Gerhard Marx

Born in 1976, he completed his master's degree in Fine Arts cum laude at the University of Cape Town in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://dublintheatrefestival.com/artist/Gerhard_Marx/308.htm|title=Dublin Theatre Festival: 27 Sept - 14 Oct 2018|website=www.dublintheatrefestival.com|access-date=2018-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409071602/http://dublintheatrefestival.com/artist/Gerhard_Marx/308.htm|archive-date=9 April 2007|url-status=dead}} He has worked with well-known artists such as William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company{{Cite web |url=http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za/html/about_us.html |title=About The Handspring Puppet Company |access-date=2007-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026030147/http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za/html/about_us.html |archive-date=2010-10-26 |url-status=dead }}

He currently teaches at the University of the Witwatersrand,{{Cite web |url=http://www.wits.ac.za/artworks/contact/drama.htm |title=WSOA - Wits School of Arts |access-date=2007-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040529223220/http://www.wits.ac.za/artworks/contact/drama.htm |archive-date=2004-05-29 |url-status=dead }} in Johannesburg.

• The theatre piece Tshepang (Gerhard Marx - co director, Lara Foot-Newton – director) was chosen as one of the twelve feature film projects for January 2007 Screenwriters Lab by the Sundance Institute.[http://www2.sundance.org/pdf/2007JanSWLabFINAL.PDF Sundance Institute Announces Twelve Feature Film Projects For January Screenwriters Lab]
• The play “Hear and Now” was presented at the Baxter Theatre Centre during 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.uct.ac.za/mondaypaper/archives/?id=5246|title=Campus highlights|website=www.news.uct.ac.za|language=en|access-date=2018-01-03}}

According to Art News South Africa of April 2006, Marx considered legal action against BMW shortly after an ad campaign created by agency Ireland-Davenport allegedly infringed on his copyright.{{Cite web |url=http://www.method1.co.za/images/saat.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006092237/http://www.method1.co.za/images/saat.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-06 |url-status=dead }} Art News South Africa reproduced both the controversial ad – removed from circulation after a short run, and a close-up of Marx's work. His agent, Warren Siebrits had already confirmed in March 2006 that Marx will be represented by the copyright lawyer Owen Dean,{{Cite news|url=http://nathanielstern.com/blog/2006/03/08/plagiarism-and-copyright-infringement-of-gerhard-marx%E2%80%99s-work/|title=PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF GERHARD MARX'S WORK|date=2006-03-08|work=implicit art|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-US}} better known for The Lion Sleeps Tonight case.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/world/africa/in-the-jungle-the-unjust-jungle-a-small-victory.html|title=In the Jungle, the Unjust Jungle, a Small Victory|last=Lafraniere|first=Sharon|date=2006-03-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

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