Oliver Hermanus

Oliver Hermanus (born May 26, 1983 in Cape Town ) is a South African film director and screenwriter .

Life

Oliver Hermanus was born in Cape Town in 1983. He started making amateur films as a teenager before completing his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Cape Town. After graduating, he worked as a press photographer for a national news agency. After receiving a scholarship to the London Film School in 2006, he completed his studies there with a Master of Arts and returned to South Africa to work. His graduation film Shirley Adams, about a woman living in poverty who has to care for her disabled son, premiered at the 2009 Locarno Film Festival . In the same year the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and the London Film Festival , among others .

His film drama Beauty (original title Skoonheid ) about a sawmill owner who suppressed his homosexuality for years was presented by the gay Hermanus at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . The film was submitted by South Africa at the 2012 Academy Awards as the country's contribution for best foreign language film .

His film Endless River premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2015 , where the film was nominated for the Golden Lion. The film was then presented at the Toronto International Film Festival . The film drama Moffie , which he also presented in Venice in 2019 and which was nominated for the Venice Horizons Award for best film, is Hermanus' fourth and so far last film.

For many critics, Hermanus is considered one of the most important contemporary filmmakers.

Filmography

• 2009: Shirley Adams
• 2011: Beauty (Skoonheid)
• 2015: The Endless River
• 2019: Moffie

Award (selection)

British Independent Film Awards

• 2019 : Nomination for Best Director ( Moffie )

Cannes International Film Festival

• 2011 : Awarded the Queer Palm (Beauty)
• 2011: Nomination for the Un Certain Regard Award (Beauty)

Venice International Film Festival

• 2015 : Nomination for the Golden Lion (The Endless River)
• 2015: Nomination for the Green Drop Award (The Endless River)
• 2019 : Nomination for Best Film for the Venice Horizons Award (Moffie)
• 2019: Nomination for the Queer Lion (Moffie)

London Film Festival

• 2019: Nomination in the competition (Moffie)

Sydney Film Festival

• 2016: Nomination for Best Film (The Endless River)

Zurich Film Festival

• 2011: Nomination as best international feature film for the Golden Eye (Beauty)

Web links

• Oliver Hermanus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Reviews of Oliver Hermanus' films at Rotten Tomatoes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tara Brady: 'The thing we have in common as South Africans is apartheid'. In: The Irish Times, April 16, 2020.
2. ↑ Oliver Hermanus. In: africanfilmny.org. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
3. ↑ Oliver Hermanus. In: cine-fils.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Guy Lodge: 'It's a triggering film': visceral South African drama Moffie. In: The Guardian, April 15, 2020.
5. ↑ Ben Walters: Oliver Hermanus on Moffie: “Apartheid created a very binary code”. In: bfi.org.uk, April 26, 2020.
6. ↑ Repressed homosexuality: Gay film "Beauty" ripe for the Oscar. In: queer.de, September 26, 2011.
7. ↑ Daniel Dercksen: Oliver Hermanus talks about the endless river. In: writingstudio.co.za, June 29, 2016.
8. ↑ Oliver Hermanus' film 'Moffie' to premiere at Venice Film Festival. In: jacarandafm.com, July 29, 2019.
9. ↑ Guy Lodge: Venice Film Review: 'Moffie'. In: Variety, September 5, 2019.
10. ↑ Alex Ritman: Armando Iannucci's 'David Copperfield' Leads 2019 British Independent Film Awards Nominations. In: The Hollywood Reporter, October 30, 2019.
11. ↑ 63rd BFI London Film Festival program announced. In: bfi.org.uk, August 29, 2019.