Louis Neethling trained at The National School of the Arts (NSA) in South Africa and RADA.

Theatre credits include: See No Evil (NSA); An African Tale (NSA)

Film and Television credits include: L’oeil et la Main (Point du Jour/France TV5); DTV (The New Production/SABC); Shakies (SABC ); Sign Here (SABC)

Louis is an award-winning director who started his TV career in 1993, as a children’s presenter on the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) and was nominated for an Artes Award.

Louis has worked at the BBC as a director/assistant producer on various factual programmes.

In 2007 Louis started his own production company, MJP (Mutt & Jeff Pictures), which produces films and television in BSL. Louis’ company has made 40 award-winning dramas, 5 award-winning documentaries and 2 series of the first ever sign language sitcom in the world, Small World.