Amy Jephta
Amy Jephta hails from Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town and works variously as a filmmaker, playwright, screenwriter, director and academic.
Works
Catch Me a Killer
Follow South Africa’s first forensic and investigative psychologist, Micki Pistorius (played by Charlotte Hope), as she studies the minds of South Africa's serial killers. Catch Me A Killer is an adaptation of Micki's autobiography that details her work as the first female criminal profiler in the country, which is brought to life as the events are depicted in the series.
Release Date:2024-02-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:11
Vote Count:11
Barakat
An aging matriarch aims to bring together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr to break the news about her new romance.
Release Date:2021-05-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Skemerdans
Skemerdans is a Cape Flats neo-noir murder mystery set at the Oasis jazz club, the center of a power struggle between two brothers, a scorned widow and an organized crime syndicate.
Release Date:2021-04-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:13
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Based on true events, the film tells a story of the damaged relationship between a woman and her son, who is addicted to drug abuse. It also narrates the itenary of events that led to the murder of her son, as well as the legal process that followed afterwards.
Release Date:2018-09-07
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:4
Soldaat
Release Date:2017-08-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Sonskyn Beperk
Anya du Plessis returns to Philadelphia, South Africa from New York to repair the fractious relationship with her father Marius, and to help with the struggling farm. She finds her father's crutch for dealing with her mother's passing, is an obsession with his beer brewing hobby, he believes is the answer to their financial woes. When leaving New York, Anya is also leaving behind Jacob, her boyfriend and work colleague, and the last thing she expects is to fall for a suave, charming stranger. Ruan is on a mission from his Brewing Company, to identify a new winning beer recipe with which to enter the annual craft beer competition, and comes across Marius' farm and special brew, the only thing standing in his path to craft beer glory, is the feisty daughter of the farmer.
Release Date:2016-03-11
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay