Nic Hofmeyr kicked off his career in the nineteen eighties, working mainly on music videos in London and Los Angeles, before moving to Johannesburg where he directed some seminal clips for South African artistes, in the politically charged climate of the late nineteen eighties and early nineties.At the same time he got into the then vibrant worl... Read More

Nic Hofmeyr kicked off his career in the nineteen eighties, working mainly on music videos in London and Los Angeles, before moving to Johannesburg where he directed some seminal clips for South African artistes, in the politically charged climate of the late nineteen eighties and early nineties.At the same time he got into the then vibrant world of documentary film making, in the process witnessing many of the tumultuous events that led to South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994. He went on to direct and photograph many documentaries around the African continent.Today he’s made the move to fiction filmmaking as a Director of Photography, shooting feature films and television drama. Nic is known for his gritty depiction of the city of Johannesburg and its environs, photographing films such as Gangsters Paradise: Jerusalema, How to Steal Two Million, Dora’s Peace, Freedom, and in self-penned feature doc Main Reef Road. Read Less