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Elmo De Witt

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Died
  
2011, Uvongo, South Africa

Movies
  
You Must Be Joking!, You Must Be Joking Too!, The Last Lion, The Urgent Queue

Similar
  
Leon Schuster, Jamie Uys, Jack Hawkins, Kallie Knoetze

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.'

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  • The Last Lion (1973)
  • Someone Like You (1978)
  • You Must Be Joking (1986)
  • Enemy Unseen (1991)
  • References

    Elmo De Witt Wikipedia