Jerome Pikwane is a South African feature film writer/director and commercials director who resides in Johannesburg South Africa.
Pikwane finished his secondary schooling at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg, Braamfontein and studied directing at the New York Film Academy. Starting his directing at career at 22 years of age in 2004 with numerous Vuka and Pendoring awards for writing and directing. Jerome has worked with brands such as MTN Telecommunications, Sony PlayStation, MetroFM, Multichoice Africa ( which most recently won a Promax award for his CSI spot about enriching lives ) and he is also a self-confessed cinephile.Jerome directed and co wrote his first feature film entitled "The Tokoloshe" ( 2018 ) and the film has gone on to win the best production at the SA horror fest 2018.
"The Tokoloshe" has been theatrically released in Africa and has distribution in Europe. The film in 2018 has been to some of the most prestigious horror film festivals in the world including: Opening night film at the Durban international film festival , Sitges ( Spain ), Lund ( Sweden ), Frightfest ( London ), Razor ( Belgian ) and most recently the Toronto black film festival official selection.