
Known Credits
13
Gender
Male
Birthdate
null (55 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
null
Also Known For
Lionel Ngakane
Biography
Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid. His 1965 film Jemima and Johnny, inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London, won awards at the Venice and Rimini film festivals. In the 1960s, Ngakane was a founding member of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Fespaco, the Panafrican Film and Tel ...
Known For
Acting
1994 --
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
| Self
1978 --
Victims of Apartheid
| Mokwe
1977 --
The Squeeze
| West Indian
1975 --
Child of Hope
| Mutumbulua
1969 --
Two Gentlemen Sharing
| Bill
1968 --
Wind Versus Polygamy
| Ofodile
1962 --
The Painted Smile
| Barman
1961 --
Nothing Barred
| Convict
1958 --
Nor the Moon by Night
| Nimrod
1957 --
The Mark of the Hawk
| African Doctor
1956 --
Safari
| Makora
1954 --
Duel in the Jungle
| Servant
1951 --
Cry, the Beloved Country
| Absolom Kumalo