Roger Hawkins

Roger Hawkins was born and brought up in Harare, Zimbabwe. After completing a BSc (Agric) at the University of Natal, he embarked on a career that included being a school teacher, advertising copywriter, fumigator, soil surveyor, research assistant, lounge pianist, and landscape gardener.

In 1993, Roger resigned from his job as a maths teacher and took the brave step of hiring the largest theatre in Zimbabwe for the purpose of staging a musical he had written and directed. The show, "The Singer", was a resounding success. This led to producing the TV series "Adventure Unlimited" and the TV movie "Choose Freedom", which Roger also co-wrote.

Roger then studied directing at the Raindance Film School and John Truby's Writers Studio, both in London. On his return to Harare, Roger wrote and directed Dr Juju, a 60-minute TV movie shot in six days, which was followed by the children's junkmation fable, "The Legend of the Sky Kingdom".

"The Silent Fall" is his first South African film.

Roger Hawkins was born and brought up in Harare, Zimbabwe. After completing a BSc (Agric) at the University of Natal, he embarked on a career that included being a school teacher, advertising copywriter, fumigator, soil surveyor, research assistant, lounge pianist, and landscape gardener.

In 1993, Roger resigned from his job as a maths teacher and took the brave step of hiring the largest theatre in Zimbabwe for the purpose of staging a musical he had written and directed. The show, "The Singer", was a resounding success. This led to producing the TV series "Adventure Unlimited" and the TV movie "Choose Freedom", which Roger also co-wrote.

Roger then studied directing at the Raindance Film School and John Truby's Writers Studio, both in London. On his return to Harare, Roger wrote and directed Dr Juju, a 60-minute TV movie shot in six days, which was followed by the children's junkmation fable, "The Legend of the Sky Kingdom".

"The Silent Fall" is his first South African film.