John Riber

John Riber
Born
John Riber

India
Occupation(s)Director, Producer, Film lab technician, Cameraman, Editor, Scriptwriter, Producer
Years active1979–present
SpouseLouise Riber

John Riber is an Indian-born Zimbabwean filmmaker and producer.[1] He is best known for directing the 2000 Zimbabwean comedy drama Yellow Card.[2][3][4]

Career

He was born and raised in India. In 1977, he completed university film studies in the United States. John along with his wife Louise Riber started making films in the development arena since 1979, particularly in Bangladesh and in India.[5] Then in 1987, they moved to Zimbabwe and established Media for Development Trust (MFD), one of Africa's leading production and distribution houses.[2] The first film directed by John and Louise after moving to Zimbabwe is Consequences. The film won numerous festival awards and became a commercial hit. In 2000, he directed the comedy drama film Yellow Card starring Leroy Gopal and Kasamba Mkumba.[6] The film received mixed reviews from critics and later screened at several film festivals such as Carthage Film Festival, Zanzibar International Film Festival, Southern African Film Festival in October and at Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco).[7]

With that success, the duo made many popular Zimbabwean feature films such as Neria, More Time and Everyone's Child. The theme of most of the films and soap operas are based on reproductive health issues in Africa.[7]

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
1991 Neria Producer, Cinematographer, Script editor Film
1993 More Time Producer, writer Film
1996 Everyone's Child Producer, writer Film
2000 Yellow Card Director, writer, Producer Film
2002 Shanda Director Film
2009 Mwamba Ngoma Producer Documentary
2011 Chumo Producer, writer Short film
2012 Siri ya Mtungi Producer TV series
2014 Mdundiko Producer Film
2015 Dar Noir Producer Film
2017 Tunu: The Gift Executive producer Film
2018 Fatuma Producer Film
2018 Bahasha Producer Film

References

  1. ^ "John Riber". MUBI. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Yellow Card by John Riber @ Brooklyn Film Festival". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Films by John Riber". trigon-film.org. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Films directed by John Riber". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Riber, John". African Film Festival, Inc. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Arts & Entertainment/Cinema-Zimbabwe: New Film To Be Seen By More Than 50m In Africa". Inter Press Service. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Yellow Card's great leap". www.yellow-card.com. Retrieved 9 October 2021.