Xolelwa Nhlabatsi
Xolelwa "Ollie" Nhlabatsi (born c. 1987) is a Swazi born South African film director and producer. Biography Nhlabatsi was born in Mbabane, eSwatini. He has a twin sister. Nhlabatsi moved to Washington, D.C. at the age of three, then to Ottawa at age eight. When he was a teenager, he moved with his family to Johannesburg. Nhlabatsi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film & Television from the University of the Witwatersrand. After graduation, he was a post-production assistant at Clive Morris & Bonngoe Productions. Nhlabatsi found a job at the BBC as a production coordinator, then founded his own production company, Blackweather. He has edited several reality TV shows and produced some commercials, as well as making corporate videos for clients such as E! and BET. Nhlabatsi directed a TV film, Ke’Jive for the broadcasting channel Mzansi Magic. In 2015, Nhlabatsi directed the dark comedy Lost in the World. It focuses on a police officer, played by Honey Makwakwa, whose life is upended when her girlfriend is raped and murdered, and her struggle to find the perpetrators. Nhlabatsi was inspired by Kanye West's song "Lost in the World" from his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Nhlabatsi based