Oliver Schmitz

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Years active 1988-present Name Oliver Schmitz		Role Film director


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 Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase, Allan Stratton, Nobuhiro Suwa, Frederic Auburtin

Life above all trailer cannes 2010 un certain regard oliver schmitz

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

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.

Mapantsula (1988)

Hijack Stories (2000)

Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Life, Above All (2010)

Shepherds and Butchers (2016)

Black Reel Awards 2012 Nominated

Black Reel Outstanding Foreign Film

Dubai International Film Festival2010 Won

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

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