debut with No Plot in 1991. It was the first of several feature films he made in the 1990s.{{cite web |title=Cecil Moller |url=http://africultures.com/personnes/?no=6809 |website=Africultures |accessdate=11 October 2020 |language=French}} In 2000, the Namibian Film Commission Act was passed to promote local film directors such as Moller.{{cite book|author=Jule Selbo|editor=Jill Nelmes |editor2=Jule Selbo|title=Women Screenwriters: An International Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGikCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA29|year=2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-31237-2|page=29}}
In 2001, Moller explored the lives of prostitutes in Walvis Bay dependent on seasonal shipping trawlers in his award-winning short film House of Love.{{cite web |title=House of Love |url=http://newsreel.org/video/HOUSE-OF-LOVE |website=California Newsreel |accessdate=11 October 2020}} He wanted to figure out why these women, some of whom he knew from school, had become sex workers.{{cite journal |title=House of Love |journal=BFM: Black Filmmaker |date=2002 |volume=5 |issue=16 |publisher=Black Filmmaker Publications Limited}} From 2004 to 2007, he served as chairman of the Namibian Film Commission.{{cite news |last1=Philander |first1=Frederick |title=Namibia: Film Industry At a Crucial Stage |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200707060347.html |accessdate=11 October 2020 |work=New Era |publisher=AllAfrica |date=6 July 2007}} Moller estimated the Namibia was missing out on 50 percent of the revenue that could come from major international productions in the country like Generation Kill because of the lack of infrastructure.{{cite news |last1=Hartman |first1=Adam |title=Namibia the big loser in new war epic |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/print.php?id=36564&type=2 |accessdate=11 October 2020 |work=The Namibian |date=16 May 2007}}
Moller received his master's degree in film production from Chapman University in 2010. He came out with the short film Marvin and Stevie and God shortly after his graduation.{{cite news |title=Namibia: Catch 'Marvin, Stevie and God' at the FNCC Tonight |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201101270269.html |accessdate=11 October 2020 |work=The Namibian |publisher=AllAfrica |date=26 January 2011}} In 2016, Moller co-produced Perivi Katjavivi's first feature film The Unseen, exploring the themes of post-colonial Namibian identity and existentialism.{{cite news |last1=Ellaya |first1=Chanelle |title='The Unseen' explores notions of postcolonial identity and existentialism |url=https://www.screenafrica.com/2016/04/10/film/the-unseen-explores-notions-of-postcolonial-identity-and-existentialism/ |accessdate=11 October 2020 |work=Screen Africa |date=10 April 2016}} He received the Best Film Director Award at the 2017 Namibian Film & Theatre Awards.{{cite web |title=2017 NFTA - The Show |url=http://artscouncilnam.org/component/phocagallery/category/17-2017-nfta-the-show |website=Arts Council of Namibia |accessdate=11 October 2020}}
Filmography
- 1991 : No Plot
- 1992 : Culture Shock
- 1992 : Black and White
- 1993 : The Journey (short film)
- 1993 : Drugs and Rock and Roll
- 1995 : Village Square
- 1997 : The Naming
- 2000 : Khomasdal Stories (short film)
- 2001 : House of Love (short film)
- 2005 : Savanna Stories (TV series, two episodes)
- 2009 : Marvin and Stevie and God (short film)
- 2010 : Suburban Superhero (short film)
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2377178/ Cecil Moller] at the Internet Movie Database
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Category:Namibian film directors
Category:Namibian film producers