André Scholtz
André Scholtz (1945-2024). Filmmaker.
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Biography
He passed away on , 2024, having battled cancer for a while. He died peacefully at his home in Cape Town surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife Riana, five children, Gertruida, Michael, Mara-lee, Dries and Kristo and seven grandchildren.
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) .
He had also produced numerous television series, including Dryfsand (Kyknet, 2007) and P.G. du Plessis's Feast of the Uninvited.
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774652/
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