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| − | (19**-) Actress, playwright, filmmaker, director | + | [[Helena Kriel]] (19**-) Actress, playwright, filmmaker, director |
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She wrote or co-wrote the plays ''[[Pigs on Passion]]'', ''[[Arachnid]]'', ''[[K+M+B]]'', ''[[I Can't Wait to Tie You to the Sofa]]'' (Arena, Windybrow, March 1990); co-wrote the screenplays for ''[[Tsotsi]]'', ''[[Skin]]''. She acted in ''[[Pigs on Passion]]'', ''[[Beirut]]''. | She wrote or co-wrote the plays ''[[Pigs on Passion]]'', ''[[Arachnid]]'', ''[[K+M+B]]'', ''[[I Can't Wait to Tie You to the Sofa]]'' (Arena, Windybrow, March 1990); co-wrote the screenplays for ''[[Tsotsi]]'', ''[[Skin]]''. She acted in ''[[Pigs on Passion]]'', ''[[Beirut]]''. | ||
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
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She was the winner in 1991 of the Diane Thomas Screen-writing Award [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Thomas]. | She was the winner in 1991 of the Diane Thomas Screen-writing Award [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Thomas]. | ||
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Helena Kriel (19**-) Actress, playwright, filmmaker, director
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Biography
She was born and brought up in Johannesburg, she graduated with a BA Honours in Drama from the Witwatersrand University, as the top actress and overall top directing student of her year.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She wrote or co-wrote the plays Pigs on Passion, Arachnid, K+M+B, I Can't Wait to Tie You to the Sofa (Arena, Windybrow, March 1990); co-wrote the screenplays for Tsotsi, Skin. She acted in Pigs on Passion, Beirut.
Awards, etc
She was the winner in 1991 of the Diane Thomas Screen-writing Award [1].
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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