Gray Hofmeyr

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birthname = Gray Hofmeyr
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location = Cape Town, South Africa
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othername = Grys
yearsactive = 1975 - present
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parents =Bremer Hofmeyr
Agnes Leakey
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Gray Hofmeyr is a South African film and television director.

In a career that spans almost three decades, Hofmeyr's films have touched many themes and genres.

Biography

Gray Hofmeyr is considered to be one of the foremost film and television directors and writers in South Africa. He has won more awards than any other in South Africa and over twenty actors and actresses have won best performance awards under his direction.

Career

Hofmeyr began his career in television in the 1970s in the United Kingdom where he was a floor manager at the BBC.

He began directing for television in 1975 and in 1992 began an award winning scriptwriting career. He was a key figure in the early days of television in South Africa, having directed this hit series: "The Villagers" and popular comedy series "People Like Us", "The Big Time" and "Suburban Bliss". He also directed the made-for-TV flims "The Outcast", "Two Weeks in Paradise" and "Thicker Than Water".

Hofmeyr also created and produced the popular South African drama series, "Isidingo" which has become the flagship series for SABC 3 and has captured audiences across the cultural spectrum. In addition, he created a daily youth soap for the independent free-to-air channel eTV.

He has directed six feature films, four of which he co-wrote. He directed Leon Schuster's "Sweet and Short", "There's A Zulu On My Stoep", "Mr Bones" and "Mama Jack". He has also directed the film of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick's classic novel "Jock of the Bushveld" and "Lambarene" which starred Malcolm McDowell and Susan Strasberg. In January 1997 Hofmeyr became Head of Drama for Endemol South Africa, a division of Dutch-based Endemol Entertainment, one of the largest television companies in Europe.

elected Filmography

*Jock of the Bushveld (1992)
*Sweet 'n Short (1992)
*There's a Zulu On My Stoep (1993)
*Mr Bones (2001)
*Mama Jack (2005)

External links

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