Oliver Schmitz

Oliver Schmitz
Born	1960 Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1988 - present

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.^[1] His 2010 film Life, Above All was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.^[2] It made the shortlist of nominations announced in January 2011.^[3]

Selected filmography

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

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Mapantsula". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/345/year/1988.html. Retrieved 2009-07-30. 
2. ^ "'Life, Above All' is S. Africa's Oscar bid". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3i93d84615e6fca146cbc12daaa9b2d7b0. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
3. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 

External links

• Oliver Schmitz at the Internet Movie Database
• IONCINEMA.com TIFF 2010 Viral: Oliver Schmitz's Life, Above All

Persondata
Name	Schmitz, Oliver
Alternative names
Short description	Film director, Screenwriter
Date of birth	1960
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death