Kibwe Tavares

Kibwe Tavares is a British film maker and architect. He is the co-founder of Factory Fifteen, a studio that uses animation and emerging technologies to understand and explain the built environment. His first short, Robots of Brixton, was awarded the 2011 Royal Institute of British Architects President's Medal. He is a 2020 TED Senior Fellow.

Kibwe Tavares
Born
South London
Alma materBartlett School of Architecture
OccupationFilmmaker
AwardsRIBA President's Medals Students Award

Early life and education

Tavares was born in South London in the 1980s.[1] He studied architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture.[2] His first short, Robots of Brixton, which was the outcome of his master's degree, was awarded the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award.[3][4] The film explored the relationship between architecture, class and race, and showed Brixton as a disregarded area populated by London's future robotic workforce.[5] It was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects President's Medal in 2011.[5] His second film was Jonah, which was inspired by The Old Man and the Sea and one of the official Sundance Film Festival selections.[6][7] Jonah explored the impact of tourism on Zanzibar.[7]

Career

In 2011 Tavares and other Bartlett graduates established Factory Fifteen, a studio that uses animation and emerging technologies to understand and explain the built environment.[8] Factory Fifteen have worked with Samsung, Film4 and Formula One.[8]

Tavares was selected as a TED Senior Fellow in 2020.[9] His first ballet with the Royal Opera House, Aisha and Abhaya, will premiere in March that year.[10] He is the Executive Producer of the BBC television series of Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses.[11][12]

Filmography

Other

Awards and honours

His awards and honours include:

References
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  10. "Haus der Berliner Festspiele - Aisha and Abhaya". Berliner Festspiele. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  11. "BBC One Releases First Look Image For 'Noughts + Crosses'". TVWise. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  12. "BBC - Casting announced for new BBC One drama Noughts + Crosses - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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  15. Sci-Fi Short Film "Robot & Scarecrow" presented by DUST, retrieved 2020-01-25
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  17. White, Peter (2018-08-17). "Sky Takes Another Crack At Time Travel With Adaptation Of H.G. Wells' 'The Time Machine'". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  18. "Kibwe Tavares — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  19. "2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Prizes in Short Filmmaking". www.sundance.org. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  20. "Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2012". Screen. 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  21. "Constructing kinetic worlds: the futuristic films of TED Fellow Kibwe Tavares". TED Blog. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  22. "Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase 2015". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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