Christopher Lee Dos Santos

**Christopher-Lee dos Santos** darektan fina-finai ne na Afirka ta Kudu kuma marubucin allo watakila wanda aka fi sani da fim din mai zaman kansa na 2013 Angel of the Skies .

## Ilimi da aikin farko
Dos Santos ya kammala karatu a cikin girmamawa daga Kwalejin Fim da Wasan kwaikwayo ta Afirka (AFDA)  a Afirka ta Kudu a cikin shekara ta 2008, yana da girma a cikin jagora da rubutun allo da kuma karami a cikin ilimin halayyar dan adam da zamantakewa. A lokacin karatunsa, dos Santos ya rubuta kuma ya ba da umarni gajerun fina-finai sama da 10, kuma a lokacin shekara ta uku ta karatunsa, gaba ɗaya mai zaman kansa daga makarantar fim dinsa, ya rubuta kuma tare da ya ba da umurni ga gajeren fim na minti 50, Brothers in Arms, wanda aka watsa akan MNET a shekara ta 2006. Har ila yau, yana da aiki na farko a matsayin mai ado a kan Neill Blomkamp's unfinished Halo (series), da kuma aiki a kan abubuwan gani don irin waɗannan gajeren fina-finai kamar In a Place Without Love . 

An haifi Dos Santos a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1984. Shi ɗan'uwan darektan Robert dos Santos ne.

## Ayyuka
A shekara ta 2007, don fim din daliban da ya kammala karatu, Dos Santos ya rubuta kuma ya ba da umarni At Thy Call, wani ɗan gajeren fim mai lambar yabo game da tashin hankali na kabilanci da horo na soja a cikin Sojojin Tsaro na Afirka ta Kudu.  samar da fim din dalibai don R40 000 ($ 2400) kuma an nuna shi a bikin fina-finai na Cannes a cikin 2008,  da kuma nunawa a bikin fina'a na Cape Winelands, bikin fina-fukki na Durban da Coal Stove Festival, inda ya lashe mafi kyawun tasirin gani, mafi kyawun fim da mafi kyawun gajeren fim.   Namisi  ci gaba da rubuta "Babban ƙarshen ya kasance a Kira na Ka, na Chris Dos Santos (DS Films). Bayan ya nuna wani fim na Chris a Off the Shelf a shekarar da ta gabata (Coal Stove Award-winning Ortega Prospekt), A Kira na binciken ne a ci gaban salon Chris a matsayin mai yin fim. Idan akwai kalma ɗaya da za a iya amfani da ita don bayyana Chris, dole ne ya zama mai tsanani. Me yaƙin tarihi na Chris a lokacin da ke bincika rikice-rikicen launin fata tsakanin Yankin Afirka na Kudu da Shugaba na 1980 Ya jagoranci fina-finai biyu na kasa da kasa, wato Angel of the Skies da Last . *Na ƙarshe. An karya shi. Duhu.*

## Fina-finai masu ban sha'awa
Dos Santos ya fara fim dinsa na farko (minti 56) yana da shekaru 22 lokacin da aka nuna fim dinsa mai zaman kansa Brothers in Arms: 1978, a gidan rediyo na M-Net a Afirka ta Kudu a shekara ta 2006. Dos Santos ya rubuta, ya hada kai kuma ya ba da umarnin fim din tare da Dino Pappas,  aboki na dogon lokaci kuma mai haɗin gwiwa. Dos Santos har yanzu yana cikin makarantar fim a lokacin da aka kammala shi.  din  ci gaba da lashe kyaututtuka a bikin fim na Apollo da kuma bikin KKNK (Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees) a Yammacin Cape a wannan shekarar.

### ''Manyan ma'aikata''
A shekara ta 2011, yana da shekaru 26, dos Santos ya ba da umarnin Angel of the Skies, fim dinsa na farko mai zaman kansa, wanda ya kuma rubuta. Angel of the Skies ya biyo bayan labarin matukin jirgin saman Sojojin Sama na Afirka ta Kudu, Earl Kirk, wanda Nicholas van der Bijl ya buga, wanda ya ba da kansa don tashi ga Sojojin Sojan Sama na Burtaniya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Shi da ma'aikatansa daban-daban na bama-bamai sun sami kansu a bayan layin abokan gaba lokacin da jirgin sama da ya fadi ya sauka a cikin Nazi da ke mamaye Turai. Sojojin , karkashin jagorancin Stutze (David James*, [[Gundumar 9]]*), an kalubalanci yunkurin su na komawa gida, kuma labarin ya fito don bayyana zuciyar abota a fuskar mutuwa.

Andrew MacDonald ne ya samar da fim din, kuma Diony Kempen da dos Santos ne suka samar da shi. Fim din ya kasance hadin gwiwa tsakanin Welela Studios da DS Films Entertainment, wanda na ƙarshe shine gidan samar da kansa na dos Santos. Wadanda aka jefa sun hada da 'yan uwan fim din AFDA Nic Van Der Bijl, Jason Glanville, Brad Backhouse, Andre Frauenstein, Ryan Dittman, Nic Rasenti da kuma gabatar da' yar wasan kwaikwayo ta Australiya Lillie Claire da' yan wasan Australiya Adam Boys. dos Santos ya jefa David James a matsayin mai adawa da fim din. An harbe fim din gaba ɗaya a Gauteng, Afirka ta Kudu a cikin kwanaki 19, a kan kyamarorin Canon 7D HDSLR tare da kasafin kuɗi na $ 30,000. Fim din ya dauki dos Santos shekaru hudu don kammala daga lokacin da ya fara rubutu a 2009 har zuwa kammala a 2013.  karamin kasafin kuɗi, kuma littafin Robert Rodriguez, A Rebel Without a Crew, ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi, dos Santos ya koya wa kansa 3d animation da abubuwan gani a lokacin 2009 da 2010, don haka ya ba shi damar ƙirƙirar abubuwan gani ga fim din da kansa.   Angel of the Skies ya faru ne a watan Agustan 2011 kuma an harbe shi a wurare kamar Gidan Tarihin Sojan Sama na Afirka ta Kudu, Base na Sojan Sama Swartkop da yankin Cullinan.

#### Saki da karɓa
Angel of the Skies ya samo asali ne daga Kaleidoscope Film Distribution a Ingila a watan Maris na shekara ta 2013. An nuna fim din a Marché du Film a bikin fina-finai na Cannes na 2013 tare da Kaleidoscope yana aiki a matsayin wakilin tallace-tallace na duniya. Tare, fim din ya ci nasara wajen tabbatar da rarraba a cikin yankuna 27 na duniya, na farko ga dos Santos. Wadannan yankuna sun hada da Ingila, Amurka, Kanada, Brazil, Italiya, Koriya, Japan, Jamus, Ostiraliya da mafi yawan Turai. Fim din bai taba samun saki a Afirka ta Kudu ba, yankin gida na dos Santos.

Tun lokacin da aka saki Angel of the Skies a cikin 2013, an yaba wa dos Santos saboda ikonsa na sa ayyukansa su zama masu tsada fiye da yadda suke kashewa don samarwa.  A cikin wata hira da aka yi da mujallar Tonight's IOL, an tambayi dos Santos ta hanyar samun nasara sosai tare da kasafin kuɗi, wane shawara zai ba masu son yin fim. Amsarsa ita  "Kada ku daina. Ku riƙe bindigoginku. Mutane za su ce ba za ku iya yin hakan ba, amma kada ku saurare su. A zahiri, mutane sun gaya mini ba zan yi ba. Na tsaya ta ciki kuma na yi imani da shi, ya ɗauki ni shekaru huɗu kuma yana biyan kuɗi. Fim din ya sami rarrabawar duniya. Don haka yana da kyau cewa yana wasa a duk duniya.

An saki Angel of the Skies a Jamus a kan DVD, Blu-ray da VOD (bidiyo akan buƙata) a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba 2013 a ƙarƙashin taken "Wings of Honour"  tare da sake shi a Ƙasar Ingila a kan irin wannan dandamali a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba 2013.  saki fim din a ƙarƙashin taken da ya dace, Angel of the Skies, a Amurka a ranar 31 ga Disamba 2013 ta hanyar mai rarraba eOne [1] ta hanyar DVD, Blu-ray, da kuma dandamali daban-daban na kan layi kamar iTunes, Microsoft Store, da Netflix a Kanada.

### ''Duhu na Ƙarshe''
A watan Maris na shekara ta 2014, dos Santos ya fara rubuta fim dinsa na biyu, mai taken Last Broken Darkness .  Babban daukar hoto ya fara shekara guda bayan haka a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 2015, na tsawon kwanaki 27 na harbi.  harbe fim din gaba ɗaya a Johannesburg Afirka ta Kudu, kuma taurari Sean Cameron Michael, Brandon Auret, Brendan Murray kuma ya gabatar da sabon mai zuwa Suraya Rose Santos.

#### Kyaututtuka
Last Broken Darkness ya fara bugawa ga masu sauraro na jama'a a watan Fabrairun 2017 a bikin fim na Boston Sci-Fi, mafi tsufa kuma mafi tsawo a bikin fim din irin sa, wanda ke nuna fina-finai sama da 100 a lokacin bikin na kwanaki 10.  karɓi fim ɗin sosai, inda ya lashe kyaututtuka biyu, wato mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayon Sean Cameron Michael da mafi kyawun rubutun don dos Santos.

A ƙarshen 2017*,* a SASC (South African Society of Cinematographers) ya ba da kyautar abincin dare, babbar lambar yabo ta Visible Spectrum don mafi kyawun fim a cikin fim ɗin fasalin, mafi girman yabo da SASC ta bayar, an ba da ita ga Mai daukar hoto William Collinson, don aikinsa na misali a kan Last Broken Darkness .  Collinson ya yi aiki sosai kusa da dos Santos a lokacin da aka riga aka samar da fim din, yana taimakawa wajen kirkirar kyakkyawar duniyar dystopian bayan apocalyptic da dos Santos ke son labarinsa ya faru a ciki.

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