Lionel Ngakane
South African filmmaker · South Africa · On the map · Directors · Lived 1920 to 2003 · aged 83
Lionel Ngakane 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.
Lionel Ngakane is read about 4 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and ApartheidFilm1983
Johnny JarvisSeries, Mr Casson1978
Victims of ApartheidFilm, Mokwe1977
The SqueezeFilm, West Indian1971
Baobab: Portrait of a TreeFilm, Legend Storyteller (voice)1970
It's the Only Way to GoFilm1969
Two Gentlemen SharingFilm, Bill1968
Wind Versus PolygamyFilm, Ofodile1965
The TroubleshootersSeries, Mbogo1964
Theatre 625Series, Ofodile1962Dial RIXSeries, MbasaStudio 4Series, 1962Houseboy
The Painted SmileFilm, 1962Barman1961
Nothing BarredFilm, Convict1960
Danger ManSeries, Moses Amadu
The Night We Got the BirdFilm, 1960Porter1958
Nor the Moon by NightFilm, Nimrod1956
SafariFilm, Makora1954
Duel in the JungleFilm, Servant1951
Cry, the Beloved CountryFilm, Absolom Kumalo1920Born17 July 1920People around Lionel
Close ties
Albert R. Broccoli Produced Safari and Odongo- Terence Young Directed Safari (1956)
Earl Cameron Also in Safari and Odongo
Zoltan Korda Directed Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)- Terry Scott Also in The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
- John Gilling Directed Odongo (1956)
Charles Carson Also in Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
John Matshikiza Also in Child of Hope and Victims of Apartheid- John Slater Also in The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
- Darcy Conyers Directed The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
Filmography 18
25 credits on file
Television 6
About this person
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 Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).
