- Rory Kilalea has worked in education, feature film, theatre, animation, advertising, television and radio since 1980.
- With credits in feature films with Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon and award winning commercials, Rory now devotes much of his energy to education.
- He mentors and judges workshops all over the world. E.g. Writing for Film and Stage, Acting for Film and Improvisation.
- His workshops have been in Nigeria, Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg, Dubai, Oxford and London.
- As a Senior Lecturer at the MetFilm School, London, and SAE Middlesex University Dubai, Rory lectured and designed syllabuses for short film courses, Philosophy of Media, Directing and Acting for Camera modules.
- His passion - allowing students to discover their own creative voice.
Rory is available for workshops, masterclasses and mentoring sessions for filmmakers.
Experience
He has taught at Baccalaureate and GCSE Senior schools and as a Senior Lecturer at the MetFilm School, London, and Middlesex University (SAE) in Oxford and Dubai.
- Rory lectured and designed syllabuses for short film courses, theatre, acting and directing modules in London institutions and colleges for mixed age and adults.
- He has written and directed plays at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland,in Harare, Zimbabwe, and London.
- He has taught theatre and stage skills at the University of Zimbabwe and schools in South Africa, UAE, Greece, Oxford and London.
- He has experience as a Professional actor and film/theatre Director in Zimbabwe, Israel, England and Scotland
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- 2017 - Senior Adjudicator – Allied Arts Speech and Drama Festival – Zimbabwe
- 2018 – Co ordinator and Mentor for Workshops for teachers and colleges throughout Zimbabwe
- 2018 – Lecturer for DSTV (South Africa) Master classes on Directing and Production in Zambia
- 2019 – Author -a series of comedy plays for I’Themba Academy and Purple Berry Productions Harare
- 2019 – Workshop Lecturer in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on Film Writing and Pitching.
Film
An interest in rights and equality led to Production Manager, Line Producer, Second Unit Director and Producer for most of the anti apartheid films shot in Africa; responsible for the budgeting, planning, cost control and management of over 30 Feature Films and Television Series, including:
The Power Of One (Warner Brothers)
Cry Freedom (Universal - Richard Attenborough)
A Story Like The Wind (Disney - Spielberg)
A World Apart (Working Title - Chris Menges)
Jit (Film Africa - First Zimbabwean Feature)
Congo (Kathy Kennedy/Frank Marshall/ Spielberg).
Yellow Card Media For Development Trust Zimbabwe
Mandela (HBO) TV Series
Producer and writer for animation commercials, e.g. Kellogg’s, Coca Cola, GulfAir etc
- His responsibility covered employment in excess of 230 international crew; 1,000 local Kenyans / Ugandans / Namibians / Zimbabweans and South Africans per film / Camera and Equipment deals / Sound and Lighting supply.
Rory has directed and written/produced the following;
- Second Unit for BBC - DARK CITY (feature film)
- Location filming for Paul Simon’s GRACELAND CONCERT.
- Documentaries/corporates include the BBC (UK) Quest (USA) Fortune Promo 7 (Bahrain/ Kuwait) Filmworks (UAE).
- He has also worked with the Johns Hopkins University (USA), the Ford Foundation and UNESCO in Tanzania / Uganda and Zimbabwe on awareness films for and Health for Africa.
- He has worked as mentoring director/writer on ‘capacity building projects’ in Africa with Media For Development (Harare/USA.)
Development
- TV Drama - Flutes Over Zanzibar
- African Tales- Series of 10 edgy African Stories, Made by Africans- Drama
Both are at pitch stage
Television Commercials
He has directed over 200 Advertising Commercials including:
- Coca Cola/Sprite UK/ Egypt / Lebanon / UAE / CNN / ArabSat
- Land Rover Discovery UK/ Middle East / Channel 4
- Christian Aid Commercial UK//Europe
- Nivea UK//Europe
Awards for the TVC's were from New York and London
Publications
Rory has written short stories, film scripts, TV Docs and radio- below are some of them-
- The ‘I’ Word. - Short Story 2013 Edited by Kate Gould (UK)
- Colours – Short Story/Play 2012 Ashgrove Publishing. (UK)
- Weaver Press 2009. Co Editor.
- Writing Still - Short stories 2005 – Weaver Press
‘Colours’ (his play - Edinburgh Festival) was adapted into a radio play by Rory for the BBC, and was filmed as a one-hour programme for MetFilm.
The Toilet Book of Filming in Africa - True Stories - book to be published 2019
- Rory Kilalea has worked in education, feature film, theatre, animation, advertising, television and radio since 1980.
- With credits in feature films with Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon and award winning commercials, Rory now devotes much of his energy to education.
- He mentors and judges workshops all over the world. E.g. Writing for Film and Stage, Acting for Film and Improvisation.
- His workshops have been in Nigeria, Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg, Dubai, Oxford and London.
- As a Senior Lecturer at the MetFilm School, London, and SAE Middlesex University Dubai, Rory lectured and designed syllabuses for short film courses, Philosophy of Media, Directing and Acting for Camera modules.
- His passion - allowing students to discover their own creative voice.
Rory is available for workshops, masterclasses and mentoring sessions for filmmakers.
Experience
He has taught at Baccalaureate and GCSE Senior schools and as a Senior Lecturer at the MetFilm School, London, and Middlesex University (SAE) in Oxford and Dubai.
- Rory lectured and designed syllabuses for short film courses, theatre, acting and directing modules in London institutions and colleges for mixed age and adults.
- He has written and directed plays at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland,in Harare, Zimbabwe, and London.
- He has taught theatre and stage skills at the University of Zimbabwe and schools in South Africa, UAE, Greece, Oxford and London.
- He has experience as a Professional actor and film/theatre Director in Zimbabwe, Israel, England and Scotland
More...
- 2017 - Senior Adjudicator – Allied Arts Speech and Drama Festival – Zimbabwe
- 2018 – Co ordinator and Mentor for Workshops for teachers and colleges throughout Zimbabwe
- 2018 – Lecturer for DSTV (South Africa) Master classes on Directing and Production in Zambia
- 2019 – Author -a series of comedy plays for I’Themba Academy and Purple Berry Productions Harare
- 2019 – Workshop Lecturer in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on Film Writing and Pitching.
Film
An interest in rights and equality led to Production Manager, Line Producer, Second Unit Director and Producer for most of the anti apartheid films shot in Africa; responsible for the budgeting, planning, cost control and management of over 30 Feature Films and Television Series, including:
The Power Of One (Warner Brothers)
Cry Freedom (Universal - Richard Attenborough)
A Story Like The Wind (Disney - Spielberg)
A World Apart (Working Title - Chris Menges)
Jit (Film Africa - First Zimbabwean Feature)
Congo (Kathy Kennedy/Frank Marshall/ Spielberg).
Yellow Card Media For Development Trust Zimbabwe
Mandela (HBO) TV Series
Producer and writer for animation commercials, e.g. Kellogg’s, Coca Cola, GulfAir etc
- His responsibility covered employment in excess of 230 international crew; 1,000 local Kenyans / Ugandans / Namibians / Zimbabweans and South Africans per film / Camera and Equipment deals / Sound and Lighting supply.
Rory has directed and written/produced the following;
- Second Unit for BBC - DARK CITY (feature film)
- Location filming for Paul Simon’s GRACELAND CONCERT.
- Documentaries/corporates include the BBC (UK) Quest (USA) Fortune Promo 7 (Bahrain/ Kuwait) Filmworks (UAE).
- He has also worked with the Johns Hopkins University (USA), the Ford Foundation and UNESCO in Tanzania / Uganda and Zimbabwe on awareness films for and Health for Africa.
- He has worked as mentoring director/writer on ‘capacity building projects’ in Africa with Media For Development (Harare/USA.)
Development
- TV Drama - Flutes Over Zanzibar
- African Tales- Series of 10 edgy African Stories, Made by Africans- Drama
Both are at pitch stage
Television Commercials
He has directed over 200 Advertising Commercials including:
- Coca Cola/Sprite UK/ Egypt / Lebanon / UAE / CNN / ArabSat
- Land Rover Discovery UK/ Middle East / Channel 4
- Christian Aid Commercial UK//Europe
- Nivea UK//Europe
Awards for the TVC's were from New York and London
Publications
Rory has written short stories, film scripts, TV Docs and radio- below are some of them-
- The ‘I’ Word. - Short Story 2013 Edited by Kate Gould (UK)
- Colours – Short Story/Play 2012 Ashgrove Publishing. (UK)
- Weaver Press 2009. Co Editor.
- Writing Still - Short stories 2005 – Weaver Press
‘Colours’ (his play - Edinburgh Festival) was adapted into a radio play by Rory for the BBC, and was filmed as a one-hour programme for MetFilm.
The Toilet Book of Filming in Africa - True Stories - book to be published 2019