NELISA NGCOBO
WRITER
PERFORMER
About Me

Nelisa is a writer, performer (and helicopter plant mom) living in Johannesburg, South Africa. Some of her television credits include The River, which is currently airing on 1Magic and Netflix’s African original Blood and Water.
In March 2022 Nelisa was selected as one of 20 writers to participate in Series Mania's Writers Campus that was hosted in Lille, France. During the week long residency she developed her original dramedy The Bad Black under the guidance of the Writers Campus president Bryan Elsley (Skins, Kiss Me First)
Get in touch below about opportunities and invitations.
She is represented by David Kayser at Torchwood Literary and Scouting.
Performance

HEADSPACE - COMING SOON (2024)
Animated Feature: “Charlene”
Television
BLOOD AND WATER (2020-)
Series – Writer
Production Company - Gambit Films
THE RIVER (2018 -2020)
Telenovela – Writer
Production Company - Tshedza Pictures
SAVAGE BEAUTY (2022)
Series – Writer
Production Company - Quizzical Pictures
Film
THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF NANDI (2018)
Short – Writer
Dir. Zwelethu Radebe
Production Company - Egg Films
THAT’S NOT OK: THE ACTRESS PT 2 (2018)
Short – Writer
Dir. Sara Blecher
THAT’S NOT OK: THE GRADUATE (2018)
Short – Writer
Dir. Sara Blecher
Press

