Eva du Preez has been working in the South African film and television industry since 2012 as producer, script supervisor and editor.

She started her editing career in 2012 with the TV series “Die Boland Moorde”, for which she was nominated for a SAFTA.

She made her producing debut in 2013 with the multi award-winning short film “Toevlug”, directed by Christiaan Olwagen. From there she applied herself to all aspects of the South African television industry, combining script supervision and continuity with post-production and editing on reality and drama formats. These include shows such as “Jan Braai”, “Die Byl”, “Die Boland Moorde”, “Die Boekklub”, “Alles Malan” and “Fynskrif”.

In 2015 she shifted her attention to feature films, working alongside Olwagen as script supervisor and continuity person on the celebrated film “Johnny is nie dood nie”.

After the success of the film, Eva edited her first feature film, “Kanarie” in 2016. In 2018 and 2019 she received the award for Best Editor for her work on “Kanarie” and “Poppie Nongena” respectively. Other feature film editing titels include “Die Seemeeu”, “Ander Mens” and “Vergeet My Nie”.