Neil Sandilands
(19*-) Actor for stage and TV. ****
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Biography
Training
Graduated from the Rand Afrikaans University in 1996 (BA Communications).
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Made a name for himself in TV as Bart in the hugely popular Afrikaans soap-opera Sewende Laan (Seventh Aveue). Among the stage acting awards he has won are the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actor for "Guy" in My Night With Greig (2002), *
His film and television credits include lead characters in productions Meesters, Konings, Carpe Diem, Soutmansland. He has produced and directed a short film entitled Entre Nous. He has received acclaim as a writer with theatre productions Noir and Vincent, which he also produced and performed in, for the National Arts Festival. He appeared as Gene in Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight (2000).
In Faan se Trein with Tinarie van Wyk Loots, directed by Albert Maritz in the Bellville Civic Centre, 2006.
Awards, etc
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