Jarryd Coetsee
actor
Jarryd Coetsee (born 5 August 1982) is a South African writer and filmmaker. His short film, The Suit won numerous international awards.
Early life and education
Coetsee was born in Pretoria where he attended Pretoria Boys High School. When he was 19, he was a Semi-Finalist in the Chesterfield Writers' Fellowship originated at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment in Los Angeles. He completed a Master of Arts in Screenwriting at the London Metropolitan Film School (Met Film School) at Ealing Studios, part of the University of West London. Initially, he was accepted into a Master's program in Filmmaking but chose to shift his focus to Screenwriting midway through. Coetsee was awarded a merit scholarship from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust for his talent and portfolio, as well as the Voices That Matter Scholarship, aimed at supporting diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in the screen industries.
Before his studies in London, Coetsee was accepted into the University of Oxford to pursue a Master of Studies (MSt) in the History of Art, and was a finalist for the Chevening Scholarship of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. However, he chose to follow his passion for screenwriting and filmmaking.
Coetsee also holds a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature which he passed with cum laude distinction from the University of Stellenbosch, where he authored a thesis on themes of identity in the 1970s East African travel literature of Trinidadian author Shiva Naipaul.
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