Cobus van den Berg
Cobus van den Berg (born 1 September 1969) is a South African film and television producer and businessman.[1].
Early life[edit]
Van Den Berg is an Afrikaner who grew up in the suburb of Eversdal in Cape Town[1]. He studied accounting at the University of Potchefstroom.
Career[edit]
Van Den Berg became the youngest director of Sasol Ltd, an integrated energy and chemical company. During his corporate career, he invested in property which secured his financial independence and enabled him to segue into a professional producing career. He is best known for the television series Trackers (2019), a co-production between his company SCENE23, HBO's Cinemax, Germany's public broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, London-based Three Rivers Studios and South African media conglomerate MultiChoice.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Trackers was written by best-selling thriller novelist Deon Meyer based on his 2011 novel of the same name.[8][9][10] Van Den Berg is also known for the feature films Griekwastad (2019),[11][12][13] starring Arnold Vosloo[14][15][16], Moorivier (2015)[17][18], Born To Win (2014)[19][20] and Klein Karoo (2013)[21]. He owns the Swartberg Country Manor near the Cango Caves outside Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape Province, as well as the Moditlo Private Game Reserve near Hoedspruit in the Limpopo Province. He is also a collector of vintage cars.[22]
Personal life[edit]
Van Den Berg is married to Gerdi van den Berg, a sociologist, cognitive behavioral therapist and author. They have three children, twins Christiaan and Lorraine (born in 1994) and a younger son, Llewellyn[23]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rorke, Deur Desirée (July 22, 2015). "Global awards raked in by local filmmakers". Netwerk24.
- ↑ Clarke, Stewart (December 4, 2018). "TV Adaptation of Deon Meyer's 'Trackers' Set as Africa-Germany Co-Production".
- ↑ "How classy action thriller Trackers embraced South African culture to beat Game Of Thrones". NewsComAu. July 30, 2020.
- ↑ Hale, Mike (June 12, 2020). "Netflix and Cinemax Go to South Africa for Real" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Trackers Set To Thrill Mzansi during the 21 day lockdown". News24.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (June 13, 2019). "Cinemax Greenlights & Sets Cast For 'Trackers' Thriller Series As International Co-Production With M-Net & ZDF".
- ↑ "M-Net partners with Cinemax & ZDF To Produce Trackers". September 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Televised adaptations of literature by some renowned local authors to look forward to". TimesLIVE.
- ↑ Houston, Melinda (August 1, 2020). "STREAMING TV: Trackers". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "Deon Meyer's Trackers breaks viewing records".
- ↑ "TV with Thinus: How the South African Afrikaans true-crime film Griekwastad stunned with over 50 000 digital rentals - and counting - through DStv BoxOffice amidst Covid-19". May 25, 2020.
- ↑ Golden, Christo (May 6, 2020). "NEW Griekwastad Film".
- ↑ Mulder, Louw (May 1, 2020). "Our Chat with Arnold Vosloo | Stage and Screen". www.stageandscreen.co.za.
- ↑ "Arnold Vosloo to star in film about the Griekwastad-murders". Channel.
- ↑ "Arnold Vosloo talks about his role in Griekwastad". May 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Arnold Vosloo talks 'Griekwastad', his 1st Afrikaans film in 30 years". www.iol.co.za.
- ↑ "Mooirivier on the big screen". February 20, 2015.
- ↑ Ellaya, Chanelle (February 2, 2015). "Mooirivier to open nationwide on 6 February".
- ↑ "'Born To Win' movie premieres in South Africa". Phoenix Sun. August 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Born to Win World Première in George". George Herald.
- ↑ "Artslink.co.za - Klein Karoo a winner at local box office". Artslink.
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
- ↑ "HG gesels met man agter Trackers, Griekwastad in kwarantyn". Huisgenoot.
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