Elmo de Witt - Revision history

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Biography

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Biography

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 '''Television as Director'''
-''The Settlers'' (TV series) (1980), ''Taakmag'' (TV series) (1980), ''A Settler’s Tale'' (TV series) (1982), ''Town Guard'' (TV series) (1983), ''Hoekie vir Eensames'' (TV series) (with [[Herman Binge]] & [[Michael McCarthy]]/1986), ''Inkom' Edla Yodwa'' (TV series) (with [[Tokkie Wehmeyer]]/1989).
+''The Settlers'' (TV series) (1980), ''Taakmag'' (TV series) (1980), ''A Settler’s Tale'' (TV series) (1982), ''Gysbert Jonker'' (TV movie) (1982), ''Town Guard'' (TV series) (1983), ''Hoekie vir Eensames'' (TV series) (with [[Herman Binge]] & [[Michael McCarthy]]/1986), ''Inkom' Edla Yodwa'' (TV series) (with [[Tokkie Wehmeyer]]/1989).
 '''Television as Producer (Fiction)'''

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 '''Features as Director'''
-''[[Satanskoraal]]'' (1959), ''Debbie'' (+ screenplay + cameo as wedding guest) (1965), ''Kavaliers'' (1966), ''Hoor My Lied'' / ''Hear My Song'' (+ screenplay with [[Basil Stols]], [[A.P. du Plessis]] & Sakkie van der Walt) (1967), ''Danie Bosman: die Verhaal van die Grootste S.A. Komponis'' (1969), ''Sien Jou Môre'' (+ screenplay with [[A.P. du Plessis]]) (1970), ''Z.E.B.R.A.'' (1971), ''The Last Lion'' (1972), ''Sperrgebiet: Diamantgebied No. 1'' / ''Danger Zone'' (1972), ''Die Wildtemmer'' (1973), ''Snip en Rissiepit'' (1973), ''Môre, Môre'' (1973), ''Kwikstertjie'' (1974), ''Liefste Veertjie'' (1975), ''Ter Wille van Christine'' (1975), ''Vergeet My Nie'' (1976), ''‘n Beeld Vir Jeannie'' (1976), ''Kom Tot Rus'' (1977), ''Mooimeisiesfontein!'' (1977), ''Iemand Soos Jy'' / ''Someone Like You'' (1978), ''Grensbasis 13'' (1979), ''You Must be Joking!'' (1986), ''Enemy Unseen'' / ''Lost Valley'' (1989), ''Tolla Is Tops'' (1990).
+''[[Satanskoraal]]'' (1959), ''[[Debbie]]'' (+ screenplay + cameo as wedding guest) (1965), ''[[Kavaliers]]'' (1966), ''[[Hoor My Lied]]'' / ''Hear My Song'' (+ screenplay with [[Basil Stols]], [[A.P. du Plessis]] & Sakkie van der Walt) (1967), ''Danie Bosman: die Verhaal van die Grootste S.A. Komponis'' (1969), ''Sien Jou Môre'' (+ screenplay with [[A.P. du Plessis]]) (1970), ''Z.E.B.R.A.'' (1971), ''The Last Lion'' (1972), ''Sperrgebiet: Diamantgebied No. 1'' / ''Danger Zone'' (1972), ''Die Wildtemmer'' (1973), ''Snip en Rissiepit'' (1973), ''Môre, Môre'' (1973), ''Kwikstertjie'' (1974), ''[[Liefste Veertjie]]'' (1975), ''Ter Wille van Christine'' (1975), ''Vergeet My Nie'' (1976), ''‘n Beeld Vir Jeannie'' (1976), ''Kom Tot Rus'' (1977), ''Mooimeisiesfontein!'' (1977), ''Iemand Soos Jy'' / ''Someone Like You'' (1978), ''Grensbasis 13'' (1979), ''You Must be Joking!'' (1986), ''Enemy Unseen'' / ''Lost Valley'' (1989), ''Tolla Is Tops'' (1990).
 '''Features as Producer'''

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 == Biography ==
-Born [[Elmo Andre de Witt]] on 8 March, 1935, he was still a schoolboy when a short film he and his friends had made won an award from the [[Pretoria Cine Club]].
+Born [[Elmo André de Witt]] on 8 March, 1935, he was still a schoolboy when a short film he and his friends had made won an award from the [[Pretoria Cine Club]].
 As a young man he joined [[Jamie Uys Filmproduksies]] and was only 24 when he directed his first feature, ''[[Satanskoraal]]'' (1959).  Over the years he made many popular films, sometimes picking subjects that led to criticism from a still conservative Afrikaans establishment.  These included ''[[Debbie]]'' (1965),  in which [[Suzanne van Oudtshoorn]] played an unmarried mother, ''[[Liefste Veertjie]]'' (1975), with [[Hans Strydom]] and [[Zaza Vorster]], ''[[Ter Wille van Christine]]'' (1975), in which [[Hans Strydom]] as a NGK dominee falls in love with a Roman Catholic girl played by [[Sybel Coetzee]], and ''[[‘n Beeld vir Jeannie]]'' (1976), in which a sculptor (again [[Hans Strydom]]), uses an unmarried mother as a model for a statue to honour the women and children who died in the Boer War concentration camps.

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−		+	[[Elmo de Witt]] (1935 – 2011) was a film and television producer, director, editor, cinematographer.
−	Elmo de Witt (~~b. 18/03/~~1935 – ~~d. Uvongo, 31/04/~~2011)~~. Producer~~, director, editor, cinematographer.

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 Amongst his most popular films as director were the Boer War adventure story, ''[[Kavaliers]]'' (1966), the romantic drama ''[[Hoor My Lied]]'' (1967), starring the tenor [[Gé Korsten]], and ''[[Snip en Rissiepit]]'' (1973), based on the popular [[Springbok Radio]] serial by [[Jan Scholtz]].  He is also credited with having “discovered” actors like [[Hans Strydom]], [[Sybel Coetzee]], [[Rika Sennett]] and [[Alice Krige]] – or at least with giving them their first movie roles.  After working first for [[Jamie Uys]] and then for [[Tommie Meyer]] and [[Ben Vlok]] at [[Kavalier Films]], in 1973 he established his own production company and [[Elmo de Witt Films]] became a major player in the South African film industry. From then on he also produced most of the films he directed.   After a few years he retired from directing to concentrate on the production side, with his company providing the [[SABC]] with a range of television series.
-Towards the end of his life he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and he died while on holiday at the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.  He was survived by his wife, Riana, a son, Elmo Jr and a daughter, Deanne. Cinematographer [[Louis de Witt]] (1938-1993) was his younger brother and shot most of the films Elmo directed. (FO)
+Towards the end of his life he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and he died on 31 April, 2011, while on holiday in Uvongo on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.  He died on , 31/04/2011was survived by his wife, Riana, a son, Elmo Jr and a daughter, Deanne. Cinematographer [[Louis de Witt]] (1938-1993) was his younger brother and shot most of the films Elmo directed. (FO)
 == Credits ==

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 '''Features as Editor'''
-''[[Satanskoraal]]'' (Elmo de Witt/1969), ''Hou die Blink Kant Bo'' ([[Emil Nofal]]/1960), ''Doodkry Is Min'' (with [[Judex C. Viljoen]]) (1961), ''Hans en die Rooinek'' / ''Sidney and the Boer'' ([[Jamie Uys]]/1961), ''Debbie'' (with [[Roelf van Jaarsveld]] & [[Dave Burman]]) (Elmo de Witt/1965).
+''[[Satanskoraal]]'' (Elmo de Witt/1969), ''[[Hou die Blink Kant Bo]]'' ([[Emil Nofal]]/1960), ''Doodkry Is Min'' (with [[Judex C. Viljoen]]) (1961), ''Hans en die Rooinek'' / ''Sidney and the Boer'' ([[Jamie Uys]]/1961), ''Debbie'' (with [[Roelf van Jaarsveld]] & [[Dave Burman]]) (Elmo de Witt/1965).
 '''Documentaries'''

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 ''Van Kleuter tot Skoolkind'' (TV series) ([[Ria Bonthuys]]/1985)
 van Nierop, Leon - Daar doer in die fliek
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 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212438/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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