Tommie Meyer

Tommie Meyer
Born Thomas William Saymour Meyer
(1928-02-28)28 February 1928
Died 6 November 2017(2017-11-06) (aged 89)
Nationality South African
Occupation Film Producer
Years active 1967–1994
Known for Producing 21 movies
Spouse(s) Emmarentia Truter
Children 6

Thomas William Saymour (Tommie) Meyer (b. 28 February 1928, d.6 November 2017) was a South African Movie Producer.[1][2] [3]

Producing career

His first movie as producer were released on 18 June 1969. He produced 21 movies between 1969 and 1994. He joined a company belonging to Jamie Uys, but they split up after a few years. He formed his own company Tommie Meyer Films (Pty) Ltd.[4] [5] [6] His movies produced are shown below.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

Movies produced
Year Movies name Translated name Co-Producer 1 Co-Producer 2 Director
1994 Ipi Tombi Stefan Swanepoel Donald Hulette
1981 Birds of Paradise Rex Garner
1979 Charlie word 'n ster Charlie becomes a star Dirk de Villiers
1978 'n Seder val in Waterkloof A tree falls in Waterkloof Franz Marx
1977 Die winter van 14 Julie The winter of 14 July Jan Scholtz
1976 Springbok Bob Riley
1976 Daar Kom Tant Alie Aunt Ali is on her way Sias Odendaal Koos Roets
1975 Somer Summer Sias Odendaal
1974 'n Sonneblom uit Parys A sunflower from Paris Bill Venter Sias Odendaal
1974 Babbelkous Chatterbox Koos Roets
1972 Pikkie Sias Odendaal
1971 Freddie's in Love Elmo De Witt Ben Vlok Manie van Rensburg
1971 Z.E.B.R.A. Ben Vlok Elmo De Witt
1971 Vengeance Cops Elmo De Witt Ben Vlok Ivan Hall
1971 A New Life Elmo De Witt Ben Vlok Dirk de Villiers
1970 Vicki! Elmo De Witt Ben Vlok Ivan Hall
1970 Die drie van der Merwes The three van der Merwe's Elmo De Witt Ben Vlok Dirk de Villiers
1970 Sien jou môre See you tomorrow Ben Vlok Elmo De Witt
1970 Lied in my hart Song in my heart Elmo De Witt Ben Vlok Ivan Hall
1969 Geheim van Nantes The secret of Nantes Elmo De Witt Ben Vlok Dirk de Villiers
1969 Danie Bosman: Die verhaal van die grootste komponis in Suid Afrika Danie Bosman: The story of the biggest composer in South Africa Elmo De Witt

The movie- Springbok (1976)

In 1977 the University of Pretoria tried to stop this movie due to the fact that a coloured person was portrait in it. This coloured person played as a student of the University of Pretoria. South Africa was still a race segregation country in 1977. The case- Universiteit van Pretoria v Tommie Meyer Films 1977 (4) SA 376 was heard and Meyer won, and when the University appealed Meyer won again. Judge Mostert made the decision.[29] [30] [31]

The movie- Ipi Tombi (1994)

This movie was made out of the musical Ipi Tombi written by South African writers Bertha Egnos and Gail Lakier. Meyer bought the movie rights from Egnos and Brian Brooke. Meyer had financial problems with this movie and the new investors decided to use the actor Jan-Michael Vincent [32]

Personal life

He grew up in Boksburg and went to Hoërskool Voortrekker (high school) in Boksburg. Three other South African movie producers went to the same school, being Jamie Uys, Jans Rautenbach and Jan Scoltz. He married in Emmarentia Truter (which he later divorced)[33] and they had 6 children. Before producing movies he played as an actor in “Doodkry is min” (Translated: Very hard to die ).[34] This movie was produced by Jamie Uys and was released on 22 May 1961. Meyer retired in 1994. His son Pietie played the head charather in Meyer's movie Pikkie [35], assisted with the sound in Birds of Paradise [36] and was the assistant producer in Ipi Tombi .[37]

References

  1. ↑ Narrain, A (7 November 2017). "Filmmaker Tommie Meyer sterf (translated Tommie Meyer died)". Network24. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Thomas William Saymour Meyer". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Book- Dictionary of African Flimmaking, Publisher-Indiana University Press, Date- 2008,ISBN no 9780253351166, Author- Armes,R
  4. ↑ Riley,E (December 2012). "From Matieland To Mother City: Landscape, Identity And Place In Feature Films Set In The Cape Province, 1947-1989" (PDF). University of Cape Town. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Book- Media studies, Institutions, Theories and Issues, Publisher-Juta, Date- 2001,ISBN no 9780702156557, Author- Fourie, P J
  6. ↑ Book- Movies, Moguls, Mavericks, Publisher-Slowdata, Date- 1992,ISBN no 978062015297, Author- Blignaut J, Botha M
  7. ↑ "Ipi Tombi". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Birds of Paradise". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Charlie Word 'n Ster". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "n Seder Val in Waterkloof". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Die Winter van 14 Julie". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Springbok". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Daar Kom Tant Alie". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Somer". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "'n Sonneblom uit Parys". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Babbelkous". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Pikkie". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "Freddie's in Love". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  19. ↑ "Z.E.B.R.A." Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  20. ↑ "Vengeance Cops". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  21. ↑ "A New Life". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  22. ↑ "Vicki!". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  23. ↑ "Die 3 v.d. Merwes". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  24. ↑ "Sien jou môre". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  25. ↑ "Lied in My Hart". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  26. ↑ "Geheim van Nantes". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  27. ↑ "Danie Bosman: Die verhaal van die grootste S.A. komponis". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  28. ↑ "Tommie Meyer". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  29. ↑ Book- Thank You Jugde Mostert, Publisher-Penguin Books, Date- 2010,ISBN no 9780143527756, Author- Rickard,C
  30. ↑ Pienaar G (9 October 2012). "Die man wat moes wegstap van die twee liefdes in sy lewe (Translated- The guy that had to walk away from the two lovers in his life)". Litnet. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  31. ↑ Book- The cinema of Apartheid Race and Class in South African Film, Publisher-Routledge, Date- 2013,ISBN no 9781317928393, Author- Tomaseli,K
  32. ↑ Magazine- South Africa Theathre Journal, Volume 10, 1996
  33. ↑ "Illiquid Case. Restitution Of Conjugal Rights". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  34. ↑ "Doodkry is min". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  35. ↑ "Pikkie (1972) full cast & crew". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  36. ↑ "Birds of Paradise (1981) full cast & crew". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  37. ↑ "Ipi Tombi (1994) full cast & crew". Retrieved 19 April 2018.


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