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(b. Johannesburg, 13/07/1924 – d. Pretoria, 09/08/1989). Director, scriptwriter, playwright.
Jan Mellet Perold’s first known film credits were on two 1953 Jamie Uys films, first as a cameraman on 50–50 and then as assistant director on Daar Doer in die Stad. The following year he wrote, photographed and directed Lobola, a short film that was well received and was picked up for distribution by Contemporary Films in New York. He then joined African Film Productions and worked on several documentaries for Caltex, the South African Bureau of Standards, the Department of Information, etc. His three features as director – As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is! (1962), Die Ruiter in die Nag (1963) and Piet My Niggie (1963) – were all made for South African Screen Productions / Suid-Afrikaanse Rolprentproduksies. In 1968 he moved to Pretoria where he joined the National Film Board of South Africa, occasionally directing, but more frequently as scriptwriter.
Biography
In 1953 he married the botanist Sarie Magdalena Perold (née Lombard) (1928-2011). Their son, Dr. Jan J. Perold, born in 1967, is a research psychologist.
Theatre
A play entitled Winde van Verandering (Winds of change), about the racial situation in South Africa, was published by Voortrekkerpers in 1966, but there are no records of it having been staged.
Filmography (incomplete)
As scriptwriter, he is credited with: Kruger Miljoene (story, 1967), Kavaliers (1966 ), Piet my Niggie (1964), Die Ruiter in die Nag (1963), As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is! (1962), En die Vonke Spat (story, 1961) and Matieland! (1955, story).
As director he is credited for: Piet my Niggie (1964), Die Ruiter in die Nag (1963), Daar Doer in die Stad (assistant director, 1963) and As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is! (1962).
As Cinematographer credited for 50-50 or Vyftig-vyftig (1953).
Awards, etc
Sources
http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Perold
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674405/
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