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Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1920 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor. ==Biography== Born in Pretoria, South Africa,〔(Biography at BFI ScreenOnline. )〕 Ngakane was educated at Fort Hare University College and Wits University, and worked on ''Drum'' and ''Zonk'' magazines from 1948 to 1950.〔 In 1950 he began his career in film as an assistant director and actor in the film version of ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' (1951), directed by Zoltan Korda. Shortly thereafter Ngakane went into exile in the United Kingdom. As an actor he appeared in films, including ''The Mark of the Hawk'' in 1957 (with Eartha Kitt),〔Keith Shiri, ("Lionel Ngakane - South African film pioneer" ), ''The Guardian'', 1 December 2003.〕 on television - ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1958) and the spy series ''Danger Man'' (Deadline, 1962) with Patrick McGoohan - as well as on stage, as in Errol John's ''Moon on a Rainbow Shawl'',〔("Moon on a Rainbow Shawl" ), Black Plays Archive, National Theatre.〕 and Wole Soyinka's play ''The Lion and the Jewel'' at the Royal Court Theatre in 1966.〔("Lion and the Jewel, The" ), Black Plays Archive, National Theatre.〕 Ngakane returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid in 1994. He is best remembered for his short film ''Jemima and Johnny'' (1965), inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London. It won awards at the Venice and Rimini film festivals. He also directed documentaries on apartheid and African development. He was honorary president of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI), which organization he had originated in 1967 as a lobbying group for the support of African filmmakers.〔 In 1997 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Natal. In 2003 he was awarded the South African "Order of Ikhamanga in Silver" for his "outstanding achievement in the field of movie-making and contribution to the development of the film industry in South Africa and on the continent". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lionel Ngakane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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