Elan Gamaker is an award-winning screenwriter, director and editor. He has completed two feature-length screenplays and features, episodes for various television drama series, several shorts, and a number of commissioned scripts. He completed a PhD in Film Studies following a fellowship with the University of Amsterdam’s School of Cultural Analysis, and is Course Leader in BA Filmmaking in the Kingston School of Art at Kingston University, London. He is also founding director of London-based screenwriting feeder scheme Dissolve Into.
Sessions & Appearances
Fri 5 Jun
13:30 · Centre for Humanities Research, UWC
Filmmaking as Reparative Practice
A panel discussion for filmmakers, community members, healers looking at how the act of telling your story can assist in the processes of grief and trauma.
Featured Work
My Father’s Son
2026
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56
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African
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Feature
Two estranged South African brothers meet online for the first time and, through Zoom calls, uncover a shared past shaped by separation, trauma, and unexpected brotherhood.

