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Date of Birth
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15-November-1939
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Place of Birth
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Pietermaritzburg
(South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Umgungundlovu District Municipality)
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Nationality
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South Africa
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Also know as
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Ross Devinish
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Profession
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Film Director, Television Director
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Ross Devenish is a South African film director. His 1980 film Marigolds in August, which entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Berlin Bear Anniversary Prize. His 1977 feature film The Guest won a Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival.
Ross directed the eight-part adaptation of Bleak House which won three BAFTAs. Now that the Buffalo's Gone won a Blue Riband Award. He was one of the two directors engaged on Goal! about the World Cup Competition being held in England in 1966. Goal! received the Robert Flaherty Award from BAFTA.
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