Shawn Slovo Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form - Adapted for "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" in 2014
• Won the Grand Prix Award, the Ecumenical Prize, and the Best Actress Award for "A World Apart" at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1988
• Took third place at the National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Screenplay for "A World Apart" in 1989
• Won a BAFTA Film Award for Best Original Screenplay for "A World Apart" in 1989
• Lived under apartheid in South Africa until her early teenage years, when her family moved to the United Kingdom as political refugees
• Her first screenplay was "A World Apart," an autobiographical account of her childhood in South Africa
• Quote: "(On the people who killed her mother): "You can never really forgive them․ Not really․ And they're not just faceless people to us․ We know exactly who ordered and carried out the act․․․But we don't want revenge․ In the end, revenge gets you nothing․""
• Best known as the writer of "Captain Corelli's Mandolin," "Catch A Fire," and "A World Apart․"