John 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]

John Riber
Born
John Riber

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

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
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1991NeriaProducer, Cinematographer, Script editorFilm
1993More TimeProducer, writerFilm
1996Everyone's ChildProducer, writerFilm
2000Yellow CardDirector, writer, ProducerFilm
2002ShandaDirectorFilm
2009Mwamba NgomaProducerDocumentary
2011ChumoProducer, writerShort film
2012Siri ya MtungiProducerTV series
2014MdundikoProducerFilm
2015Dar NoirProducerFilm
2017Tunu: The GiftExecutive producerFilm
2018FatumaProducerFilm
2018BahashaProducerFilm

References
  1. "John Riber". MUBI. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. "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. "Yellow Card's great leap". www.yellow-card.com. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
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