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Dr Shmerah Passchier
is an XR Immersive Media lecturer in the Wits Film & TV Department; & has worked in the film & television industry writing, directing, shooting, editing & producing Music, Magazine & Reality TV shows, documentaries, commercials & many music videos.
She holds a PhD in Virtual Reality filmmaking from Wits & has made several VR films, which have screened at 15 local & international film festivals so far. The 15th Festival recently showcased at the Cosmoceno Wits Digital Dome Festival in August 2025.
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Dr Passchier also holds a Masters Degree in Anthropology from Wits, & an MFA from AFDA.
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Curriculum Vitae
Showreel
2005: MoAD (Museum of the African Diaspora) – Nelson Mandela and the End of Apartheid :
Producion Co: Threshold Collective
A 10-minute documentary for permanent loop video installation in the MoAD Museum, San Francisco. Researched, written & directed by Shmerah Passchier
2008: SABC 3 - Hybrid Living
Production Co: Ochre Media:
an environmental awareness lifestyle & magazine TV show directed by Shmerah Passchier
2009: Hegemony – Experimental Film
Production Co: Tin Rage
An environmental awareness film written, directed & produced by Shmerah Passchier with additional shots & offline editing that explore the relationship between climate change, power relations & the political notion of environmental hegemony
2008/2007: SABC 2 – KADA!
Production Co: WhatWeWant
Writer & Director for a muti-cultural Afrikaans entertainment music TV show