Deon Maas

Deon Maas is a South African filmmaker, writer and journalist. He is best known for directing the critically acclaimed documentaries such as Punk in Africa, Jam Sandwich and Dis Rugby!.

Personal life Maas was born and grew up in Durban, South Africa. He is currently resides in Berlin with his wife. as Music Manager from 1992 and 1998. After quitting from that, he joined with "Gallo Music " in 1998 as Marketing and later General Manager until 2003. As a journalist, he continued to work as a presenter of the talk show "Saturday Night" telecast on KykNET.

In 2006, he worked as a judge on "Afrikaanse Idols" season 1 along with Taliep Petersen, Mynie Grové and Sean Else. As an author, he wrote the bestselling book Witboy in Africa. In 2008, he wrote the television serial Dis Rugby! and documentary Durban Poison, both received popularity. After the success, he directed the serial Jam Sandwich and reality show with the same name. Apart from that, Maas was the former head of Gallo Records.

He also the produced a reality show ‘Gulder Ultimate Search’ in Nigeria, along with Jam Sandwich and Fortuinsoekers. He was fired after a viral boycott campaign when he wrote about Satanism: “a religion that has the right to be practiced” in his first column in "Rapport". After that, he also worked as the creative director for the South African Music Awards, and then as the marketing manager for Marvel Comics. " where large number of Afrikaans rappers compete for a R100,000 recording contract with Ghetto Ruff Records. He is also the founder of documentary film company "Meerkat Media" in August 2014. In 2017, Maas moved to the textile industry along with the fashion line "First World".

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2008 Dis Rugby! Writer TV series 2008 Durban Poison Writer Documentary 2008 Jam Sandwich Director, Executive producer TV series 2010 Gulder Ultimate Search Writer TV series 2012 Punk in Africa Director, writer Documentary 2013 Die Ballade van Robbie de Wee DJ Witboy Film 2016 Jam Sandwich Producer TV series