Pierre van Pletzen
Oupa
Pierre van Pletzen
“Oupa”
Oupa is ‘n kunstenaar en sy hande staan vir niks verkeerd nie. Hy en Bhubesi bou aan ‘n indrukwekkende Meerkat Maantuig.
Pierre van Pletzen is werksaam in die vermaaklikheidsindustrie sedert hy sy BA Drama-graad in 1972 verwerf het en is vanaf 1973 ’n professionale akteur, regisseur, skrywer, kuns regisseur, stemkunstenaar, kopieskrywer en vertaler. Oor die afgelope 44 jaar, het hy rolle vertolk in meer as 110 teaterproduksies, insluitend 35 hoofrolle en het hy verskeie toekennings en nominasies as beste akteur onvang. Hy het ook meer as 50 teaterstukke en musiekblyspele se regie behartig en het 25 van hulle geskryf en vertaal. Pierre het die regie van meer as 750 episodes van die sepie 7de Laan behartig asook verskeie TV advertensies, sitkoms, musiekvideo’s en het ook verskeie TV reekse soos Fishy Fêshions geskryf. Pierre het bekendheid in die film- en televisie-industrie verwerf in projekte soos The Gods must be Crazy II, Sterk Skemer, Orkney Snork Nie, The Hiding of Black Bill, Taxi to Soweto, Panic Mechanic and 7de Laan.
Hy het in 2016 vryskutwerk begin doen en het hoofrolle vertolk in die kort en vollengte films Oom, Madiba, PHIL101, MOMO (the Making of the Making of) en Meerkat Maantuig.
Pierre van Pletzen
“Oupa”
Oupa is an artist who’s not afraid of work. He and Bhubesi are building an amazing Meerkat Moonship.
Pierre van Pletzen has been in the entertainment industry since he completed his BA Drama degree in 1972. He has been a professional actor, director, writer, administrator, artistic director, voice artist, copywriter and translator since 1973. During the past 44 years he has acted in over 110 theatre productions, including 35 leading roles, receiving numerous awards and nominations as best actor. Furthermore, he directed over 50 plays and musicals, writing/translating more than 25 of them. He has directed more than 750 episodes of the soapie 7de Laan, numerous TV ads, commercials, sitcoms and music videos, as well as writing various TV-series, such as Fishy Fêshions.
Pierre became a well-known film and television actor in projects like The Gods must be Crazy II, Sterk Skemer, Orkney Snork Nie, The Hiding of Black Bill, Taxi to Soweto, Panic Mechanic and 7de Laan. Since he started freelancing in August 2016, he has played leading roles in the short and feature-length films, Oom, Madiba, PHIL101, MOMO (the Making of the Making of) and Meerkat Maantuig