Dorette Nel

An experienced Writer/Producer who does more than wrestle with words, Dorette was selling tickets to her self-conceptualised back-yard concerts long before she hit the school benches. Her passion for entertaining people led her to content development and scriptwriting.

She has worked in various genres of live-action television and feature films. She has been a crucial member of the writing team of Africa’s longest-running and most popular daily, “Generations, The Legacy” for seven seasons; as well as its predecessor “Generations”.

A team player who has graced many story rooms, she formed part of teams who recently completed 2 sitcom series and a 13-part drama “Erased” for DSTV channel 157, Moja Love.

She wrote and produced a short, animated film aimed at the art circuit, “Ruby & Roach”, that was awarded Best South African Short Film & Best African Short Film at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), received an Honourable mention at the Jozi Film Festival and Kyiv Short Fest; and it has been screened in Croatia, Bucharest, Capri, Bulgaria, Ghana, Kenya and Turkey, to name but a few.

She is currently developing an animated series for tweens, “Spling-Go & Friends”, and is equally at home working as producer, storyteller, editor, strategist, motivator, coach, and sometimes…therapist.