Hanneke is a writer, director, script editor and photographer based in Jo'burg, South Africa. In 2018 she was named one of the 25 Screenwriters to watch by Movie Maker Magazine and the Austin Film Festival. Her second feature film Meerkat Moonship premiered at the Austin Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI critics prize at the Schlingel Film Festival in Germany. The film was invited to screen at over 25 international film festivals. Her second short film Saving Norman starred Willem Dafoe in the lead and was produced by Dana Brunetti and Kevin Spacey.
When she's not making films she's taking photos of dogs and food.
Currently in development:
THE POEM (Feature, drama)
- Script development funded by the National Film and Video Foundation
- Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist
MOTHER ME (TV Comedy Pilot)
- Sundance Episodic Lab Second Round
- Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist
- 8/10 Black List
DRUMMIES (Feature, Sports, Coming of Age)
Script development funded by the National Film and Video Foundation
HAG (Feature, Psychological Thriller)
Top 10 Finalist, Final Draft Big Break Competition 2023
Red list top 20, Coverfly Thriller October 2023
8/10 Black List
THE TRIANGLE (TV Mystery, Sci-Fi Pilot)