Jans Rautenbach

Jans Rautenbach
Born	22 February 1936 Boksburg South Africa
Died	2 November 2016(2016-11-02) (aged 80) Mossel Bay, South Africa
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter Film producer
Years active	1965 – 2014

Jans Rautenbach (22 February 1936 – 2 November 2016) was a South African screenwriter, film producer and director.^[1]^[2] His 1968 film Die Kandidaat proved controversial and received some censorship in South Africa, because of perceived criticism of the apartheid system.^[3] His last film, Abraham, was a hit at the South African box office.^[4]

Selected filmography

Director

Die Kandidaat (1968)
Katrina (1969)
Jannie Totsiens (1970)
Pappalap (1971)
Ongewenste Vreemdeling (1974)
Eendag Op 'n Reendag (1976)
My Way II (1977)
Blink Stefaans (1981)
Broer Matie (1984)
No One Cries Forever [de] (1984)
Abraham (2015)

References

^ "Jans Rautenbach". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
^ "Renowned Afrikaans filmmaker Jans Rautenbach has died". Channel 24. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ Tomaselli p.15
^ "MOVIE REVIEW: Abraham | IOL". 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

Bibliography

Tomaselli, Keyan. The cinema of apartheid: race and class in South African film. Routledge, 1989.
Botha, Martin & Steinmair, Deborah. Jans Rautenbach, dromer, baanbreker en auteur/Jans, droomsaaier – sy memoirs (biography & memoirs, in Afrikaans). Genugtig Uitgewers, 2006.