David Schroder

Director and Screenwriter

Johannesburg, South Africa

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About David

I am a South African director and scriptwriter with 10+ years’ experience as a storyteller and prolific idea generator. My background as a commissioning editor means I have a strong sense for which stories have broad, international appeal, and I focus on creating content with the potential for adaptation into spin-off projects.

My debut feature film, Mense van die Wind (People of the Wind), released worldwide on Netflix in November 2022, and I have two feature films, two animated series, and a live-action television series currently in the development phase.

I have a B.IS (Publishing) and a BA Motion Picture Medium (Cum Laude).

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 9"

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Short

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Green

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Mense van die Wind Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama After the death of his fiancée, a dispassionate singer-songwriter moves back to his family’s farm to try and piece his life back together. There he gets a glimpse of what his future would have been like by witnessing his sister’s loveless marriage to an emotionless farmer, and finds hope in an abused young boy who he feels he can guide out of depression through his music.
Wraak - Vengeance Thriller A dogged but disillusioned reporter, whose family is planning to emigrate to Australia, is tasked with investigating the recent attempted murder of a white advocate by a taxi driver in a case of apparent road rage, and ends up risking everything he cares about to uncover the truth.

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Mense van die Wind
Film by Azania Productions Director and Writer After the devastating death of his girlfriend, singer-songwriter, Louw, flees the city and retreats to the tranquility of his family's farm, to make sense of his loss. He rekindles his friendship with an ex-girlfriend and befriends an abused and troubled teenager. By taking the teenager under his wing, Louw finds new focus and the strength to carry on.