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-[[Greg Latter]] (19**-). Actor, writer, director.
+[[Greg Latter]] (19**-)is an actor, playwright, stage and film director and screenwriter
 == Biography ==
 An established screenplay writer with 16 feature film credits and over sixty hours of TV drama and comedy produced.
 Since 1998, Greg has been the Head-writer on the 13-part TV series "[[Soul City]]" (IV), which he developed from synopsis to treatment, through to first draft, second draft, and final polish - Soul City's screenplays deal with Rape, HIV/AIDS, Disability, Depression, Asthma, Adult Literacy and Small/Micro/Medium/Enterprises in the South African context. "Soul City IV" received five out of six drama awards at the 2000 Avanti Awards, including Best Drama Series.

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+An established screenplay writer with 16 feature film credits and over sixty hours of TV drama and comedy produced.
 Since 1998, Greg has been the Head-writer on the 13-part TV series "[[Soul City]]" (IV), which he developed from synopsis to treatment, through to first draft, second draft, and final polish - Soul City's screenplays deal with Rape, HIV/AIDS, Disability, Depression, Asthma, Adult Literacy and Small/Micro/Medium/Enterprises in the South African context. "Soul City IV" received five out of six drama awards at the 2000 Avanti Awards, including Best Drama Series.

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	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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 He wrote ''[[Tricks]]'', produced for the Women's Festival at the Market Theatre and ''[[To Remember]]'' produced for the [[Pot-Pourri Festival]] in 1985. He wrote ''[[Softer than Rock]]'' and ''[[Death of a Colonialist]]''.
-Greg wrote the script for the film ''Forgiveness'' about the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] (TRC) in 2004.
+Greg wrote the script for the film ''[[Forgiveness]]'' about the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] ([[TRC]]) in 2004.
 == Awards, etc ==

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		+	Film director, Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter
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		+	South Africa
		+	Column : Theater, Cinema/tv
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		+	Greg is currently South Africa's most established screenplay writer with 16 feature film credits and over sixty hours of TV drama and comedy produced.
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		+	Since 1998, Greg has been the Head-writer on the 13-part TV series "[[Soul City]]" (IV), which he developed from synopsis to treatment, through to first draft, second draft, and final polish - Soul City's screenplays deal with Rape, HIV/AIDS, Disability, Depression, Asthma, Adult Literacy and Small/Micro/Medium/Enterprises in the South African context. "Soul City IV" received five out of six drama awards at the 2000 Avanti Awards, including Best Drama Series.
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		+	"Soul City" was featured in an exclusive article in "Time Magazine" (July 2, 2001) under the title "Emotional Intelligence". Besides South Africa, "Soul City" has been broadcast in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Nigeria, Namibia, Malawi and Barbados, and has been dubbed into French and Portuguese for showing in Ivory Coast and Mozambique.
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		+	He developed the screenplay for "Forgiveness" in consultation with Gcinaphi Dlamini, Ian Gabriel, Shawn Slovo and Neil McCarthy. The screenplay for "The Motor Gang", the Giant Films project currently in development, has been written by Greg Latter and Ian Gabriel.
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		+	Award-winning scriptwriter Greg Latter graduated from Wits University in 1982 with a BA in directing, acting and writing. The following year, he starred in ''[[City of Blood]] (1983), starting an acting career which has spanned over 20 years and over 30 feature films.
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		+	In 1987, Latter received his first credit as a writer and two decades on, he is the most prolific and successful South African scriptwriter. With over sixteen feature films produced, he is best known for penning ''[[Goodbye Bafana]]'' (2007), the story of Nelson Mandela's racist guard which starred Josheph Fiennes and Diane Kruger and ''[[Forgiveness]]'' (2004), the award-winning South African film about truth and reconciliation.
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		+	Latter directed his first feature ''[[End of the Road]]'' for [[MNET]] and wrote the stageplay ''[[Death of a Colonialist]]'' which was showing in Johannesburg earlier this year.
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		+	www.bavaria-film-international.de/htmls/bfi/data/program/1_292/pressbook.pdf

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Greg has performed in various productions, including ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'' (CAPAB), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[And Green And Golden]]'', ''[[Groucho at Large]]'', ''[[Walking Wounded]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]]), ''[[I'm not Rappaport]]''.
+Greg has performed in various productions, including ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'' (CAPAB), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[And Green And Golden]]'', ''[[Groucho at Large]]'', ''[[Knickerbocker Knockabout]]'', ''[[On the Razzle]]'', ''[[Why Strelitzias Can't Fly]]'', ''[[Walking Wounded]]'', ''[[Rain]]'', ''[[Môre is 'n Lang Dag]]'', ''[[I'm not Rappaport]]''.
-He wrote and directed ''[[Going Under]]'' for [[CAPAB]]. He wrote ''[[Tricks]]'', produced for the Women's Festival at the Market Theatre and ''[[To Remember]]'' produced for the [[Pot-Pourri Festival]] in 1985. He wrote ''[[Softer than Rock]]'' and ''[[Death of a Colonialist]]''.
+He wrote and directed ''[[Going Under]]'' for [[CAPAB]].
 Greg wrote the script for the film ''Forgiveness'' about the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] (TRC) in 2004.
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 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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-(19**-) Actor, writer, director
+[[Greg Latter]] (19**-). Actor, writer, director.
 == Biography ==
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 Greg has performed in various productions, including ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'' (CAPAB), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[And Green And Golden]]'', ''[[Groucho at Large]]'', ''[[Walking Wounded]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]]), ''[[I'm not Rappaport]]''.
-He wrote and directed ''[[Going Under]]'' for [[CAPAB]]. He wrote ''[[Tricks]]'', produced for the Women's Festival at the Market Theatre and ''[[To Remember]]'' produced for the [[Pot-Pourri Festival]] in 1985. He wrote ''[[Softer than Rock]]''.
+He wrote and directed ''[[Going Under]]'' for [[CAPAB]]. He wrote ''[[Tricks]]'', produced for the Women's Festival at the Market Theatre and ''[[To Remember]]'' produced for the [[Pot-Pourri Festival]] in 1985. He wrote ''[[Softer than Rock]]'' and ''[[Death of a Colonialist]]''.
 Greg wrote the script for the film ''Forgiveness'' about the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] (TRC) in 2004.
 == Awards, etc ==
-Won the Thomas Pringle Award for a short play published in ''Staffrider'' called ''[[Mineworking]]''.
+He won the Thomas Pringle Award for a short story published in ''Staffrider'' called ''Mineworking''.
 == Sources ==
 ''I'm not Rappaport'' programme notes, 1986.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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	He wrote and directed ''[[Going Under]]'' for [[CAPAB]]. He wrote ''[[Tricks]]'', produced for the Women's Festival at the Market Theatre and ''[[To Remember]]'' produced for the [[Pot-Pourri Festival]] in 1985. He wrote ''[[Softer than Rock]]''.		He wrote and directed ''[[Going Under]]'' for [[CAPAB]]. He wrote ''[[Tricks]]'', produced for the Women's Festival at the Market Theatre and ''[[To Remember]]'' produced for the [[Pot-Pourri Festival]] in 1985. He wrote ''[[Softer than Rock]]''.
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		+	Greg wrote the script for the film ''Forgiveness'' about the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] (TRC) in 2004.

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==