LEGENDARY director and casting director Moonyeenn Lee has died from complications caused by coronavirus.
Lee died on Saturday morning at the age of 76.
She managed the casting of films such as Oscar-winning, Tsotsi, Oscar-nominated, Long Walk to Freedom, Hotel Rwanda and many other internationally recognised films.
She was also the first South African member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which votes for the Oscars and the Television Academy, which votes for the Emmys.
Her career spans 47 years.
In 2017, she was awarded the Lionel Ngakane Lifetime Achievement Award from the South African Film and Television Awards.
South African actors have taken to social media to pay tribute to her.
On Sunday Moonyeenn Lee Associates said on its Facebook page: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of the legendary South African casting director and agent, Moonyeenn Lee.”
In 2003, Moonyeenn was nominated to the
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