| Raymond Edwards |
| Born in Harare (aka Salisbury, Rhodesia) to mother, Valerie Leah Govinder and father, Stanley Herbert Edwards. His mother was a jazz singer and decided to abandon her family for a chance to pursue her singing career in England. Deserted by his mother at eight months old and raised in the dysfunctional and violently abusive home of his father and second wife, Rita Rosalind Rosemary Rose, Edwards experienced a tormentuous up bringing. Edwards left his father's home at the age of twelve, in fear of killing his parents for all their abuse. Edwards went to live with his wealthy grandmother, Rose Agnes Edwards (aka Rose Agnes Rawson, who changed their family name from Zimmermann to escape Nazi Germany. Then he attended a private school, Marrist Brother's College where Grandma Rose had hopes of Edwards becoming a Catholic priest. |
| 1980 |
Diploma of Fine Art, Pottery and Graphic Desing, Peter Birch School of Art, Harare 1980
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| 1981 |
Advanced Level Art London University 1981 |
| 1985 |
Fonder of the Gondo Arts Studios, performing Arts Centre |
| 1985 |
Writing, development and direction of "Vanished Civilization" inspired by the famed Great Zimbabwe Ruins |
| 1986 |
Attendance of the 7 Art Theatre and the International Conference Centre for the International N.A.M. delegates and dignitaries |
| 1987 |
Solo exhibition at the Jon Boyne Gallery, Zimbabwe, sponsored by Zimbank |
| 1987 |
Solo exhibition at Sara's Show Room, Zimbabwe |
| 1994-1996 |
BFA and MFA Degree in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts |
| 1996 |
Direction and production of "Shadow Rising" showed at the Academy of Animation, North Hollywood |
| 2004 |
Solo exhibition at the Zizi Gallery, Mayfair, London |
| 2005 |
Best short film award for his film "Shadow Rising" from the DV Award Film Festival, USA |
