BimaStagg
Writer
Filmography
Bima Stagg was a PEN Award winning American writer and filmmaker born in Los Angeles, who lived and worked extensively in Europe and his beloved South Africa. His diverse and prolific writing career produced edgy work that pushed the boundaries of independent film. He crafted smart, taut, tight stories with powerfully human characters and a visceral, flashy, action-driven style as a counterpoint to the strong themes of justice present in his work.
Andy Warhol & Kip Stagg
Bima Stagg met Andy Warhol in the summer of '64, leading to an ongoing collaboration resulting in four films. Kip - as he was then known, became a fixture at the factory and ongoing muse of Andy's. More than than a pretty face, Kip worked behind the scenes using his contacts and experience in film to expedite the lab processing of Warhol's films.
Kip Stagg appears in 2 Warhol Screentests - Kip Stagg 1 & 2
With Edie Sedgewick in Edie & Kip
Co-starred with Edie Sedgwick in Warhol’s controversial Beauty #1
Death of a Snowman
1976 • R • 1h 26m
A white cop and a black reporter in 70's Apartheid South Africa, join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the criminal underworld.
Bima wrote the screenplay and played the role of Johnson, Joey Gallo's Mafia Hitman in Africa.
Director
Christopher Rowley
Writer
Bima Stagg
Cast
Bima Stagg, Nigel Davenport, Ken Gampu
The Stud
1978 • R • 1h 30m
Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins) is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, The Hobo, and partying.Tony (Oliver Tobias) the manager runs the club, but his job security is dependent on him satisfying her nymphomaniac demands. Infamous for it's too-hot-for-the-censors 'fuckswing' scene, was it a pioneering work in sexual feminism? or a tawdry sexual revolution cash-in? You decide.
Dodi Fayed was the original financier of this film.
Director
Quentin Masters
Novel By
Jackie Collins
Screenplay
Bima Stagg & Dave Humphries
Cast
Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias, Sue Lloyd
Survivor
1987 • 1h 26m
An astronaut travels across the post apocalyptic Earth in search of an underground city.
Director
Michael Shackleton
Writer
Bima Stagg
Cast
Chip Mayer, Richard Moll, Bima Stagg
INSIDE
1996 • 1h 34m
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.
"Bima Stagg's script is brilliant" – LA Times
"A story of visceral power" – NY Times
Bima Stagg won the PEN Award for the INSIDE teleplay.
INSIDE was Director Arthur Penn's last feature.
Director
Arthur Penn
Story & Screenplay
Bima Stagg
Cast
Nigel Hawthorne, Eric Stoltz, Louis Gossett Jr.
Stander
2003 • R • 1h 51m
The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber. Based on truth.
This film has an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Director
Bronwen Hughes
Writer
Bima Stagg
Cast
Tom Jane, Dexter Fletcher, Deborah Kara Unger, David O'Hara
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