Gary’s new video for “Walls and Floors” off his critically acclaimed album “Contraption Distoria”, directed and shot by Padraic O’Meara, edited and graded by Jenine Lindeque.
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So excited to be part of the Long Miles Coffee project. Shooting should be done early next year.
I have work together with Sunel Haasbroek (D.O.P) to create a ‘coffee’ look for this grade.
Finally the first episodes of Iceland has gone to the broadcaster this week.
Watch out for episode 1 since I was the offline editor on that one.
Also colourist on the series.
Production Company: Golden Planes
Director: Dave Meinert
Producer: Herman Le Roux
DOP: Michael Cleary
Art Director: Theo Kleynhans
Stylist: Richard de Jager
Offline: Luke Apteker
Colourist: Jenine Lindeque
Post House: Priest
Agency: Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town
Executive Creative Director: Ross Chowles
Creative Director: Jonathan Beggs
Agency Producer: Collette Cruywagen
I had the pleasure of working with some amazing directors for the Shnit Realtime film competition through Priest Post Production.
Editing & Grade with Bernard and Teba’s team on “Our Love”
Grade on Benitha’s Fortabt
Read more on Shnit blog
Here are some of the commercials I have graded on for Woolies over the year. Rock & Roll!
I am grading the first episodes of the new reality show about Cape Town’s own Charly’s Barkey. It called Charly’s Angels & it’s going to be Mucking Afazing!
Read more:
Pieter Hugo and Michael Cleary Win Young Director Award at Cannes for Spoek Mathambo’s “Control” Video
Congrats!!!
Just graded a Virgin Active commercial with the guys from Nomad Production House.
Will post the vid as soon as I have it.
Browse their site in to pass the time:
I have been working on some amazing commercials with Priest, Choirboy, The Monk and Killer Robot.
Check it out at CHOIRBOY
Busy cutting the 1st ep - going to be great!
Around Iceland on Inspiration - Promo from Cooked in Africa on Vimeo.
Around Iceland on Inspiration follows Riaan Manser and Dan Skinstad paddling around the 5000km perimeter of Iceland by kayak on a four-month journey starting in March 2011.
Music
Spoek Mathambo Video Exclusive

Published yesterday
We premiere the music video for the South African producer’s new single, ‘Control’, a cover of the Joy Division classic
* Text by Dazed Digital
‘Control’, the fourth single from Spoek Mathambo’s debut album Mshini Wam, is a ‘darkwave township house’ cover of the Joy Division classic ‘She’s Lost Control’. In collaboration with one of South Africa’s most influential photographers Pieter Hugo, and cinematographer Michael Cleary, the new video explores township cults and teen gangs. Shot on location in a squatted train boarding house in Langa, Cape Town, the video features a cast mostly made up of local neighborhood kids who run their own dance troop, Happy Feet. Spoek Mathambo has been pioneering a progressive take on African music for the last few years via his DJing (as HIVIP), solo and live band projects, having featured on Boysnoize Records and Top Billin.
Directed and shot by Pieter Hugo & Michael Cleary
Edited by Richard Starkey
Graded by Jenine Lindeque
thank to all the crew who work on the video, here the credits
Artist: Spoek Mathambo (spoekmathambo.com)
Directed & shot by: Pieter Hugo (pieterhugo.com) & Michael Cleary (michaelcleary.co.za)
Edited by: Richard Starkey @ priest.co.za
Produced by: Jon Day @ orangefilms.co.za
Production Designer : Mike Berg @ Hyper Art
Cast List : Amahle, Lwandile, Musa, Siyabonga,
Monwabisi, Aluluto, Nicolas, Lusanda, Avusiwe,
Liso, Simamikele, Sanele, Tshepo, Unathi,
Nkosinathi, Sibulele, Noluvuyo
2nd Camera: Ebrahim Hajee
Assistant Director: Oliver Kruger
Production Manager: Amanda Arbuckle @ orangefilms.co.za
Styling: Richard de Jager
Props Master: Este Opperman
Props Assistant: Mark Busak
Props Driver: Alfa Mwinyimkw
Cosmetic Make-up Designer: Clinton Aiden Smith @ cosmesis.co.za
SFX Make-up: Margueritte Blom & Daleen Badenhorst
Make up: Candy Stylumdall
SFX: Doug Hardy & Fedrico Zanolin @ stuntsa.com
Colorist: Jenine Lindeque
Choreographer: Vanessa Brierley @ Spirit Enterntainment
Dance Group Co-ordinator: Pindiwe Gxidolo
Dance Group Co-ordinator: Siviwe Mbinda @ Happy Feet
Dance Group Co-ordinator: Pamela Mtati @ Likhwezi Marimba
PA: Remembrance Nkanana
PA: John McDonald
PA: Neil de Villiers
Special thanks to the following companies:
Panalux, Cosmesis, Hyperart, Stunt SA, Unity Film Location Management,
Spirit Entertainment, Stratosphere Sound, Happy Feet,
Likhwezi Marimba Dance Group, The Langa Hostel Committee
Editor:
Dead Cow Walking from Cooked in Africa on Vimeo.
End of the episode Cooked season 5, episode 7 on BBC Lifestyle
Check out Cooked 5 on BBC graded by myself and Sunel Haasbroek.
I also edited the 7th episode “Dead Cow Walking”.
Cooked Season 5: Dead Cow Walking from Cooked in Africa on Vimeo.
If you want to know where your food comes from better watch this show - it’s revolutionary!