Pascale Lamche (born July 1960), is a French–South African filmmaker. She is known as the director of several critically acclaimed film including Stalingrad, Black Diamond, Pakistan Zindabad, French Beauty, Accused #1: Nelson Mandela, Sophiatown and Winnie. Apart from filmmaking, she is also a producer, writer and cinematographer.
Career She obtained a first-class Honours B.A degree in Modern History from the University of Sussex and the Sorbonne. Then she started film career in London at the independent film center, Cinema Action, and worked for The European Script Fund in 1989. However, she later moved to Paris to establish ICONE, a venture for co-producing film and television. She had the chance to work in London and Paris as an independent producer and director. She accompany with production company Little Bird to make documentaries. Then she joined to 'La Cie Phares et Balises' and became the Director of International Co-Productions for Cameras Continentales.
Lamche made films with Alexander McQueen and for the Gucci group for produce several fashion advertisements. She also made feature documentaries and series both as a writer-producer and writer-director for many international broadcasters. She joined with many television serials as the producer for projects such as Bookmark, Great Performances, L'art et la manière. In 2003, she directed her maiden film Sophiatown, which gained critical acclaim.
In 2017, she made the documentary film Winnie, which deals with the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her struggle to bring down Apartheid in South Africa. The film was screened as a part of the Human Rights Festival 2019. In the same year, she won the award for the Best Director for International Documentary at Sundance Film Festival.
In April 2018, Lamche explained that former minister of safety and security Sydney Mufamadi has vindicated her during a media briefing.
Filmography
Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1997 Bookmark Producer TV series 1998 Undressed: Fashion in the Twentieth Century Producer TV movie documentary 2001 Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace Producer TV movie documentary 2000 Waiting for Harvey: A Beginner's Guide to Cannes Producer Documentary 2002 The King of Communism: The Pomp & Pageantry of Nicolae Ceausescu Executive producer TV movie documentary 2002 Great Performances Co-producer TV series 2003 Sophiatown Director, producer, writer Documentary 2004 Accused #1: Nelson Mandela Director TV movie documentary 2005 French Beauty Director, writer, cinematographer TV movie documentary 2006 L'art et la manière Director TV series 2007 Pakistan zindabad: Longue vie au Pakistan Director TV movie documentary 2010 Black Diamond Director Documentary 2015 Stalingrad: Plus un pas en arrière Director Documentary 2017 Winnie Director Documentary
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Filmmaker Gives New Perspective on Winnie Mandela Winnie Mandela the movie: 'She was volatile and uncontrollable, and that was punished'