Deon Opperman (Writer)

Getroud Met Rugby

Getroud met Rugby is a drama revolving around four stars of a Johannesburg rugby team and their wives as they become involved in various interconnected scandals.

Release Date2009-04-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Dion

Episode Count65

Vote Count2

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

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Johannes van Rensburg

Episode Count13

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

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Frederik Mouton

Episode Count39

Vote Count1

Jobman

Smith, the deaf and dumb son of a rural coloured preacher, refuses to accept the menial labour on offer in the small farming community where he’s grown up. He tries to earn a living in the city, but this ends in assault, and his return home sparks off a cycle of vengeful violence.

Release Date1989-09-12

Charactersd Sonny

Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie

Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie is a South African soap opera based on the feature film and later drama series Getroud met Rugby by Deon Opperman, which is set amongst a rugby-playing community.

Release Date2016-04-04

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Fluiters

Fluiters (Whistleblowers) is a South African conspiracy thriller television series created by Deon Opperman which begins when a successful IT company gets sunk by a corrupt government official and hits back by creating a SecureDrop-style website where whistleblowers can leak evidence on corruption without fear of being exposed.

Release Date2016-04-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

Kruispad

Kruispad takes place over 13 years between 1994 and 2007 and focuses on the impact of the new dispensation on the prosperity, business interests, and ability of two Afrikaans families to adapt or not adapt.

Release Date2008-07-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

Hartland

This beautifully filmed series introduces us to four generations of an Afrikaner family. We soon discover that Ouma Cilliers and her descendents are hiding some juicy secrets from one another.

Release Date2011-07-19

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

Married to Rugby -The Untold Story

The tale of two broken people, rugby players whose paths cross in order to find themselves. Reghart Venter is a mechanic from the wrong side of the tracks. He was a promising rugby player, but lost his way. After several charges of fighting and assault he gets a final ultimatum – pull himself together or go to jail. Reghart's sentence is community service – practicing rugby with a fallen hero of the Stryders Rugby team, Fafa Beltrame. “Fast Fafa” was once the fastest wing in the country, and a hit with the ladies. Fafa lost his way after he and his wife, Kiki, separated after losing their daughter. Fafa seeks refuge in a bottle, and, in the process, alienates everyone who cares for him. When Reghart is unwillingly dragged by his friends to Pottie's Place (the local bar), he meets Lize. For the first time in his life, there's something against which he can't fight: His heart.

Release Date2011-03-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Bloedbroers

Four young men are trying to find their way in a new country, fighting from their dirt poor beginnings to make their names in this gritty period drama.

Release Date2015-10-13

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

’n Man Soos My Pa

Juan returns to Cape Town with his family from their life in England when he discovers his mother is dying. She insists she wants her conflicted son to reconcile with his alcoholic dad, but all the younger man remembers of his childhood is disappointment and shame and although he wants to be with his mother he intensely dislikes his father, though it's probably more a case of Juan hating who he is himself, because of his father.

Release Date2015-11-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Editor

Vote Count3