Athol Fugard - Filmography

Filmography

Films adapted from Fugard's plays and novel
  • Boesman and Lena (1974), dir. Ross Devenish
  • Marigolds in August (1980), dir. Ross Devenish
  • Master Harold...and the Boys (1984), Television movie, dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, first broadcast on Showtime
  • The Road to Mecca (1992), co-dir. by Fugard and Peter Goldsmid (screen adapt.)
  • Boesman and Lena (2000), dir. John Berry
  • Tsotsi (2005), screen adapt. and dir. Gavin Hood; 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Film roles
  • Boesman in Boesman and Lena (1974)
  • Eugene Marais in The Guest at Steenkampskraal (1977)
  • Professor Skridlov in Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
  • General Jan Smuts in Gandhi (1982)
  • Doctor Sundesval in The Killing Fields (1984)
  • Paulus Olifant in Marigolds in August (1984)
  • The Reverend Marius Byleveld in The Road to Mecca (1992)

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