Genevieve Hofmeyr
LINE PRODUCER/PRODUCER
Genevieve Hofmeyr is widely regarded as one of South Africa’s most accomplished Producers, who has made a significant contribution to the growth of the entertainment industry in South Africa by procuring more than 80 international projects across the spectrum of film production including major US studio projects, independent co-productions, episodic television series as well as indigenous South African films and television. Pioneer of foreign production in South Africa, Genevieve has been integral in putting South Africa on the map as a production destination for Hollywood and other international territories.
Genevieve has worked with award winning filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood, Alfonso Cuaron, George Miller, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Edward Zwick, Michael Mann, Marc Forster, Martin Campbell, Bruce Beresford, Sean Penn, Mira Nair, Roland Emmerich and Phillip Noyce, as well some of Hollywood’s A-List stars including Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, Ryan Reynolds, Matt Damon, Daniel Craig, Alicia Vikander, Tom Cruise, Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and Gerard Butler.
The Hollywood Reporter listed her as one of the three most influential women in South African Cinema and she was listed in Variety’s International Women Leaders in the global film and TV industries.
Genevieve has just completed “Children of Blood & Bone” (Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Chiwetel Ejiofor) for Paramount which she Line Produced and recently she co-produced the Paris leg of Murder Mystery 2 starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler for Happy Madison and Netflix. Prior to that, she helmed the South African production of feature films “Black Beauty” (Constantin & Disney Plus), “Escape Room” &”Escape Room 2” (Sony Pictures), “Tomb Raider” (MGM), “The Mummy” (Universal Pictures), “Mowgli” (Warner Bros), “Queen of Katwe”, (Walt Disney Productions), “The Dark Tower” (Sony & MRC) and “Monster Hunter” & “Resident Evil : The Final Chapter” (Constantin).
Other producing credits include “Mad Max: Fury Road” by George Miller for Warner Bros, “Eye in the Sky” is directed by South African Academy Award winner Gavin Hood and starring Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul; Andy Serkis’ “Breathe” for The Imaginarium Studios; “Bring it On 6” , “Honey 3” & “Scorpion King 5” for Universal 1440 Entertainment; “The Giver”, directed by Phillip Noyce for The Weinstein Company; “Blended” an Adam Sandler film for Warner Brothers; Daniel Espinosa’s “Safe House” for Universal Pictures (starring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds); Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus” for Warner Bros., (starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon); Edward Zwick’s “Blood Diamond” (starring Leonardo DiCaprio) and Roland Emmerich’s “10,000 BC” for Warner Bros.; “Catch a Fire” by Phillip Noyce for Working Title Films; “Racing Stripes” for Alcon Entertainment; Michael Mann’s “Ali” for Sony Pictures (starring Will Smith); Martin Campbell’s “Beyond Borders” for Mandalay Pictures (starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen), and Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” for Working Title/Universal Pictures (starring Nicole Kidman & Sean Penn).
Genevieve’s television credits include “Warrior Season 1, 2 & 3” for HBO, episodes from Netflix’ series “The Crown” and “Black Mirror”, “Oasis” a pilot for Left Bank Pictures and Amazon; Wildside’s “The Young Pope” starring Jude Law and Diane Keaton and Season 4 of “Homeland”.
Other of Hofmeyr’s international television productions are “Mary & Martha” produced for HBO and Working Title Films’; “The Girl” also for HBO; BBC’s “Women in Love”; Working Title Television’s “The Borrowers”; Carnival Television’s series “The Philanthropist”; John Cassar’s “24 – Redemption” for 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine TV (starring Kiefer Sutherland); made for DVD for Universal Pictures “Blue Crush 2”; “Death Race 2”, and “Death Race 3: Inferno”,“Tremors 5”.
South African content produced by Genevieve includes “Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey”, “Four Corners” – South Africa’s selected film for the Best Foreign Film category at the 2014 Academy Awards; “Skoonheid”, SA’s first Afrikaans film in competition in Cannes 2011; Mukunda Dewil’s thriller, “Retribution”; and Anthony Fabian’s multiple international award-winning “Skin” (starring Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige.
