Thierry Cassuto is the Founder and CEO of Both Worlds, an award-winning Cape Town based film, television and digital content production company.
In 1998, Thierry created ZANEWS’ Puppet Nation, the first satirical show in South Africa, which ran daily for ten years and became the most awarded TV and online show in the country.
Thierry was twice nominated for an international Emmy award for ZANEWS, won a grand total 27 SAFTAs, 10 NAB Bookmarks, was named Financial Mail Newsmaker of the year in 2010 and was a SAMA nominee for directing controversial music video Chicken to Change with band Freshlyground, featuring Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe.