Pierre de Wet


Pierre Stephanus de Wet was a film director, producer and writer. He is considered the father of the Afrikaans film industry. He established the Afrikaans film industry almost single-handedly with meager means and produced a total of 21 Afrikaans films during his lifetime. De Wet was also the creator of Kom Saam Vanaand, the first ever South African and Afrikaans musical.
He died of a heart attack in a Johannesburg hospital in 1990 at the age of 80.

Filmography

As an actor

  • Pikkie se Erfenis, 1946
  • Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak, 1948 as Dr. Hendrikus Kwak
  • Moedertjie, 1931

As an author

  • Dis Lekker om te Lewe, 1957
  • ’n Plan is ’n Boerdery, 1954
  • Hier’s ons weer, 1950
  • Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak, 1948
  • Simon Beyers, 1947

As an director

  • En die Vonke Spat, 1961
  • Oupa en die plaasnooientjie, 1960
  • Nooi van my hart, 1959
  • Piet se tante, 1959
  • Fratse in die vloot, 1958
  • Dis Lekker om te Lewe, 1957
  • Matieland, 1955
  • Vadertjie Langbeen, 1955
  • ’n Plan is ’n Boerdery, 1954
  • Altyd in my drome, 1952
  • Alles sal regkom, 1951
  • Kom saam, vanaand, 1949
  • Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak, 1948
  • Simon Beyers, 1947
  • Geboortegrond, 1946
  • Pikkie se Erfenis, 1946

Awards