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| − | There are | + | <big>There are four people by the name of '''[[Kobus Louw]]''' involved in the performing arts in South Africa</big> |
| − | = '''Kobus Louw''' (1945-1983?) = | + | = '''[[Kobus Louw]]''' (1945-1983?) = |
Playwright, radio and TV scriptwriter, journalist. | Playwright, radio and TV scriptwriter, journalist. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| − | Born in Ventersburg, Orange Free State, he completed his high school at [[Grey College]], Bloemfontein, in 1962. After a year as a conscript in the South African Air Force, | + | Born in Ventersburg, Orange Free State, he completed his high school at [[Grey College]], Bloemfontein, in 1962. Among his classmates were a number of other theatre personalities, including theatre practitioner [[Johan Geyser]], the journalists/critics [[John-Murray Viljoen]] and [[Braam Muller]], the theatre researcher [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] and the actor and director [[Johan Bernard]]. After a year as a conscript in the South African Air Force, he studied for a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the [[University of the Orange Free State]], finishing in 1966. |
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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In 1975 he joined [[SABC|SABC TV]] as a scriptwriter. | In 1975 he joined [[SABC|SABC TV]] as a scriptwriter. | ||
| − | He was married to Lynette Joubert, and the couple had two children, a son [[Jaco Louw]] and a daughter [[Sonja Mae Louw]]. | + | He was married to Lynette Joubert, and the couple had two children, a son, author [[Jaco Louw]] and a daughter, TV scriptwriter [[Sonja Mae Louw]]. |
Louw tragically died of a heart attack in 1982/3?. | Louw tragically died of a heart attack in 1982/3?. | ||
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He truly became a household name with his TV scripts, the most famous of these being ''[[Willem]]'' (1976), a comic detective series which made [[Tobie Cronjé]] nationally famous , ''[[Dokter Dokter]]'' (a sitcom set in a hospital, 1976-1977), and ''[[Drama-Drama]]'' (1978). | He truly became a household name with his TV scripts, the most famous of these being ''[[Willem]]'' (1976), a comic detective series which made [[Tobie Cronjé]] nationally famous , ''[[Dokter Dokter]]'' (a sitcom set in a hospital, 1976-1977), and ''[[Drama-Drama]]'' (1978). | ||
| − | = '''Kobus Louw''' (circa 1958-) = | + | ==Sources== |
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| + | Personal recollections by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] | ||
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| + | https://www.netwerk24.com/sarie/5-boekminute-met-jaco-louw-20170914 | ||
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| + | [[Kobus Louw]]. 1978. ''Die Seepsteenbataljon'', Cape Town: [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]]. | ||
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| + | = '''[[Kobus Louw]]''' (circa 1958-) = | ||
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| + | An actor. | ||
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| + | == Biography == | ||
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| + | He studied drama at [[Stellenbosch University]]. | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to Theatre, Film, Media and Performance in South Africa== | ||
He played the role of "Pieter Faure" in a student performance of the play ''[[Die Swakkere Vat]]'' at the 1978 ''[[USAT Dramafees]]'' while studying at [[Stellenbosch University]]. | He played the role of "Pieter Faure" in a student performance of the play ''[[Die Swakkere Vat]]'' at the 1978 ''[[USAT Dramafees]]'' while studying at [[Stellenbosch University]]. | ||
| − | = '''Kobus Louw''' ( | + | |
| + | = '''Kobus Louw''' (circa 1972-) = | ||
Director, Videographer and Editor. | Director, Videographer and Editor. | ||
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Completed his schooling at Strand High School (1990-1995), then did a course in Graphic Design, at the Kensington and Chelsea College, London (1998) and a workshop for Advertising Art (Art Directors Workshop, Cape Town, 2000). Followed this up by a range of courses on aspects of film making at various institutions, including American Independent Cinema, (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh) and Introduction to Filmmaking (Panico Productions, London) in 2002, courses in Camera Assistants (2003, 2004) and one in Film and Documentary Lighting (Media Film Services, Cape Town, 2010) | Completed his schooling at Strand High School (1990-1995), then did a course in Graphic Design, at the Kensington and Chelsea College, London (1998) and a workshop for Advertising Art (Art Directors Workshop, Cape Town, 2000). Followed this up by a range of courses on aspects of film making at various institutions, including American Independent Cinema, (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh) and Introduction to Filmmaking (Panico Productions, London) in 2002, courses in Camera Assistants (2003, 2004) and one in Film and Documentary Lighting (Media Film Services, Cape Town, 2010) | ||
| + | ==Contribution to Theatre, Film, Media and Performance in South Africa== | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | ='''[[Kobus Louw]]''' (1990's-)= | ||
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| + | ==Biography== | ||
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| + | Born in Namibia, he completed a BFA in film production at [[AFDA]] (the [[African Film and Drama Academy]]) in 2015. His passion for film then led him to the USA, where he completed an MFA in Screenwriting at the New York Film Academy in 2017. | ||
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| + | He later moved back to South Africa. | ||
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| + | ==Contribution to Theatre, Film, Media and Performance in South Africa== | ||
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| + | Between 2014 and 2018 he directed 8 short films as part of his studies, writing some of the scripts himself and also editing some of the films. | ||
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| + | While at [[AFDA]] in South Africa he wrote and directed: ''[[For Better of Worse]]'' (2014), ''[[Bereave]]'' (2014), ''[[End of the Beginning]]'' (2015) and ''[[Surveil]]'' (2015). | ||
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| + | While studying at the New York Film Academy, he did ''[[Fu Bar]]'' (2016), ''[[RelationShit]]'' (2017), | ||
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| + | In 2017 he also co-directed the US short ''[[Ecstasy: Teaser Trailer]]'' and directed ''[['64 Koufax]]'' (2018). | ||
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| + | He has since returned to work in South Africa. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9437372/bio/?ref_=nm_ov | ||
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| + | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9437372/ | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:36, 11 October 2026
There are four people by the name of Kobus Louw involved in the performing arts in South Africa
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Kobus Louw (1945-1983?)
Playwright, radio and TV scriptwriter, journalist.
Biography
Born in Ventersburg, Orange Free State, he completed his high school at Grey College, Bloemfontein, in 1962. Among his classmates were a number of other theatre personalities, including theatre practitioner Johan Geyser, the journalists/critics John-Murray Viljoen and Braam Muller, the theatre researcher Temple Hauptfleisch and the actor and director Johan Bernard. After a year as a conscript in the South African Air Force, he studied for a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of the Orange Free State, finishing in 1966.
Career
He joined the staff of Die Volksblad in Bloemfontein as a reporter in 1967, and in this period began to write plays for radio. In 1969 he moved to Johannesburg, to become a press agent for a film company and later joined the editorial staff of Die Huisgenoot, a popular weekly magazine.
In 1975 he joined SABC TV as a scriptwriter.
He was married to Lynette Joubert, and the couple had two children, a son, author Jaco Louw and a daughter, TV scriptwriter Sonja Mae Louw.
Louw tragically died of a heart attack in 1982/3?.
Contribution to Theatre, Film, Media and Performance in South Africa
Louw wrote numerous radio plays, of which the haunting one-act Die Watertoring is perhaps the best (broadcast in 19**, published in 197*). His radio series Die Seepsteenbataljon was broadcast by the SABC in June 1972. In January 1978 it was presented as a television series by SABC TV and novelized for publication by Tafelberg-Uitgewers in 1978.
He truly became a household name with his TV scripts, the most famous of these being Willem (1976), a comic detective series which made Tobie Cronjé nationally famous , Dokter Dokter (a sitcom set in a hospital, 1976-1977), and Drama-Drama (1978).
Sources
Personal recollections by Temple Hauptfleisch
https://www.netwerk24.com/sarie/5-boekminute-met-jaco-louw-20170914
Kobus Louw. 1978. Die Seepsteenbataljon, Cape Town: Tafelberg Uitgewers.
Kobus Louw (circa 1958-)
An actor.
Biography
He studied drama at Stellenbosch University.
Contribution to Theatre, Film, Media and Performance in South Africa
He played the role of "Pieter Faure" in a student performance of the play Die Swakkere Vat at the 1978 USAT Dramafees while studying at Stellenbosch University.
Kobus Louw (circa 1972-)
Director, Videographer and Editor.
Biography
Completed his schooling at Strand High School (1990-1995), then did a course in Graphic Design, at the Kensington and Chelsea College, London (1998) and a workshop for Advertising Art (Art Directors Workshop, Cape Town, 2000). Followed this up by a range of courses on aspects of film making at various institutions, including American Independent Cinema, (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh) and Introduction to Filmmaking (Panico Productions, London) in 2002, courses in Camera Assistants (2003, 2004) and one in Film and Documentary Lighting (Media Film Services, Cape Town, 2010)
Contribution to Theatre, Film, Media and Performance in South Africa
Sources
http://www.kobuslouwfilms.com/
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Kobus Louw (1990's-)
Biography
Born in Namibia, he completed a BFA in film production at AFDA (the African Film and Drama Academy) in 2015. His passion for film then led him to the USA, where he completed an MFA in Screenwriting at the New York Film Academy in 2017.
He later moved back to South Africa.
Contribution to Theatre, Film, Media and Performance in South Africa
Between 2014 and 2018 he directed 8 short films as part of his studies, writing some of the scripts himself and also editing some of the films.
While at AFDA in South Africa he wrote and directed: For Better of Worse (2014), Bereave (2014), End of the Beginning (2015) and Surveil (2015).
While studying at the New York Film Academy, he did Fu Bar (2016), RelationShit (2017),
In 2017 he also co-directed the US short Ecstasy: Teaser Trailer and directed '64 Koufax (2018).
He has since returned to work in South Africa.
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9437372/bio/?ref_=nm_ov
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9437372/
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