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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | Scholtz’s career in the entertainment industry spanned more than five decades, during which time he produced and co-produced 35 feature films including South African favourites such as ''[['n PawPaw vir My Darling]]'', ''[[Meerkat Maantuig]]'', two instalments of ''[[You Must Be Joking]]'', ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' released in 2012 and ''[[Toorbos]]'' (2016) and all of the movies in the ''[[Oh Shucks]]'' franchise, where he worked with his long-time friend and award-winning film-maker, [[Leon Schuster]]. ''[[Panic Mechanic]]'' (1996), ''[[Rainbow Skellums]]'' (2009) and ''[[Ek Joke Net]]'' (2011), ''[[Angus Buchan's Ordinary People]]'' (2012) . | + | Scholtz’s career in the entertainment industry spanned more than five decades, during which time he produced and co-produced 35 feature films, working for as well as his own company, He was the owner of [[Krisan Productions]]. including South African favourites such as ''[['n PawPaw vir My Darling]]'', ''[[Meerkat Maantuig]]'', two instalments of ''[[You Must Be Joking]]'', ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' released in 2012 and ''[[Toorbos]]'' (2016) and all of the movies in the ''[[Oh Shucks]]'' franchise, where he worked with his long-time friend and award-winning film-maker, [[Leon Schuster]]. ''[[Panic Mechanic]]'' (1996), ''[[Rainbow Skellums]]'' (2009) and ''[[Ek Joke Net]]'' (2011), ''[[Angus Buchan's Ordinary People]]'' (2012) . |
He had also produced numerous television series, including ''[[Dryfsand]]'' ([[Kyknet]], 2007) and [[P.G. du Plessis]]'s ''[[Feast of the Uninvited]]''. | He had also produced numerous television series, including ''[[Dryfsand]]'' ([[Kyknet]], 2007) and [[P.G. du Plessis]]'s ''[[Feast of the Uninvited]]''. | ||
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| + | André Scholtz was the producer or co-producer since 1985 of multiple Leon Schuster films like You Must be Joking, You Must be Joking Too, Sweet 'n Short, Oh Shucks it's Schuster, Oh Shucks Here Comes Untag, Kwagga Strikes Back, Yankee Zulu, Zulu on my Stoep, The Millennium Menace, Panic Mechanic, Shucks Your Country Needs You, Oh Shucks I'm Gatvol, Shucks Pay Back the Money and 2014's Frank & Fearless. | ||
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| + | In 2022 André Scholtz produced his final Leon Schuster film, Mr Bones 3: Son of Bones. | ||
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| + | He produced 2016's Paw Paw vir my Darling and 2017's Meerkat Maantuig. | ||
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| + | Before André Scholtz became a producer he was the financial and planning manager for Ster-Kinekor Films. He completed a masters degree in business leadership while he worked at Ster-Kinekor Films. | ||
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| + | He was a production manager on the films Liefste Veertjie, Ter will van Christine, Vergeet my Nie, 'n Beeld vir Jeannie, 'n Sondag in September, as well as Kom tot Rus. | ||
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| + | He also acted in a number of films and TV series, including ''[[Die Eensame Vlug]]'', ''[[Soweto Green]]'', ''[[Panic Mechanic]]'' and ''[[Babalas]]'', | ||
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| + | As a screenwriter he wrote the scripts for ''[[Panic Mechanic]]'', . | ||
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| + | André Scholtz was an associate producer on 1977's Dingetjie & Idi and also produced the films Diament en die Dief, Die Eensame Vlug, Hersfland, Skelms, April 1980, Jopie Fourie, Ek Joke Net, Ek Joke Net 2, Rainbow Skellums, Hond se Dinges, Running Riot, as well as 2012's Angus Buchan's Ordinary People. | ||
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| + | He was also the producer of films like Die Wonderwerker, Babalas, Suurlemoen!, Fees van die Ongenooides, as well as Toorbos with his son Dries Scholtz. | ||
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| + | For television André Scholtz produced the Amalia, Dryfsand and Pandjieswinkelstories TV series for kykNET, SABC2's Andries Plak and Die Uwe Pottie Potgieter. | ||
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Revision as of 05:12, 4 October 2024
André Scholtz (1945-2024). Filmmaker.
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Biography
He studied at the University of the Orange free State in the 1960s, and before becoming a producer, he was the financial and planning manager for Ster-Kinekor Films, completing a masters degree in business leadership in the same period.
He passed away peacefully at his home in Cape Town on 30 September, 2024, having battled cancer for a while. He is survived by his wife Riana, five children, Gertruida, Michael, Mara-lee, Dries and Kristo and seven grandchildren.
André Scholtz worked for five decades in South Africa's film and TV industry and was a producer and co-producer of more than 29 full-length feature films, as well as seven drama and comedy series for the SABC, M-Net and kykNET.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Scholtz’s career in the entertainment industry spanned more than five decades, during which time he produced and co-produced 35 feature films, working for as well as his own company, He was the owner of Krisan Productions. including South African favourites such as 'n PawPaw vir My Darling, Meerkat Maantuig, two instalments of You Must Be Joking, Die Wonderwerker released in 2012 and Toorbos (2016) and all of the movies in the Oh Shucks franchise, where he worked with his long-time friend and award-winning film-maker, Leon Schuster. Panic Mechanic (1996), Rainbow Skellums (2009) and Ek Joke Net (2011), Angus Buchan's Ordinary People (2012) .
He had also produced numerous television series, including Dryfsand (Kyknet, 2007) and P.G. du Plessis's Feast of the Uninvited.
André Scholtz was the producer or co-producer since 1985 of multiple Leon Schuster films like You Must be Joking, You Must be Joking Too, Sweet 'n Short, Oh Shucks it's Schuster, Oh Shucks Here Comes Untag, Kwagga Strikes Back, Yankee Zulu, Zulu on my Stoep, The Millennium Menace, Panic Mechanic, Shucks Your Country Needs You, Oh Shucks I'm Gatvol, Shucks Pay Back the Money and 2014's Frank & Fearless.
In 2022 André Scholtz produced his final Leon Schuster film, Mr Bones 3: Son of Bones.
He produced 2016's Paw Paw vir my Darling and 2017's Meerkat Maantuig.
Before André Scholtz became a producer he was the financial and planning manager for Ster-Kinekor Films. He completed a masters degree in business leadership while he worked at Ster-Kinekor Films.
He was a production manager on the films Liefste Veertjie, Ter will van Christine, Vergeet my Nie, 'n Beeld vir Jeannie, 'n Sondag in September, as well as Kom tot Rus.
He also acted in a number of films and TV series, including Die Eensame Vlug, Soweto Green, Panic Mechanic and Babalas,
As a screenwriter he wrote the scripts for Panic Mechanic, .
André Scholtz was an associate producer on 1977's Dingetjie & Idi and also produced the films Diament en die Dief, Die Eensame Vlug, Hersfland, Skelms, April 1980, Jopie Fourie, Ek Joke Net, Ek Joke Net 2, Rainbow Skellums, Hond se Dinges, Running Riot, as well as 2012's Angus Buchan's Ordinary People.
He was also the producer of films like Die Wonderwerker, Babalas, Suurlemoen!, Fees van die Ongenooides, as well as Toorbos with his son Dries Scholtz.
For television André Scholtz produced the Amalia, Dryfsand and Pandjieswinkelstories TV series for kykNET, SABC2's Andries Plak and Die Uwe Pottie Potgieter.
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774652/
Thinus Ferreira. 2024. "Veteran producer André Scholtz dead at 79 after losing his battle against cancer", TV with Thinus[1] (posted Monday, September 30, 2024)
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