South Africa

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Darrell James Roodt grew up during the height of apartheid-era South Africa. His early films like Place of Weeping strongly condemned apartheid. Roodt was astounded that no one was addressing the conditions of apartheid through the medium of film, thus Place of Weeping is considered to be the first overtly anti-apartheid film made by a South African. His film Sarafina! was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. His 2012 film Little One was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. His 2007 film Meisie won best film at the KKNK film festival in March 2008. Roodt has won an EIUC Award at the Venice Film Festival (2004) and the Taormina Arte Award at the Taormina International Film Festival (2000). His film Yesterday (2004) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Independent Spirit Awards for Best Foreign Film (2005). Biography Source

Filmography

Mr. T.N.T. (1985)
A Place for Weeping (1986)
Tenth of a Second (1987)
City of Blood (1987)
The Stick (1988)
Jobman (1989)
Sarafina! (1992)
To the Death (1992)
Father Hood (1993)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Dangerous Ground (1997)
Second Skin (2000)
Witness to a Kill (2001)
Pavement (2002)
Sumuru (2003)
Dracula 3000 (2004)
Yesterday (2004)
Faith's Corner (2005)
Number 10 (2006)
Cryptid (2006)
Meisie (2007)
Lullaby (2008)
Ella Blue (2008)
Zimbabwe (2008)
Jakhalsdans (2010)
Winnie Mandela (2011)
Stilte (2012)
Little One (2013)
Stealing Time (2013)
Die Ballade van Robbie de Wee (2013)
Safari (2013)
Alles Wat Mal Is (2014)
Seun: 81457397BG (2014)
Treurgrond (2015)
Verskietende Ster (2015)
Trouvoete (2015)
Mignon Mossie van Wyk (2016)
Skorokoro (2016)
The Lullaby (2017)
Lake Placid: Legacy (2018)
The Furnace (2019)