Werner Grünbauer

Werner Grünbauer (fl. 1955-1974) is a actor, cinematographer, screenwriter, director and producer.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He was active in the South African film industry between 1955 and 1974, in a variety of capacities, working , inter alia, for Protea Film Productions.

As actor:

Vrolike Vrydag 13de (1969) as a nightclub patron (uncredited) and Sononder (1971) as the Managing Director of the Apple Board (uncredited)

As cinematographer

Jungle Girl and the Slaver (1957, second camera operator), Oupa for Sale (1968, camera operator), Vrolike Vrydag 13de (1969), Die Vervlakste Tweeling (1969), Onwettige Huwelik (1970), Sononder (1971) and Oh Brother..! (1974)

As editor

Oupa for Sale (1968)

As writer

Oupa for Sale (1968)

As director

Paul Krüger (1955/1956), My Own, My Native Land ( documentary, 1964), Dirty Linen (short documentary, 1965)

As producer

Oupa for Sale (1968), Die Vervlakste Tweeling (1969), Vrolike Vrydag 13de (1969), Onwettige Huwelik (1970) and Oh Brother..! ( 1974)

As sound recordist

Journey into Nowhere (1963)

As agent

Werner also served as the South African representative for esteemed German composer, Gerhard Trede, whose music has been heard all around the world.

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1292498/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f347bc1

http://archives.encounters.co.za/backup09/archive/2005/SAfilms.html

E-mail correspondence from Connie Violet Lovelace, a US researcher and historian (read 21 September, 2022).

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