DANIEL NDEVU
production & post work
Production and Post-production Manager
Privaatspeurders season 1 (13x23 minutes, 2022)
Conducted development research, pre-interviews, production management and post-production supervision, liaised between three series editors, an audio mixer, director, producer and the Via commissioning editor to ensure that final deliverables met quality standards and channel deadlines.
Privaatspeurders was nominated for a South African Film & Television Award in August 2023, in the category of Best Structured / Docu-realiy Show.
Director: Mia Cilliers
Commissioning Channel: Via channel (Dstv channel 147), simulcast to Showmax
Production Coordinator
Easy Japanese Medical Video Series (2020)
Coordinated the production of a 10-part educational video series, commissioned by Tokyo Metropolitan Government and The Toyota Foundation; featured on NHK Channel 1 evening news; assisted in developing the brief; supervised continuity on set; consulted in the edit on packaging, animation and pacing.
Director: Ian Thomas Ash
Client: Juntendo University, Tokyo
Creative Consultant
'Easy Japanese' for COVID-19 testing (2020)
Consulted with the editor about the online edit and packaging of a 100-second, educational video; advised on the use of SFX, chyron animation, closed captions and video pacing in line with the client’s target demographic.
Producer: Ian Thomas Ash
Client: Juntendo University, Tokyo
Impact Producer
Ushiku (2021)
Developed the impact strategy for an 87-minute social-issue documentary, which shares the stories of foreign detainees in one of the largest immigration centres in Japan. Created and implemented a workflow for the transcription and assembly of hundreds of hours of raw footage.
Director: Thomas Ash
Premiere: Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival (world premiere, 2021).
Producer
The Water Dancers (2018)
Produced a SAFTA award-winning 25-minute environmental documentary; screened in over 18 countries; secured a national TV-distribution agreement in 2019. Acquired by DocuBay for streaming rights in August 2023.
Director: Robyn Palmer
Distribution: DocuBay
International Premiere: International Green Film Festival Krakow, 2018
Award: Golden Horn Award, South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTAs), 2019
Producer, Art Director
There's Still Good (2017)
Produced and art-directed an award-winning 12-minute LGBT film, featured in The Advocate magazine, screened at Outfest Fusion in Los Angeles, and won “Best Music” at the LGBT Toronto Film Festival in 2019.
Director: Ciaran R. Maidwell
Production: University of Cape Town, Cape Town
International Premiere: Outfest Fusion (international premiere, 2019
Award: 'Best Music' at LGBT Toronto Film Festival, 2019
Production Assistant
Dating Game Killer (2017)
Assisted production on the set of an 86-minute TV feature; distributed sides, call sheets & maps to crew; transported daily drives between the DIT and post; liaised between wardrobe; hair & makeup and the AD; managed over 100 extras.
Director: Peter Medak
Production: Khaya Life Productions, Cape Town | Thinkfactory Media, Los Angeles
Distribution: Investigation Discovery
written work
Video Scripting, 2021
Race and Inequality in South Africa feat. Dominic Gaobepe
Produced two scripts from a 28-page research report for videos on ‘racial inequality’ and ‘institutional racism’ in South Africa, respectively. Provided additional in-depth research, citations and fact-checking.
Client: Cohesion Collective
Feature article, 12/2019
YAMANECO, Inc. Feature
An article part of a feature series for the Pride Business Alliance Japan (PBAJ), aimed at spotlighting LGBTQE / Ally-owned / LGBTQ-friendly businesses in Tokyo, in order to foster better networking among the LGBTQ community in Japan.
Publisher: Pride Business Alliance Japan (PBAJ)
Press Releases, 09/2018-12/2019
THE WATER DANCERS Press Releases
Drafted and distributed press releases & newsletters through Wix Ascend & Facebook notes as well as to third-party publishers, including Good News Daily, Documentary Filmmakers of South Africa newsletter & SU AgriSciences magazine.
Publisher: thewaterdancersfilm.com
Feature article, 05/2015
Gary Carter: To Be Gay or Not to Be
An interview with TV executive, Gary Carter, former COO of Freemantle Media & co-CEO of international operations at Endemol Shine Group about the evolution of gay representation in TV media.
Publisher: gayagender.com