Read for the story.
Evaluate concepts and scripts; work with writers and producers on character, structure, audience relevance and readiness.
Case study / Production & story leadership
Working with the story.
Working with its makers.
Selected executive production and story supervision across South African film and television.
The responsibility
Keep the creative work and the production plan in the same conversation.
Muneera’s production and story leadership draws on her work as a director, writer, producer and mentor. It spans individual films, series and filmmaker development, from story decisions to the work on set and in post-production. She also currently serves as Commissioning Editor for Premium Scripted Content at MultiChoice / CANAL+.
The responsibilities include reading scripts, considering audience and platform, assessing budgets and schedules, and giving creative guidance. The screen record below identifies the capacity in which she worked on each title.
Her career includes individual projects with budgets ranging from R500,000 to R100 million. Her responsibilities have varied by project and appointment.
The contribution
Read the production plan.
Consider schedule, budget, team and scope alongside the creative proposal, identifying issues that need an answer before production.
Stay with the work.
Provide executive and story guidance as teams move through production and post-production, responding to the needs of the project.
Selected screen record
Different formats.
Specific responsibilities.
- Die Oord
- Crime thriller series · Executive producer & story supervisor
- Reënboogrant
- Drama series · Executive producer & story supervisor
- False Glory
- Executive producer & story supervisor
- Skemergrond
- Drama series · Content supervisor & executive producer
- #OppiPlaas · Ataman · Speel Aan · Lubinda
- Executive producer, story supervisor & production mentor
Experience you can assess
The work is the record.
These credits show the scope of Muneera’s production and story responsibilities. They sit alongside her directing portfolio and her work in filmmaker development.