Cape Town, Cape Province, (now Western Cape), South Africa
Nationality
South African citizenship
Alma mater
University of Cape Town London Film School
Occupation(s)
Film director, writer
Years active
2009–present
Oliver Hermanus (Afrikaans:[ɦɛrˈmɑːnys]; born 26 May 1983) is a South African film director and writer.[1] He is known for his films Shirley Adams (2009), Beauty (Skoonheid) (2011), The Endless River (2015), Moffie (2019), and Living (2022). Beauty won the Queer Palm Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
^[1] "Oliver Hermanus." IMDb: The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
^Grange, Helen. "Award-Winning Film on Big Screen Soon". The Argus (Cape Town), 29 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2015 from ProQuest database.
OliverHermanus (Afrikaans: [ɦɛrˈmɑːnys]; born 26 May 1983) is a South African film director and writer. He is known for his films Shirley Adams (2009)...
of Sound is an upcoming historical romantic drama film directed by OliverHermanus. It is based on the short story of the same name by Ben Shattuck about...
distributed through End Cue, Embankment Films, and Film4. In 2021, OliverHermanus said of his decision to adapt the story and direct the film: "I instantly...
2019 biographical war romantic drama film co-written and directed by OliverHermanus. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by André Carl...
a role in the Sky One political thriller COBRA, She is also in the OliverHermanus directed period drama series Mary & George, in which she plays the...
critics. She landed her first lead film role opposite Bill Nighy in the OliverHermanus drama feature Living, a British remake of the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru...
Sharp appears in one of the principal supporting roles in the 2022 OliverHermanus/Kazuo Ishiguro film Living, starring Bill Nighy. In 2015, he broke...
adapted the screenplay for the 2022 British film Living, directed by OliverHermanus and starring Bill Nighy, from the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru directed...
adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 Japanese drama Ikiru, to be directed by OliverHermanus from a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro. Shooting began in spring 2021...
Last Step (2005) directed by Ali Mosaffa Living (2022) directed by OliverHermanus Opera Death of Ivan Ilych: A Full-Length Chamber Opera in One Act (2021)...
British remake titled Living, adapted by Kazuo Ishiguro, directed by OliverHermanus, and starring Bill Nighy, was released in 2022. "The 100 Greatest Foreign...
Erasmus, artist Diana Ferrus, poet, writer and performance artist OliverHermanus, writer, director Rozena Maart, writer Mustafa Maluka Dr. Don Mattera...
Michael Haneke Hal Hartley Howard Hawks Todd Haynes Monte Hellman OliverHermanus Werner Herzog Walter Hill Alfred Hitchcock Joanna Hogg Agnieszka Holland...
Xavier Dolan On Tour (Tournée) Mathieu Amalric 2011 Beauty (Skoonheid) OliverHermanus Declaration of War (La Guerre est déclarée) Valérie Donzelli Kids of...
Bear at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival. In 2015, the OliverHermanus film The Endless River became the first South African film selected...
FirstGen Content, Our Turn Productions, and RB Entertainment Living OliverHermanus Lionsgate Films & Sony Pictures Classics co-production with Number...
(2016). It is performed by the Brussels Philharmonic. Also used in OliverHermanus' film Moffie (2020). The piece was performed on electronic instruments...
Film Group. Bloemfontein. Retrieved 27 December 2016. Ames 2008, p. 117. "Hermanus Set to Fly High at Fest". The Star (Johannesburg), 12 September 2009. Retrieved...
Adams is a 2009 film directed and written by South African filmmaker OliverHermanus. In a Cape Town slum, Shirley Adams spends her days taking care of...
Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actor The Endless River Gilles OliverHermanus 2017 Dalida Richard Chanfray Lisa Azuelos Orpheline Arnaud des Pallières...
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