Deon Eben van Der Merwe

Deon Van Der Merwe born 3 January 1977 in Brits, South Africa, finished school in 1995, and studied National Diploma Cost and Management Accounting. In December 2004 he finished a Creative Writing course through Intec College where he learned about script writing. After that he did various workshops on film writing and directing through Daniel Dercksen's Writing Studio, has taken part of the 48 hour filmmaking competitions and has produced, directed and written various short movies. In 2011 he and Carl Roddam have started a small productions company, Uniquely Novel Productions. He usually plays as an extra in his own projects. In 2014 he produced, directed and wrote his first feature film called Had Better Days with co writer, producer and director Carl Roddam. Deon Van Der Merwe is also a published Poet and enjoys photography.