Pierre de Wet
Pierre Stephanus de Wet (1909–1990) was a film director, producer and writer. He is considered the father of the Afrikaans film industry. He established the Afrikaans film industry almost single-handedly with meager means and produced a total of 21 Afrikaans films during his lifetime.
Pierre de Wet
None credited · 50 Jaar op die planke: die Afrikaanse beroepstoneel. 1975. Ulrich Stark (editor) · Public domain
- Name
- Pierre de Wet
- Birth Name
- Pierre Stephanus de Wet
- Born
- 22 August 1909
- Birthplace
- Pretoria
- Died
- 24 June 1990
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Occupation
- Director, actor, producer, screenwriter
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
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Pierre Stephanus de Wet (1909–1990) was a film director, producer and writer. He is considered the father of the Afrikaans film industry. He established the Afrikaans film industry almost single-handedly with meager means and produced a total of 21 Afrikaans films during his lifetime.
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Biography
De Wet was also the creator of Kom Saam Vanaand (1949), the first ever South African and Afrikaans musical. He died of a heart attack in a Johannesburg hospital in 1990 at the age of 80.
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Key facts
• Name — Pierre de Wet • Birth Name — Pierre Stephanus de Wet • Born — 22 August 1909 • Birthplace — Pretoria • Died — 24 June 1990 • Place of death — Johannesburg • Occupation — Director, actor, producer, screenwriter
As an actor
As an actor
• Pikkie se Erfenis, 1946 • Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak, 1948 as Dr. Hendrikus Kwak • Moedertjie, 1931 (first full-length film with Afrikaans dialogue)
As an author
As an director
As an director
• En die Vonke Spat, 1961 • Oupa en die plaasnooientjie, 1960 • Nooi van my hart, 1959 • Piet se tante, 1959 • Fratse in die vloot, 1958 • Dis Lekker om te Lewe, 1957 • Matieland, 1955 • Vadertjie Langbeen, 1955 • ’n Plan is ’n Boerdery, 1954 • Altyd in my drome, 1952 • Alles sal regkom, 1951 • Kom saam, vanaand, 1949 (eerste Suid-Afrikaanse en Afrikaanse musiekblyspel) • Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak, 1948 • Simon Beyers, 1947 • Geboortegrond, 1946 • Pikkie se Erfenis, 1946
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Johannesburg.
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Awards
• For his performance in Moedertjie he received the first Afrikaans film award - a medal of honour from the then Academy for Language, Letters and Arts.
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