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[[Hans H. Wendt]] (1960-) is a TV cameraman, producer and director 

Also billed as [[Hans Hecht-Wendt]] or [[Hans Wendt]] 


==Biography==

Born of German parentage in Hermannsburg, Natal, and raised there. Having completed his matriculation in 1972, he did a  Bachelor of Arts degree (majors: English and Sociology) at the [[University of KwaZulu-Natal]] (1975 - 1977). Over the years this base was enhanced by a number of courses in TV, management and presentations skills taken between 1979-2009. 

After completing University moved to Johannesburg to to work for the Edgars group for two years, before joining the fledgling tv department of the [[SABC]] as a cameraman. In this Gauteng period he met and married Anja. The couple have two children, Myka and Kyle.

Having moved to Somerset West he for a time owned and ran a franchise Pizza take-way business, while still doing film and TV work with [[Welela Studios]] and his own company, [[To Go Productions]].

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

Starting out as a video cameraman in the [[SABC]] television department he later became Promotion Department manager, producing on-air promotions (1982 - 2005). In those years he also worked on a selection of big budget variety and drama studio productions as well as producing and directing music videos. 

He left the [[SABC]] and moved to Somerset West, to work independently, [[inter alia]] as a Producer/ director with [[Welela Studios]] (2006 - 2012) and [[To Go Productions]] (2009 -) on a diverse selection of television programmes - including  ''[[Treasure Hunt]]'', ''[[Whip the Chef]]'', ''[[Eish]]'' ''[[Aids in SA]]'', ''[[The World Cable Wakeboarding Championships]]'' and was and aas the Cape Producer for the SABC series ''[[TalkSA]]'', and was the Cape Producer for the SABC series ''[[TalkSA]]''. 

Movies he worked on include ''[['n Saak van Geloof]]'', ''[[Durban Poison]]'', ''[[100 Meter  Leeu Loop]]'', ''[[Double Echo]]''.

== Sources ==

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-h-wendt-3a5b5723/?originalSubdomain=za

https://welelastudios.com/

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0233893

https://togoproductions.co.za/

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