Ian Valz

Actor, Film actor

1957 – 2010

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Who was Ian Valz?

Sir Ian Michael Valz was a Guyanese playwright, award-winning filmmaker, and actor. On April 28, 2010 he lost his battle with cancer and died at St. Maarten Medical Center.

Valz was born on Hadfield Street, Georgetown were he attended St. Mary's Primary and St. Stanislaus College. He was an integral part of the development of Guyanese theater in the eighties and was well known for his many contributions to dramatic production. From his early radio serial drama, House of Pressure to popular stage shows such as Two's a Crowd and Masquerade. Masquerade was nominated for the Guyana Prize for Literature in 1992.

He also penned plays such as House of Pressure 1981; Room to Let, A Passage to the Sun, Virgin In Black, Rhythm of the Palms which became the movie, The Panman: Rhythm of the Palms, The Peacock Dance which was made into a television movie in 2004, Separate Status, Breaking All The Rules, Antillean House, Breakfast@Oranje, Borderline, Chiware's Revenge and The Plantation.

Valz was knighted in the order of Oranje Nassau by her majesty, Queen Beatrix of Holland in 2006. A graduate of St Stanislaus College, Georgetown, Guyana, he also did theater studies at the Theater Guild. He held a Public Health Diploma, from the University Of Guyana. In Guyana he served as Sports and Cultural Director, from 1982 to 1984. He began residing in St. Maarten from 1984 were he became the Drama Director of the Cultural Center of St. Maarten from 1985 to 1995. His next post was Artistic Director of the St. Maarten Independent Theater Foundation, from 1994 to the day he passed.

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Born
Aug 28, 1957
Georgetown
Also known as
  • Ian Michael Valz
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Nationality
  • Netherlands Antilles
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Died
Apr 28, 2010
Netherlands Antilles

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on July 23, 2013

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