Thandi Sebe

Story, script and character development for screen and stage.

Writing Filmography

Ballz (WT) (series), Ziegler Film
Creator
2025, produced for ZDF
Wingspan (series pilot), Arkanum Pictures
Co-writer
2024, in post-production,
Series Mania Festival in the category of Short Forms Competition
Berlin ist ein Dorf (feature), Wood Water Films
Co-writer
2024, in development
The Invitation (short film), Fabled Films
Writer
2024, in post-production
Zuwa on Ice (feature), Niyerai Films
Co-writer w. Tsitsi Dangarembga
2023, in development
Out Of Options (series)
Creator/Co-writer
2023, in development
Thabo (feature), Desert Flower Filmproduktion
Co-writer, DE
2022
Cape Town Cops (series), Rat Pack Filmproduktion
Screenplay consultation
2020
Daktari (series), Rat Pack Filmproduktion
Co-writer
2019
Motherhood (feature), Equality Films
Co-writer
2019, in pre-production
Artistic Encounters (performance), Goethe Institut Kenya
Writer/Performer
2019
Löwenzahn - Abenteuer in Südafrika (feature)
Dramaturgical Consultation
2019
Call me Queen (theatre), Ballhaus Naunynstrasse
Writer
2017-2018
Mostly Waiting (documentary)
Writer/Director
2016
Jung, giftig und Schwarz (theatre), Ballhaus Naunynstrasse
Writer
2015-2020

I am a German-South African writer and actor who lives and works between Berlin and Cape Town, writing in my native languages, German and English. Embodying stories as an actor taught me the power of writing that is designed to leave the page.

In 2015, I co-wrote my first play, JUNG, GIFTIG UND SCHWARZ, with Amina Eisner, followed by CALL ME QUEEN in 2017. My comedy pilot OUT OF OPTIONS was nominated for Best Unproduced Series at the 2023 South African Writers Guild MUSE Awards and was invited to pitch at Talents Durban that same year. WINGSPAN, a pilot I co-wrote, premiered at the 2024 Series Mania Festival. My short film THE INVITATION won Best Produced Short at the South African Writers Guild MUSE AWARDS.Since participating in the Netflix Writing Academy in 2023, I have been part of the resulting writers’ collective, POV Collective.BALLZ, a comedy series about testicular cancer I created in 2025 is currently in post production for the German broadcaster ZDF.I do not have a particular preference when it comes to form. Some stories want to be plays, some films and some can only be expressed as cute little poems. I let the story dictate which form it wants to take.If I'm honest, my urge to write often comes from a place of rage — rage at the state of the world, at oppression, capitalism, injustice, and drivers who refuse to use their indicators. But since no one has yet been able to guarantee me the existence of a blissful afterlife, I am at least equally devoted to laughter and banter. In other words: joy. Because really, what otherwise is the point?

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