I'm Deborah May, a filmmaker and multi-camera producer/director/editor with a background in Fine Art from South Africa and London. I’ve collaborated with leading artists and arts organizations, creating large-scale installations, documentaries, and promotional films, as well as experimental shorts with visual and performance artists. Since 2015 I’ve focused on disability arts as a mentor and collaborator, and I work as a freelance film artist in Sydney, telling unusual stories and collaborating with artists and storytellers whose voices are seldom heard. My work includes multi-channel installation Breakthroughs, documentary series Finding Our Voice, Maxine Doyle's Sunset, Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, and documentary You Have Struck a Rock. I enjoy co-creating with artists and storytellers, blending image, sound, and movement to create immersive experiences across theatre, dance, and film. You can see more at kinoki.co.uk.

Deborah May

I'm Deborah May, a filmmaker and multi-camera producer/director/editor with a background in Fine Art from South Africa and London. I’ve collaborated with leading artists and arts organizations, creating large-scale installations, documentaries, and promotional films, as well as experimental shorts with visual and performance artists. Since 2015 I’ve focused on disability arts as a mentor and collaborator, and I work as a freelance film artist in Sydney, telling unusual stories and collaborating with artists and storytellers whose voices are seldom heard. My work includes multi-channel installation Breakthroughs, documentary series Finding Our Voice, Maxine Doyle's Sunset, Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, and documentary You Have Struck a Rock. I enjoy co-creating with artists and storytellers, blending image, sound, and movement to create immersive experiences across theatre, dance, and film. You can see more at kinoki.co.uk.

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I’m Deborah May, a filmmaker and multi-camera producer/director/editor with a background in Fine Art from South Africa and London. I’ve collaborated with leading artists and arts organizations, creating large-scale installations, documentaries, and promotional films, as well as experimental shorts with visual and performance artists. Since 2015 I’ve focused on disability arts as a mentor and collaborator, and I work as a freelance film artist in Sydney, telling unusual stories and collaborating with artists and storytellers whose voices are seldom heard.

My work includes multi-channel installation Breakthroughs, documentary series Finding Our Voice, Maxine Doyle’s Sunset, Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, and documentary You Have Struck a Rock. I enjoy co-creating with artists and storytellers, blending image, sound, and movement to create immersive experiences across theatre, dance, and film. You can see more at kinoki.co.uk.

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Fine Art studies at South Africa
January 11, 2030 - January 15, 2026
Fine Art studies at St Martin's School of Art, London
January 11, 2030 - January 15, 2026

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Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization
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    Moments from live theatre recordings, documentary and interviews from large-scale productions for television, small productions for promos and online audiences and multi-screen installation and theatrical works in London (Barbican Theatre, Laban Centre), Paris (Grand Halle de la Villette) and Cape Town (Handspring Puppet Co.) More works on my website: https://www.twine.net/signin videoeditor
    You Have Struck a Rock teaser
    You Have Struck a Rock documents the extraordinary civil disobedience campaigns led by women against South Africa's repressive apartheid laws. A long forgotten story, recalled by the leaders several decades later and featuring rare footage unearthed in the archives of the news organisations who covered the protests with music recreated by South African musicians and activists. video filmdirector videoeditor