David Lister is a

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n-born film and television director, now residing in Australia. David Lister grew up on a farm in

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, South Africa. He trained as a painter and sculptor in

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before being employed as a scene painter, set designer and head of the props department at the Performing Arts Council in

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. After a brief period as a documentary cameraman at SABC TV, he departed to the UK and studied at the

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1972–1974. He then returned to South Africa to work as a director in the film and television industry. Around 2005 he moved to Australia.

Selected filmography

* 1984 - '' River Horse Lake'' * 1983 - '' My Friend Angelo'' (TV period drama)CITWF: My Friend Angelo
Retrieved 2011-08-06 * 1987 - '' John Ross: An African Adventure'' * 1988 - ''

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'' (TV series about the South African mine mogul

) * 1990 - '' The Rutanga Tapes'' (also known as ''Desert Chase'') * 1993 - '' Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG'' (also known as ''Kwagga Strikes Back'') * 1991 - ''

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'' (TV drama) * 1994 - '' Where Angels Tread'' (TV drama) * 1995 - ''

Soweto Green ''Soweto Green'' is a 1995 South African comedy film directed by David Lister and starring John Kani, L. Scott Caldwell and Casper de Vries. Plot Following the election of Nelson Mandela as president, a middle-class American couple reloca ...

'' * 1996-1998 - ''

The Legend of the Hidden City ''The Legend of the Hidden City'' was a South African action adventure series, directed by David Lister, which was broadcast by SABC and SABC2 between 1996 and 1998 as two series with a total of 39 episodes. It was also shown by Sky1 and Five ...

'' (TV series) * 1997 - '' Panic Mechanic'' * 1998 - ''

The Last Leprechaun ''The Last Leprechaun'' is a BBC-broadcast television fantasy film of 1998, directed by David Lister and starring Veronica Hamel, Jack Scalia, and Mick Walter. Plot Tommy and Ethel Barridge, the children of multi-millionaire American business ...

'' * 1999 - ''Dazzle'' * 2001 - '' The Meeksville Ghost'' * 2001 - ''Askari'' * 2001 – ''

The Sorcerer's Apprentice "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (german: "Der Zauberlehrling", link=no, italic=no) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in 14 stanzas. Story The poem begins as an old magician (fantasy), sorcerer departs his ...

'' * 2002 - ''

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'' * 2003 - ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' ( ...

'' * 2004 - ''

The Story of an African Farm ''The Story of an African Farm'' (published in 1883 under the pseudonym Ralph Iron) was South African author Olive Schreiner's first published novel. It was an immediate success and has become recognised as one of the first feminist novels. B ...

'' (also known as ''Bustin’ Bonaparte'') * 2005-2006 - '' Known Gods'' (TV series) * 2009 - ''

Malibu Shark Attack ''Malibu Shark Attack'' (a.k.a. ''Mega Shark of Malibu'') is a 2009 TV film, directed by David Lister and produced for the Syfy channel. It is the 19th film in the '' Maneater Series''. Plot Heather (Peta Wilson) is the head-lifeguard on a Mal ...

'' (TV film) *

Beauty and the Beast (2009 film) ''Beauty and the Beast'' is a 2009 Australian fantasy film directed by David Lister and starring Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, and Victor Parascos, and loosely based upon the fairy tale of the same name. The film was released in 2009 on video ...

External links

David Listers official website
Retrieved 2022-10-11
Presentation of David Lister on Vimeo
Retrieved 2011-08-06

References

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