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Rene van Rooyen

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Director
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Rene van Rooyen is a director and screenwriter best known for "Toorbos", South Africa's official entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Rene's production company "Red Letter Day Pictures" have produced some of South Africa's biggest local box office earners, including "Vaselinetjie" (#2 Box office 2017) and "Hollywood in my Huis (#5 at the box office 2015), whilst Toorbos achieved the second-highest rating at the box office in 2020.
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      • 3 wins total

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    Toorbos (2019)
    Toorbos
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 2019
    Vaselinetjie (2017)
    Vaselinetjie
    7.3
    • Writer(as René van Rooyen)
    • 2017
    Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor (2023)
    Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
    8.0
    • Writer(as René van Rooyen)
    • 2023
    Alles Malan (2019)
    Alles Malan
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)

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    Writer



    • Dreamforest Film
      • writer
      • Post-production



    • Summertide (2024)
      Summertide
      7.5
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • 2024–2025
    • Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor (2023)
      Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
      8.0
      • screenplay (as René van Rooyen)
      • 2023
    • Alles Malan (2019)
      Alles Malan
      8.0
      TV Series
      • created by
      • head screenplay writer
      • writing team (creator) ...
      • 2019–2022
    • Trackers (2019)
      Trackers
      6.5
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2019
    • Toorbos (2019)
      Toorbos
      7.1
      • screenplay
      • 2019
    • Vaselinetjie (2017)
      Vaselinetjie
      7.3
      • screenplay (as René van Rooyen)
      • 2017
    • Milan Murray, Heinz Winckler, Hykie Berg, Anne Hirsch, and Bouwer Bosch in Mooirivier (2015)
      Mooirivier
      6.2
      • screenplay
      • 2015
    • Pathology (2014)
      Pathology
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Hollywood in My Huis (2014)
      Hollywood in My Huis
      7.0
      • co-writer
      • 2014
    • Nantes (2012)
      Nantes
      Short
      • story
      • writer
      • 2012

    Producer



    • Dreamforest Film
      • co-producer
      • Post-production



    • Summertide (2024)
      Summertide
      7.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2024–2025
    • Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor (2023)
      Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
      8.0
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Alles Malan (2019)
      Alles Malan
      8.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Vaselinetjie (2017)
      Vaselinetjie
      7.3
      • co-producer
      • 2017
    • Hollywood in My Huis (2014)
      Hollywood in My Huis
      7.0
      • associate producer
      • 2014
    • Nantes (2012)
      Nantes
      Short
      • producer (uncredited)
      • 2012

    Director



    • Dreamforest Film
      • Director
      • Post-production



    • Summertide (2024)
      Summertide
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2024
    • Charlotte Hope in Catch Me a Killer (2024)
      Catch Me a Killer
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Alles Malan (2019)
      Alles Malan
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2022
    • Inconceivable (2020)
      Inconceivable
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Toorbos (2019)
      Toorbos
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Fluiters (2016)
      Fluiters
      8.1
      TV Series
      • second director
      • 2016
    • Getroud met rugby (2009)
      Getroud met rugby
      8.0
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2015
    • Milan Murray, Heinz Winckler, Hykie Berg, Anne Hirsch, and Bouwer Bosch in Mooirivier (2015)
      Mooirivier
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Pathology (2014)
      Pathology
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Nantes (2012)
      Nantes
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012

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      • René van Rooyen

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