André Velts (Director)

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Works

Lien se Lankstaanskoene

This coming-of-age drama tells about a high school girl who resorts to begging to support her family. Lien Jooste’s life falls apart when her father is arrested for fraud and her mother develops a drinking problem. They lose everything and go from being an upstanding, affluent family living in a nice neighbourhood to a broken mess – living in a small flat and struggling to get by. Due to her mother’s drinking, Lien has to take on the role of mother for both her mom and her younger brother Braam.

Release Date2013-05-03

Charactersd Mnr. Bruwer

Vote Count3

Koringberg

A couple decide to move to a small and remote farming town in Western Cape, South Africa. The people in the town are strange and keep away from newcomers but the couple is happy. Until the woman starts seeing some strange things in the town, fields and even their own home.

Release Date2013-11-28

Charactersd Ruan Roodenacht

Sterlopers

Sterlopers is a South African musical youth drama television series created and written by Deon Opperman and produced by Bottom Line Entertainment which follows the fortunes of a group of young people who are all trying to make it in the entertainment industry, as viewers get an inside view into the secrets that are to be found behind the scenes of success.

Release Date2014-04-15

Charactersd Hugo Nel

Episode Count10

Vote Count1

Donkerland

The story is set in the mountains of Kwazulu-Natal on the farm Donkerland. It follows the lives and times of seven generations of the De Witt family, from the Groot Trek in 1838 until 1996.

Release Date2013-08-13

Charactersd Andries Pretorius

Episode Count1

The Hex

A grieving British girl unravels her murdered mother's secrets connected to a South African witch doctor's curse. She wants to put an end to this haunting hex by traveling to South Africa, but instead it casts her deeper into sinister depths.

Release Date2020-12-15

Charactersd John

Vote Count38

The Raven

In this update to Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, it's time for the biggest gay party of the year. Unfortunately, the host has chosen the site of the infamous Ravenswood Massacre to stage his blowout gala, where a mass murder happened fifty years ago to the night. The boozie revelry is cut short when a Raven-masked killer crashes the party, intent on repeating the bloody history. As the unknown killer picks the guests off, old grudges resurface among friends, and new suspicions emerge.

Release Date2007-08-27

Charactersd Danny

Vote Count10

Diepe Waters

A South African, Afrikaans-language telenovela which takes place in and around a competitive swimming club, Die Swartmarlyne.

Release Date2022-10-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count624

Vote Count4

Your Romeo

Yvette has dreamed of performing Romeo and Juliet since starting high school. Now, in her final year, the headmaster has decided to use the school's entire arts and culture budget to fund a T20 event. In a last ditch effort to put on the play, they ask the school's cricket hero, Marko Marais, to play the role of Romeo.

Release Date2016-12-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

The Forest

In the wak of a nuclear war, a young man believes himself to be last person left alive, until he meets a strange young mute woman with life-saving abilities.

Release Date2024-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Mike & Mavis

Mavis Kellerman, a widow who shut herself off from the world, receives an invitation to the opening of a new cinema specialising in classic films.

Release Date2021-07-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Kansel

Kansel is a story about a cancelled plan that brings two people to a cancelled wedding. Every pot has a lid, even though the lid doesn't fit perfectly...

Release Date2021-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Reënboogrant

Buckle up for an exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the world of authentic teenage drama, family conflicts, love, aspirations and fierce rivalries. An adaption based on Louise van Niekerk's gripping coming-of-age book series.

Release Date2025-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobCreative Producer

Episode Count48

Vote Count1

Kersvreugde met kykNET

Famous artists bring Christmas songs to our living rooms. A production full of joy and precious moments of being together for the whole family.

Release Date2023-12-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Vat 'n Kans!

There is no one that believes in love more than Lisa. At 32 she is a successful production manager of a top reality program - Vat 'n Kans! - where the country's most eligible singles takes a chance on love. Lisa's own love life is not a bed of roses either. But then the new season of Vat 'n Kans! starts and the newest contestant, Christo Dippenaar, a young and handsome farmer, steals Lisa's heart.

Release Date2018-06-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Ek, Hy en Jy

Ek, Hy en Jy

Soefie is confronted with a love from her past after she makes a big decision in this romantic drama.

Release Date2025-12-30

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count3

Pronk Primêr

A comedy series about five school friends who are now teachers at the school where they not only went to school, but where the same principal from back then still wields the scepter.

Release Date2024-07-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

The Pro

The Pro tells the story of a young surfer, Tiaan Nothnagel that has to come to terms with the accidental death of his best friend, Dirkie Lawrence just before their last year at school.After Dirkie’s death, Tiaan swears off surfing for good, as he can’t stand to be reminded of everything that he and Dirkie shared. But then, Dirkie’s twin sister (who went to live with their dad after their parents split up the previous year) arrives in town on a mission: to be selected to go on Wave-Seekers, a fictional World Surf Tour and something that Tiaan and Dirkie dreamt of doing.

Release Date2015-09-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Knysna

Dolf is a regular guy from a modest background in Knysna. He is content with his normal small town existence, his group of friends and his eccentric grandparents. His life is thrown upside down when he falls for a beautiful stranger Stephanie, a somewhat wealthy visitor to the sleepy coastal resort. What she has not been honest about, is that she is engaged to the Prince of Lichtenstein, but has a cold feet, and is hiding out in Knysna. Stephanie is drawn to the simplicity of Dolf's life and yearns for her own to be as uncomplicated and away from the limelight. When the lie becomes apparent, Dolf is conflicted. He is in love with Stephanie, but also feels an inferiority complex come to the fore. She is just a girl wanting a guy to love her and for her to love him back.

Release Date2014-12-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Ontwaak

Ontwaak

What happens when your worst enemy is the only person who can help you? In Ontwaak, the story revolves around Melissa Human, a psychiatrist who starts working at Noordlig, a home for extremely dangerous patients. But behind the high walls, more than just patients await her. She discovers a sinister cult, Horisonne, that has taken in her daughter, and is led by her ex-fiancé.To save her daughter, Melissa must cross her own boundaries and rely on a brilliant serial killer. However, every answer leads to a new danger; every choice has a price. This is not just a fight against a cult – it’s a fight against the darkest depths of the self.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Milk and Meat

Medea falls in love with a charming farmer and leaves her life behind in the city. But Medea struggles to find her place in her husband's dreams of transforming their dairy farm into a meat farm.

Release Date2023-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Riddle Child

A nine-year-old autistic boy is found dead in the bath tub. His mother Ingrid, who spent her life caring for him and loved him dearly, is being investigated for murder.

Release Date2018-02-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Drie Ja's en 'n Nee

A young suburban pastor's personal boundaries are tested to the limit at short notice when he is forced to take risks with the help of a wedding photographer.

Release Date2024-01-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector