{{Short description|Namibian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Richard Pakleppa | birth_date = 1961 | occupation = Screenwriter, film director, producer | notable_works = Dying for Gold | birth_place = Namibia | education = African studies, University of Cape Town | alma_mater = University of Cape Town }}

'''Richard Pakleppa''' (born 1961) is a Namibian screenwriter, film director, and film producer.

== Education and Career == Pakleppa studied philosophy and theatre in Munich, Germany, and gained an Honours Degree in African studies from the University of Cape Town.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Association des trois mondes|author2=FESPACO|title=Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61Ol3PLhYhsC&pg=PA380|year=2000|publisher=KARTHALA Editions|isbn=978-2-84586-060-5|pages=380–81|chapter=PAKLEPPA, Richard}}</ref> Since 1990, he has directed and produced documentary and fiction films across Southern Africa. He currently lives in South Africa.<ref>[https://www.encounters.co.za/guest/richard-pakleppa/ Richard Pakleppa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020204554/https://www.encounters.co.za/guest/richard-pakleppa/ |date=20 October 2019 }}, Encounters South African International Documentary Festival</ref> In the year 2000, Pakleppa was awarded the Best Documentary Award of the Southern African Film Festival. He has also been the founding member and Director of Land Productions since 1992.[https://2019.encounters.co.za/guest/richard-pakleppa/]

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Film !Role !Genre !Ref. |- |2005 |''The Strongest Heart'' |Director, Writer |Documentary | |- |2006 |''Angola: Saudades from the One Who Loves You'' |Director, Writer |Documentary | |- |2009 |Three an half lives |Drimer |Drama | |- |2012 |''Taste of Rain'' |Director, Writer |Drama |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukaiwa |first=Martha |date=2012-11-12 |title=Richard Pakleppa presents 'Taste of Rain' |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/richard-pakleppa-presents-taste-of-rain/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=The Namibian |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukaiwa |first=Martha |date=2012-11-23 |title=Taste of Rain' |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/taste-of-rain/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=The Namibian |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Jogo de Corpo. Capaeira e Ancestralidade'' |Director |Documentary, Biography | |- |2014 |''Paths to Freedom'' |Director |Short film | |- |2016 |''Dying for Gold'' |Director |Documentary |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Rebecca |date=2019-07-04 |title=Dying for Gold: New documentary lays bare the stark debt SA owes its miners |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-07-04-dying-for-gold-new-documentary-lays-bare-the-stark-debt-sa-owes-its-miners/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}</ref> |}

==Writing== * '40,000 workers stay away in Namibia', ''South Africa Labour Bulletin'', Vol. 13, No. 6, 1988, pp.&nbsp;15–23

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0657128}}

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