Tendeka Matatu

Tendeka Matatu is the founder and managing director of the award-winning production and distribution company, Ten10 Films based in London. He is widely recognised as one of Africa's most prolific film and TV producers. In 2018 Tendeka was invited to become a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Tendeka began his producing career in the mid-90's working on high-end commercials and music videos with renowned director, Tony Kaye. Tendeka's individual producer credits include the multi award-winning Max & Mona; the South African box office hit Material and, the action-drama epic Gangster's Paradise, Jerusalema, which was South Africa's official entry for the Academy Awards Foreign Language category in 2008. Other recent credits include Cold Harbour, Tiger House with Kaya Scodelario, and Ralph Ziman's Freedom. In 2011 Tendeka moved back to London to set up his production company Ten10 Films. The company's main focus is to collaborate with black filmmaking talent to create diversity driven film & TV content for a global market. The company's current production slate includes new TV projects with AMC Studios, Sony Pictures Television and Fremantle. Tendeka is an alumnus of the prestigious film industry business and leadership course, Inside Pcitures.