{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Don Edkins | birth_date = 1953 | birth_place = Cape town | citizenship = South Africa | occupation = documentary filmmaker and producer | awards = Grierson Awards }} '''Don Edkins''' is an international documentary filmmaker and producer. He was born in Cape Town in 1953. At the age of twenty-two he left South Africa for political reasons, and returned in 1994 to take part in his country’s first democratic elections.
He produced the Southern African series on truth and reconciliation Landscape of Memory (1998), and the multi-awarded documentary project Steps for the Future (2001/04) – a collection of 38 films about Southern Africa in the time of HIV and AIDS. He is Executive Producer of the STEPS International global documentary project Why Democracy? 10 long and 18 short films. He is Executive Producer on the STEPS International global documentary project Why Poverty? He is producing Dare to Dream and the AfriDocs<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://afridocs.net/|title=STEPS and Bertha Foundation presents - AfriDocs.net|website=AfriDocs.net|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-27}}</ref> initiative. In April 2014, he started AfriDocs, the first weekly primetime documentary strand across sub-Saharan Africa, that screens the best African and international documentary films twice a week, as well as special focus events on relevant issues facing African audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edn.network/news/news-story/article/edn-member-of-the-month-don-edkins/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=111|title=EDN: EDN MEMBER OF THE MONTH – Don Edkins|website=edn.network|access-date=2017-03-27}}</ref>
== He is producer for == Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2671619/|title=Don Edkins|website=IMDb|access-date=2017-03-27}}</ref>
2001 '''Steps for the Future''' (TV Series documentary) (series producer - 3 episodes) * Wa 'n Wina (2001) ... (series producer) * Mother to Child (2001) ... (series producer) * Body & Soul (2001) ... (series producer)
2002 '''Ho ea rona''' (Documentary short) (producer)
2004 '''Ask Me I'm Positive''' (Documentary) (producer)
2004 '''Story of a Beautiful Country''' (Documentary) (producer)
2007 '''The Mohammed Cartoons''' (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer)
2007 '''Please Vote for Me''' (Documentary) (producer)
2007 '''Taxi to the Dark Side''' (Documentary) (executive producer: Steps International)
2007 '''Kinshasa 2.0''' (TV Short documentary) (producer)
2010 '''Last White Man Standing''' (producer)
2011 '''Thato''' (Documentary short) (executive producer) / (producer)
2011 '''Mama Africa''' (Documentary) (producer)
2012 '''Land Rush''' (Documentary) (executive producer)
2012 '''Education Education''' (Documentary) (executive producer) / (producer)
'''Independent Lens''' (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 5 episodes, 2007 - 2012) (producer - 1 episode, 2007) * Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream (2012) ... (executive producer) * Solar Mamas (2012) ... (executive producer) * Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey (2008) ... (executive producer) * Iron Ladies of Liberia (2008) ... (executive producer) * Please Vote for Me (2007) ... (executive producer) / (producer) 2012 '''Poop on Poverty''' (Documentary short) (executive producer)
2012 '''Rafea: Solar Mama''' (Documentary) (executive producer)
2013 '''Gangster Backstage''' (Documentary short) (producer)
2016 '''Coming of Age''' (Documentary) (executive producer) / (producer)
== Awards ==
Grierson Awards - 2008 Award for Most Entertaining Documentary
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edkins, Don}} Category:Living people Category:South African film producers Category:1953 births Category:Mass media people from Cape Town