Gabe Gabriel is a queer South African writer and director based in Cape Town. His directorial debut, NO HIDING HERE, a gay romcom which he also wrote, was for Showmax and dropped on the streamer in 2021. Gabe followed this with his semi-autobiographical film, RUNS IN THE FAMILY (Best SA Film, DIFF 2023) which he wrote and starred in and which was directed by Gabe’s father Ian Gabriel. The film bowed on Netflix in 2023 and went on to be nominated for Outstanding Film (tv or streaming) at the 35th GLAAD Awards in the same category as such heavyweights as NYAD and RUSTIN. Gabe is currently writing his next feature GRANNY LEE for Fae Pictures (US) and KAE (SA). The film was one of six selected projects for Film Independent’s Fast Track. In TV Gabe was one of six African creators selected to develop an original TV show concept for the Netflix / Realness Institute’s Episodic Lab where he developed CRUST. He wroteTHE MANDALA MURDERS for Yash Raj Films and Netflix (in post) and he created and is writing series SABELA GOLD for Giant Films and Nagvlug Films. Gabe is the 2024 director recipient of the BFI’s More Films For Freedom fund through which he is directing a short to be screened at 2025’s BFI Flare Festival. He continues to develop projects for both film and TV, on spec and with producers, both on home turf and in the US.
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