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Years active
  
1988-present

Name
  
Oliver Schmitz

Role
  
Film director


Oliver Schmitz Interview with Oliver Schmitz director of Life Above All


Born
  
1960 (age 54–55)
Cape Town, South Africa

Occupation
  
Film director, screenwriter

Awards
  
Golden Horn Award for Best Screenwriter in a Feature Film

Movies
  
Life Above All, Paris - I Love You, Mapantsula, Hijack Stories, Schandfleck ‑ Der Usedom‑Krimi

Similar People
  
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Life above all trailer cannes 2010 un certain regard oliver schmitz


Oliver Schmitz (born 1960) is a South African film director and screenwriter.

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His film Mapantsula was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film Life, Above All was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and it was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. It made the shortlist of nominations announced in January 2011.

Selected filmography

  • Mapantsula (1988)
  • Hijack Stories (2000)
  • Paris, je t'aime (2006)
  • Life, Above All (2010)
  • Shepherds and Butchers (2016)

    • Awards

  • Black Reel Awards 2012 Nominated
  • Black Reel Outstanding Foreign Film
  • Dubai International Film Festival2010 Won
  • Durban International Film Festival 2010 Won Best South African Film
  • Muhr Asia Africa Special Jury Prize Feature Oliver Schmitz Nominated
  • Muhr AsiaAfrica Award Best Film - Feature Oliver Schmitz
  • Image Awards 2012 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
  • Leo Awards 2011 Won Leo Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length DramaDennis Foon
  • National Board of Review, USA 2010 Won NBR Award Top Five Foreign Films

    • References

    Oliver Schmitz Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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