Darrell Roodt

Roodt has worked with Patrick Swayze in Father Hood, James Earl Jones in Cry, the Beloved Country and Ice Cube in Dangerous Ground.

• Name — Darrell Roodt • Birth Name — Darrell James Roodt • Born — 28 April 1962 • Birthplace — Johannesburg, South Africa • Citizenship — South African • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, producer • Years Active — 1985–present • Known for — Sarafina!

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Darrell James Roodt grew up during the height of apartheid-era South Africa. His early films like Place of Weeping strongly condemned apartheid. Roodt was astounded that no one was addressing the conditions of apartheid through the medium of film, thus Place of Weeping is considered to be the first overtly anti-apartheid film made by a South African. Roodt is quoted as saying, "I didn’t do it from a leftist, agit-prop point of view, rather, I tried to explore characters caught up in quagmire of those turbulent times. Consequently I was never celebrated (for want of a better word) as a leftist film-maker."

• City of Blood (1983) • Place of Weeping (1986) • The Stick (1987) • Tenth of a Second (1987) • Jobman (1990) • Sarafina! (1992) • Father Hood (1993) • To the Death (1993) • Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) • Dangerous Ground (1997) • Second Skin (2000) • Witness to a Kill (2001) • Pavement (2002) • Sumuru (2003) • Dracula 3000 (2004) TV film • Yesterday (2004) • "Dirty Laundry" (2005) episode of the TV series Charlie Jade • Faith's Corner (2005) • Cryptid (2006) • Number 10 (2006) • Lullaby (2008) • Meisie (2007) • Prey (2007) • Ella Blue (2008) TV mini-series • Zimbabwe (2008) • Jakhalsdans (2010) • Winnie Mandela (2011) • Little One (2012)) • The Little Kings (2012) • Stilte (2012)) • Room9 (TV Series) (2012) • Little One (2013) • Stealing Time (2013) • Die Ballade Van Robbie de Wee (2013) • Safari (2013) • Snake Park TV Series (13 Episode) (2014) • Alles Wat Mal Is (2014) • Seun: 81457397BG (2014) • Treurgrond (2015) • Trouvoete (2015) • Skorokoro (2016) • Verskietende Ster (2016) • Lake Placid: Legacy (2018) • The Lullaby (2018) • The Furnace (2019)