Elmo de Witt’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Suid-Afrikaanse filmmaker
Was Actor
Film director
From South Africa
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender male
Birth

1935

Death

2011, Uvongo, Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, South Africa
(aged 76 years)

Elmo De Witt (d 2011) was a South African filmmaker, who worked as a director and a producer.
His films include Debbie (1965), The Last Lion (1972), Ter Wille van Christene (1975), Grensbasis 13 (1979) and You Must Be Joking! (1986). He was a prolific filmmaker, whose activity spanned more than three decades, from 1959 to 1992. Keyan Tomaselli considers him typical of Afrikaans directors who ‘have made films which conflict with the stereotypical “farm” image of the Afrikaner.’

Select Filmography

  • Geheim van Nantes (1969)
  • Freddie’s in Love (1971)
  • The Last Lion (1973)
  • Someone Like You (1978)
  • You Must Be Joking (1986)
  • Enemy Unseen (1991)
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