Dan Jawitz

Jawitz started in the industry as a publicist on the film Kini and Adams which was selected for Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival (1997) and nominated for a Palme d’Or.[2]

In 2000, he launched Ice Media with Joel Phiri in Johannesburg.[3][4] Nearly 2 decades later, Jawitz and Phiri reunited to form Known Associates Entertainment with Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri.[5]

Previous partnerships include, Fireworx Media[6] which Jawitz established in 2008 with Neil Brandt and Bridget Pickering. He was Managing Director for 10 years, producing shows for South African television, including Keeping Score (Telenovela, SABC2)[7] and Hustle (Drama, ETV).[8]

In 2014 he co-produced One Humanity with Tony Hollingsworth, directed by Mickey Dube, which vividly brings to life the history of the international Anti-Apartheid Movement using music, archive and interview.[9]

He produced the Netflix hit Wild is the Wind[10] in 2022 and The Umbrella Men broadcast on ETV and Amazon which was selected for the Toronto Film Festival in 2022[11]

Jawitz is the co-founder of SASFED, the South African Screen Federation[12] and was a Distribution and Marketing Advisor to the South African National Film and Video Foundation[13] from 2005 to 2014. He was also an Executive Committee member on the IPO Board[14] for many years. Jawitz is a judge of the long form documentary section of the International Emmys.

In 2005, Jawitz won an Emmy Award for A Lion's Trail for "Most Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Achievement".[15][16][17]