For years, one of South Africa’s great tourist attractions has been the opportunity to see great white sharks up close. But barely any great white sharks have… Read more “New Film: Cape Town’s disappearing great white sharks”
Category: My professional films
New Film: A Mozambique Murder
Since the start of the pandemic, I have spent a lot more time than usual recording Zoom/Skype interviews and then trying to make the edit look interesting.… Read more “New Film: A Mozambique Murder”
New film: A day in the life of a South African contact tracer
South Africa has recently had a big spike in the number of coronavirus infections. One way that they have been trying to slow the spread is to… Read more “New film: A day in the life of a South African contact tracer”
Inside South Africa’s drought: My film from Graaff-Reinet
I live in South Africa. Recently some parts of the country have been experiencing a harsh drought that has led to reservoirs drying out and animals dying… Read more “Inside South Africa’s drought: My film from Graaff-Reinet”
Murder Town: Inside Cape Town’s bloodbath
I recently directed, shot and edited a film for the BBC about the wave of murders that have made Cape Town one of the most dangerous places… Read more “Murder Town: Inside Cape Town’s bloodbath”
The Royal tour of southern Africa, 2019: Some of my shots and thoughts on the Sony Z90
Here is a short compilation of some of the footage I have filmed of Prince Harry and Meghan over the last two weeks while working as one… Read more “The Royal tour of southern Africa, 2019: Some of my shots and thoughts on the Sony Z90”
Covering the South African elections: 2019
I recently covered the elections in South Africa. I wanted to try and avoid the boring and the cliched so I pitched the above film –… Read more “Covering the South African elections: 2019”
New showreel for 2019
I haven’t made a new showreel for a number of years and so I figured it was about time that I finally got around to editing one.… Read more “New showreel for 2019”
Not black enough, not white enough
I recently shot, edited and directed a mini-doc for the BBC about the coloured (people of mixed heritage) community in South Africa. It was a fascinating story… Read more “Not black enough, not white enough”
Living on a radioactive mine dump
Johannesburg was built because of mining. The city is surrounded by huge, sandy dumps – a side-effect of the search for gold. I’ve lived in South Africa… Read more “Living on a radioactive mine dump”
