Rogue Productions is an independent South African production company offering a variety of production services and creative support to artists - amongst them musicians, writers and animators.
Since creating Rogue Productions, Michael and Linda Cross have premiered the documentary "Bafo Bafo - What Kind!?", about maskanda maestro Madala Kunene and self-confessed "Afro-Saxon" Syd Kitchen. They have had a short film, "Unbroken Spirit" selected for the 2004 ILL Academy Extreme Sports Film Festival, have completed several music videos including their nominated-work with The Buckfever Underground and have completed their first screenplay, "An Empty Place".
Michael Cross has directed a number of documentaries including "Will Smith in Africa" and edited and co-produced the documentary "Nkosi: A Voice of Africa's AIDS Orphans" as a tribute to the late Nkosi Johnson. In addition to directing, he has extensive editing experience, having worked as consulting editor on "Mr.Bones", South Africa's most successful film of all time, and contributed to the editing of the feature films: - "The Long Run", "Happy Now" and "I Capture the Castle". He has also produced music videos for Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hugh Masekela, Scooters Union, Syd Kitchen and Underground Press.
Michael Cross - Producer, director, editor
Production
> Film and Video Production - the production of film and video, with a focus on documentary film, music videos and feature films
> Music production - overseeing and managing recording artists and the promotion thereof
> Feature Film Soundtrack Recording - the facilitation of recordings for the film industry.
