CHRISTIAAN OLWAGEN
Born in Cape Town, South Africa. Christiaan studied Drama at the University of Stellenbosch, specialising in Theatre Directing under the mentorship of Marthinus Basson. He is the recipient of the Fleur Du Cap Award for Most Promising Student, The Rosalie van der Gucht Award for Best New Director and the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Theatre. Theatrical highlights include Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Chekhov's "The Seagull", Ibsen's "A Doll's House", and Lorca's "House of Bernarda Alba". Christiaan’s film debut was in 2013 at the Silwerskerm Festival in Cape Town, with the short film "Toevlug". The short won Best Director, Screenplay and Best Short Film. His feature film debut was in 2016 with "Johnny is nie dood nie". It won Best Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Art Direction, Music, Best Director and Best Film awards at the Silwerskerm Festival. It has been described by South African critics as a landmark in Afrikaans cinema. Currently in post-production are Christiaan’s second and third feature films.