Dan Jawitz

Dan Jawitz (born 1960) is a South African film and television producer. He is the co-founder of Ice Media and he with Mark J Kaplan were both producers on A Lion's Trail which won 27th annual News and documentary Emmy Award.[1]

Career

Jawitz started in the industry as a publicist on the film Kini and Adams which was selected for Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival (1997) and nominated for a Palme d’Or.[2]

In 2000, he launched Ice Media with Joel Phiri in Johannesburg.[3][4] More than a decade later, Jawitz and Phiri reunited to form Known Associates Entertainment.[5]

Previous partnerships include, Fireworx Media[6] which Jawitz established in 2008 with Neil Brandt and Bridget Pickering. He managed thisproduction company as the Managing Director for 10 years, producing shows on South African television, including Keeping Score (Telenovela, SABC2)[7] and Hustle (Drama, ETV).[8]

In 2014 he co-produced One Humanity with Tony Hollingsworth, directed by Mickey Dube, which vividly brings to life the history of the international Anti-Apartheid Movement using music, archive and interview.[9]

Other work

Jawitz is the co-founder of SASFED, the South African Screen Federation[10] and was a Distribution and Marketing Advisor to the South African National Film and Video Foundation[11] from 2005 to 2014. He was also an Executive Committee member on the IPO Board[12] for many years.

Accolades

In 2005, Jawitz won an Emmy Award for A Lion's Trail for "Most Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Achievement".[13][14][15]

References
  1. 27th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUME NTARY EMMY AWARDS
  2. "Kini & Adams - Festival de Cannes". Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  3. "South Africans at the Cannes festival". African Intelligence. African Intelligence. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. "Africultures". Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "Known Associates Entertainment". Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. "Fireworx Media". Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. "Channel24". 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  8. "ETV". Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. "One Humanity". IMDb. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  10. "SASFED". SA Screen Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  11. "National Film and Video Foundation". NFVF. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  12. "Independent Producers Organisation". IPO. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  13. "Screen Africa". 26 September 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2006.
  14. "What I'm watching: Producer Dan Jawitz". Times Live. Times Live. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  15. "Discop Africa: Africa's Biggest TV Market Wraps With Eye on Expansion". Variety. Variety. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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