Manie van Rensburg - Revision history

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Fogterop at 18:39, 16 April 2018

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 – ''Country Lovers'' (television movie),
 – ''Verspeelde Lente'' (television series),
 - ''[[Anna Meintjies]]'' (television movie) (+ screenplay),
 – ''Good News!'' (television series),

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 '''Television as Director'''
 – ''Oom Willem en die Lord'' (television movie) (+ producer),
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 – ''Country Lovers'' (television movie),
 – ''Verspeelde Lente'' (television series),
-– ''Anna'' (television movie) (+ screenplay),
+– ''[[Anna]]'' (television movie) (+ screenplay),
 – ''Good News!'' (television series),
 – ''Sagmoedige Neelsie'' (television series),

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+[[Manie van Rensburg]] (1945–1993) was a film director and scriptwriter.
 == Biography ==
-Hermanus Philippus (Manie) Janse van Rensburg was born in Krugersdorp to Charl Francois Janse van Rensburg and Hermanni Philippa van Aswegen.  As a young teenager he played the organ at the local Dutch Reformed Church and is said to have bought his first 8mm movie camera with his earnings.  At high school he was involved in the film society, but though his application to study at the London Film School was accepted, his parents insisted that he complete a teaching degree at the University of Potchefstroom, where he majored in English and Psychology.
+Hermanus Philippus (Manie) Janse van Rensburg was born in Krugersdorp on 24 October, 1945 to Charl Francois Janse van Rensburg and Hermanni Philippa van Aswegen.  As a young teenager he played the organ at the local Dutch Reformed Church and is said to have bought his first 8mm movie camera with his earnings.  At high school he was involved in the film society, but though his application to study at the London Film School was accepted, his parents insisted that he complete a teaching degree at the University of Potchefstroom, where he majored in English and Psychology.
 However, at the age of 21 he came to the [[National Film Board of South Africa]] as a general assistant and soon afterwards he went off on his own.  In 1971 he completed two documentaries and then joined [[Kavalier Films]], for whom he made his first feature, a romantic study of loneliness in Hillbrow entitled ''[[Freddie’s in Love]]'' (1971), starring [[Franz Marx]].  This was followed by three more features, of which the political satire ''[[Die Square]]'' (1974), with [[Cobus Rossouw]] and [[Rika Sennett]], was probably the best.
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 With no access to the television network, he returned to the cinema.  His first film in 15 years was ''[[The Native Who Caused All the Trouble]]'' (1989), based on a play by [[Danny Keogh]], [[Vanessa Cooke]] and [[Nicholas Haysom]], originally staged by [[Robert Whitehead]] at the [[Market Theatre]].  This was followed by ''[[The Fourth Reich]]'', based on the capture of Robey Leibbrandt after his return from Nazi Germany, and finally the comedy ''[[Taxi to Soweto]]'' (1991), with [[Marius Weyers]], [[Elize Cawood]], [[Patrick Shai]] and [[Ramolao Makhene]] in the leading roles.
-It was to be his last film.  Following an accident in which he had badly injured his back, he was in constant pain and thus confined to a wheelchair.  In December 1993 he shot himself at his house in Melville, Johannesburg.  He was married twice, first to Anita Maria Erasmus and in 1979 to actress [[Grethe Fox]], from whom he was separated at the time of his death.  He was only 48.
+It was to be his last film.  Following an accident in which he had badly injured his back, he was in constant pain and thus confined to a wheelchair.  On 3 December 1993 he shot himself at his house in Melville, Johannesburg.
 == Credits ==

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 '''Features as Director'''
-– ''Freddie’s in Love'' (+ screenplay with [[Franz Marx]] & [[Nic van Rensburg]] & producer),
+– ''[[Freddie’s in Love]]'' (+ screenplay with [[Franz Marx]] & [[Nic van Rensburg]] & producer),
-– ''Die Bankrower'' (+ screenplay with [[Chris Barnard]]),
+– ''[[Die Bankrower]]'' (+ screenplay with [[Chris Barnard]]),
-– ''Geluksdal'',
+– ''[[Geluksdal]]'',
-– ''Die Square'' (+ screenplay with [[Cobus Louw]]),
+– ''[[Die Square]]'' (+ screenplay with [[Cobus Louw]]),
 – ''[[The Native Who Caused All the Trouble]]'' (+ producer),
-– ''The Fourth Reich'',
+– ''[[The Fourth Reich]]'',
-– ''Taxi to Soweto'' (+ screenplay with [[Marina Bekker]] & associate producer).
+– ''[[Taxi to Soweto]]'' (+ screenplay with [[Marina Bekker]] & associate producer).
 '''Television as Director'''

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 – ''Willem'' (television series),
 – ''Sebastian Senior'' (television series),
 – ''[[Mickey Kannis Caught my Eye]]'' (television movie),
 – ''Dokter Con Viljee se Overberg'' (television series),
 – ''Die Perdesmous'' (television movie),

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 – ''Lied in my Hart'' / ''Song in my Heart'' (assistant- & musical editor) (Director: [[Ivan Hall]])
 – ''My Broer se Bril'' (co-producer) (Director: [[Dirk de Villiers]])
-– ''Taxi to Soweto'' (actor – uncredited) (Director: '''Manie van Rensburg''')
+– ''Taxi to Soweto'' (actor – uncredited) (Director: Manie van Rensburg)
 '''As Himself'''

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 == Sources ==
-Blignaut, Johan & Botha, Martin - Movies, moguls, mavericks: South African cinema 1979-1991 (19920
+Blignaut, Johan & Botha, Martin - Movies, moguls, mavericks: South African cinema 1979-1991 (1992)
 Botha, Martin & Dethier, Hubert - Kronieken van Zuid-Afrika: de films van Manie van Rensburg (1997)

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	1984 – ''Op Soek na ‘n Karakter'' / ''Sandra Prinsloo: Op Soek na ‘n Karakter'' (Directors: [[Carl Theunissen]] & [[André van den Heever]])		1984 – ''Op Soek na ‘n Karakter'' / ''Sandra Prinsloo: Op Soek na ‘n Karakter'' (Directors: [[Carl Theunissen]] & [[André van den Heever]])
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	Blignaut, Johan & Botha, Martin - Movies, moguls, mavericks: South African cinema 1979-1991 (19920
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		+	Botha, Martin & Dethier, Hubert - Kronieken van Zuid-Afrika: de films van Manie van Rensburg (1997)
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		+	Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm (1982)
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		+	Toffoli, Hilary Prendini & Silber, Gus - Who's really who in South Africa (1989)
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		+	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887814/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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		+	http://www.oocities.org/athens/rhodes/1266/historical-Filmmaker.htm
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 '''Documentaries as Director'''
-– [[Great Karoo]] / ''Die Groot Karoo'',
+– ''Great Karoo'' / ''Die Groot Karoo'',
 – ''Bottles'' (+ cinematography & editing).