Biography
Athol Fugard OIS HonFRSL (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright. He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid and for the 2005 Oscar-winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood.Acclaimed as "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world" by Time in 1985, Fugard continues to write and has published more than thirty plays. Fugard was an adjunct professor of playwriting, acting and directing in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California, San Diego. He is the recipient of many awards, honours, and honorary degrees, including the 2005 Order of Ikhamanga in Silver "for his excellent contribution and achievements in the theatre" from the government of South Africa. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Fugard was honoured in Cape Town with the opening of the Fugard Theatre in District Six in 2010, and received a Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2011.
Filmography
all 17
Movies 17
Writer 6
self 3
"Master Harold" ...and the Boys (2020)
The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019)
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012)
Master Harold... and the Boys (2010)
Tsotsi (2005)
Boesman and Lena (2000)
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994)
The Road to Mecca (1991)
'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Gandhi (1982)
A Sizwe Bansi Workshop (1981)
Marigolds in August (1980)
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais (1977)
Boesman and Lena (1973)
Mille Miglia (1968)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-06-11 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceMiddelburg, South Africa
ChildrenLisa Fugard
CitizenshipsSouth Africa
AwardsOrder of Ikhamanga, Writers Guild of America Award, Praemium Imperiale, Evelyn F. Burkey Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Paul Robeson Award
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