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Distant Horizon

Umhlanga, South Africa(approximate location)

Distant Horizon Internet is a web site development and e-commerce consulting firm based in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in e-commerce, corporate content management, marketing automation and school web design. Founded in 1999, we are one of the longest continuously running web shops in Illinois.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film · Corporate
LocationUmhlanga, South Africa
Websitedistant-horizon.com
Emailbrando@distanthorizon.com
Phone+27 31 204 6000
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

26 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of2nominations0%
BAFTAs0of1nominations0%

36 wins from 136 nominations across all awards

Box office
$55m

Combined US gross, 9 of 37 titles

The Road to Mecca poster
Highest rated
The Road to Mecca
1991
7.7115 votes
Don't Look Up poster
Lowest rated
Don't Look Up
2009
3.11,764 votes
Mostly
drama, thriller, horror
Active
1987–2015
Rotten Tomatoes
46%
Best known for
Pulse

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 31 of 37 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits24 of 37

37 films

Titles per year17 titles · busiest 2001 with 2

17 titles across 29 years, averaging 0.6 a year. The last five years hold at 0.2 a year. 15 of those 29 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time12 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
2468their average 6.1200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 7.0 across 3 titles. The 7 titles since 2006 average 6.1, holding at their 6.2 overall. 5 of 12 rated titles sit above their 6.2 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Darrell Roodt7
  • Frans Nel4
  • Gray Hofmeyr2
Writers
  • Darrell Roodt5
  • Emil Kolbe4
  • Brian Cox2
  • William Nicholson2
  • Leon Schuster2
Notable cast
  • John Barrett5
  • Leleti Khumalo2
  • Leon Schuster2
Genres
  • Drama16 of 31
  • Thriller8 of 31
  • Horror8 of 31
  • Action7 of 31
  • Crime4 of 31

Names appearing on two or more of Distant Horizon’s produced titles, across the 31 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with9 companies

Companies that appear alongside Distant Horizon on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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