User:Kevindutoit

Kevin Du Toit studied fashion designing in South Africa and moved to Hollywood in 1996 to pursue a career in fashion.

Kevin’s film career began in the late 90’s for Roger Corman.

In 1998, he Directed “Bug Night,” an 84 minute feature film done in one-continuous-take. Breaking all records, including Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope,” placing him in the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS 2002.

In 1998 Kevin joined Steven Spielberg’s new Film Studio, DreamWorks SKG.

Kevin continued as Producer/Director on the Independent films “SOAP”, “The Story of Jack & Jill” and Award Winning “Abundant Life”. He directed the commercial “Urban Rags” active sports-ware, which aired on MTV, VH1, ESPN and FOX Sports News for nine months. Kevin Directed a 35mm Short Film, “Hot Rush”, with cameos by Claudia Christian, Brenda Bakke (The Chase) and Jason (Jay) Mewes (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mall Rats, Dogma, Jay and Bob’s Amazing Adventure), and which was accepted into the 2002 DreamWorks SKG Film Festival. A Super 16mm Short Film “Yuri & Me” followed, that was an entry into the 2003 DreamWorks SKG Film Festival, and along with a 24P film also Directed by Kevin called “Tagged.”

Kevin spent eight months in Editorial on director John Moore’s, “Flight of the Phoenix” (20th Century Fox) starring Dennis Quaid and Tyrese Gibson (Transformers). The film was entirely shot in Swakopmund, Namibia. In 2004 he won 1st Prize and $17,000 from the 2004 Amsterdam International Film Festival for his Hip-Hop screenplay “Cape Flats” now titled “Underground”. He also wrote, produced, directed and edited the one-of-a-kind cult movie “Tau ya Soweto”, which was shot in Soweto, South Africa and won the Human Rights Award in 2005.

Recently directed “Vow of Silence” a 24P short film for Sam Raimi (director of Spiderman 1, 2 & 3), and a 3D Animated short film “Arthur’s Asteroid.” Recently directed the feature film “Noel’s Journey”. 2008 Kevin Directed two feature films for Warner Bro's DVD. His second feature film “Black Woman's Guide to getting Married.”

Kevin is known for his stylish portraits of the human experience. He is passionate about the story with a focus on his directing craft - he shoots for the edit.