John Trengove

John Trengove born March 21 1978 Johannesburg is a South African film director known for The Wound 2017 and Manodrome 2023 John Trengove was born in Johannesburg in 1978 Trengove is the son of famous South African advocate Wim Trengove He attended New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts In 2010 he directed the miniseries Hopeville which was nominated for an international Emmy and received the prestigious Rose dOr for drama It was also released as a 92minute feature film His short film The Goat premiered at the Berlinale Film festival in 2014 and screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide In 2017 The Wound was releases which is a controversial film which tracks a closeted relationship between two men in the context of the Xhosa initiation ritual The film premiered at the Sundance film festival and won best feature at Frameline Sarasota Valencia and Taipei Film Festivals In 2023 he directed Manodrome which has been labeled as a serious movie that may not appeal to everyone