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Darrell James Roodt

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 04/28/1962 (61) | Johannesburg (South Africa)
Darrell James Roodt (born in Johannesburg, 28 April 1962) is a South African film director, screenwriter and producer. He is probably most well known for his 1992 film Sarafina! which starred actress Whoopi Goldberg. Also regarded as South Africa's most prolific film director, Roodt has worked with the late Patrick Swayze in Father Hood, James Earl Jones in Cry, the Beloved Country and Ice Cube in Dangerous Ground. ()
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Darrell Roodt (born in 1963) is a South African film director, screenwriter and producer.His film Sarafina was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Horror

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Treurgrond tells the painful story of a farming community in South Africa trying to survive the numerous farm attacks confronting farmers almost every day. These gruesome acts affect not just those cl ...

Treurgrond

Certification unknown

2015 | 4.5/5 | 1h 32min
Drama
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Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi ...

Dangerous Ground

R

1997 | 2.2/5 | 1h 35min
Drama
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Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe strugg ...

The Lullaby

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2017 | 2.9/5 | 1h 26min
Horror
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After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. ...

Yesterday

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2004 | 3.8/5 | 1h 36min
Drama
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Movies with Darrell James Roodt as Crew(55)

Directing/Director2019 The Furnace
Writing/Writer2019 The Furnace
Directing/Director2018 Lake Placid: Legacy
Directing/Director2017 The Lullaby
Directing/Director2016 Shooting Star
Directing/Director2016 Mossie
Directing/Director2016 Skorokoro
Directing/Director2015 Treurgrond
Directing/Director2015 Love & Me
Directing/Director2015 Son
Writing/Writer2015 Son
Directing/Director2013 Little One
Writing/Writer2013 Little One
Directing/Director2013 The Ballad of Robbie de Wee
Directing/Director2013 Safari
Directing/Director2012 Stilte
Writing/Writer2012 Stilte
Directing/Director2011 Winnie Mandela
Directing/Director2010 Jakhalsdans
Directing/Director2008 Lullaby
Crew/Cinematography2008 Zimbabwe
Directing/Director2008 Zimbabwe
Writing/Writer2008 Zimbabwe
Directing/Director2007 Prey
Writing/Screenplay2007 Prey
Directing/Director2007 Meisie
Writing/Writer2007 Meisie
Production/Producer2006 Blood Diamond
Directing/Director2006 Number 10
Directing/Director2006 Cryptid
Directing/Director2005 Faith's Corner
Directing/Director2004 Dracula 3000
Writing/Author2004 Dracula 3000
Directing/Director2004 Yesterday
Writing/Screenplay2004 Yesterday
Directing/Director2003 Sumuru
Directing/Director2002 Pavement
Directing/Director2001 Witness to a Kill
Writing/Writer2001 Witness to a Kill
Directing/Director2000 Second Skin
Directing/Director1997 Dangerous Ground
Writing/Writer1997 Dangerous Ground
Directing/Director1995 Cry, the Beloved Country
Directing/Director1993 Father Hood
Directing/Director1992 Sarafina!
Directing/Director1992 To the Death
Writing/Story1992 To the Death
Directing/Director1989 Jobman
Writing/Writer1989 Jobman
Directing/Director1988 The Stick
Writing/Writer1988 The Stick
Directing/Director1987 Tenth of a Second
Directing/Director1986 Place of Weeping
Directing/Director1983 City of Blood
Writing/Writer1983 City of Blood

Citizenship: South Africa
Born: Saturday, 04/28 1962 (April) in Johannesburg (South Africa) (current age: 61 years + 362 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Darrell James Roodt (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Darrell Roodt"
Darrell James Roodt frequently works together with these people:
Anant Singh (8x, Crew)
Greg Latter (8x, Actor)
Avril Beukes (6x, Crew)
Helena Spring (5x, Crew)
Giulio Biccari (4x, Crew)
Christa Schamberger (4x, Crew)
James Whyle (4x, Actor)
Tiaan van Tonder (4x, Crew)
Deon Coetzee (4x, Actor)
Alun Richards (4x, Crew)
Antony Stone (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:588573, Added: 10/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024