Est. Cape Town · Film Crew Agency

Tank is all about the crew.

A handpicked roster of South Africa’s most trusted film crew — grips, gaffers, ADs, DOPs, sound, costume and production. Built by Sandi-Lee Slabbert, run with care.

Featured Crew

01 — 04

04 · PRODUCTION

Honest Ngondo

Production Manager

Senior PM keeping complex international productions on time, on budget and on side.

01 · GRIP

Storm Williamson

Key Grip / Crane / Techno

Multi-discipline grip with 15+ years on features, commercials and high-end TVCs across Cape Town.

03 · GRIP

Allan Gray

03 · COSTUME

Darion Hing

Costume Designer

Costume designer & supervisor known for elevated wardrobe direction on fashion-forward shoots.

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Active crew members

Departments covered

15+

Years on set

100%

Cape Town based

Departments

Every craft, covered.

From the first AD on call sheet to the spark hanging the final lamp — Tank represents the full chain of film craft.

The Full Roster

The crew.

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Allan Gray

Grip

Alwyn van den Heever

Assistants Director

Andrew Changombe

Lighting

Aparna Jayachandran

Continuity

Aphiwe Kabiqeya

Grip

Ashleigh Scholsz

Sound

Ayanela Maliza

VTO

Benji Thomas

Assistants Director

Bernard Onyebuchi Akogu

Production

Bongani Caluza

Assistants Director

Brent Sauls

Lighting

Bronwyn de Beer

Continuity

Bruce Malala

Sound

Bulelani aka Buja Tole

Grip

Candice Smith

Assistants Director

Chaundre Mienie

Grip

Chris Hope

Grip

Christian Loji

Lighting

Damian Van Gass

Grip

Danny Smart

Lighting

Darion Hing

Costume

Daryl Viner – Southern Brothers

Grip

Denzil Lesch

Lighting

Derek Mansvelt

Sound

Dihantus Engelbrecht

Costume

Elaine Jeacocks

Costume

Eric Thembisa Lolo

Grip

Eugene Wynne

Lighting

Franck Kasangala

Lighting

Frank John Christians

Grip

Gareth Place

Camera

Garth Scott

Grip

Greg Alberts

Sound

Heactor Jorodani

Grip

Henri Marais

Grip

Honest Ngondo

Production

Igshaan Mohamed

Lighting

Inga Ntshakaza

Grip

Inge Janine Hough

Costume

Isaac Bekezela Ndlovu

Grip

Issa Zaidi

Lighting

Jacques MPCC Van Rooyen

Production

Jason Bendemann – RAVEN MEDIA

VTO

Jeanine de Goede

Costume

Jessica Van Zyl

Production

Joao Miguel aka John Fancony

Assistants Director

Kanyiso – KC Coba

Grip

Keith Shingiral Chibaya

Production

Kelvin Munetsi

Production

Kerry Mae Joshua

Sound

Khayalethu Bafotito Majombozi

Lighting

Lelethu Louis Suntele

Assistants Director

Lelethu Panya Panya

Production

Lesley Manuel

Lighting

Lionel Shaun Turner

Lighting

Loyiso Somhlahlo

Grip

Lucas Manielle

Lighting

Lundi Ntsabo

Lighting

Lunga Funda

Grip

Masilakhe (Masi) Mgqibelo

Production

Moira Anne Meyer

Costume

Mongezi “Mo” Eric Mzana

Grip

Mzingisi Sigqumo

Unit

Mzuvukile Tom

Lighting

Nangamso – Soso Nokwatsheka

Assistants Director

Nceba Ntili

Lighting

Nerine Pienaar

Costume

Paul Harker

Production

Pedro De Almeida

VTO

Pierre Vienings

Costume

Raywalls Guti

Lighting

Ricky Lawrence

Grip

Robin Slinger

Lighting

Robyn Teri Jansen

Sound

Sakumzi Lucky Mkontwana

Sound

Saul Arosa Calvo

Lighting

Shane du Plooy

Lighting

Sicelo mbuso Vandou

Lighting

Simon Rankin

Sound

Simxolele Dubayi

Assistants Director

Siphesihle Ndayi

Grip

Sipho Emmanuel Mfengwana

Grip

Siseko Mboyiya

Grip

Sive Lolo

Grip

Siviwe Maxakatho

Lighting

Siya Hokisi

Assistants Director

Sizwe Balintulo

Lighting

Stephane Gibourdel

Assistants Director

Stephen Moser

Assistants Director

Steven (Sharif) Tchale (Gomani)

Lighting

Storm Williamson

Grip

Thabo Xintolo

Lighting

Thulani Innocent Mashiyane

Lighting

Thulani Mabandla

Grip

Tinashe Muchaponda

Grip

Ulrich Beukes

Grip

Vuyo Sikoti

Grip

Willem Engelbrecht

Camera

Xolani Maponya – RAVEN MEDIA

VTO

Xolile Gwayi

Grip

Zahir (Moegamat) Karriem

Grip

Zukisani Khobo

Lighting

Zureta Schulz

Costume

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Owner / Agent

Sandi-Lee Slabbert

Email sandi-lee@tankcrew.co.za Phone 021 671 4791

Location Cape Town, South Africa

BRONWYN DE BEER

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

From returning drama series to fight-unit continuity and commercial campaigns.

PROFILE

Bronwyn de Beer’s script supervision work combines returning drama series with action and fight-unit continuity. Her credits include 1923 with directors Ben Richardson and Guy Ferland, and The Wheel of Time Season 3 with Ciaran Donnelly, Thomas Napper and Marta Cunningham. She has worked across three seasons of Warrior in second-unit, fight-unit and main-unit double-banking roles, with producers including Angela Phillips and Richard Sharkey.

Her more recent work includes Boyz Trip for Tubi and Blue Ice Africa, with director Kyle Scott and producer Autumn Bailey Ford. Other Blue Ice Africa credits include Buzzkill and Vagrant Queen, both directed by Jem Garrard. Bronwyn’s range also extends to script editing on Silverton Siege and combined script/VFX supervision on Vtama and Mercedes commercials.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1923, The Wheel of Time Season 3, Atomic and Around the World in 80 Days.
The Witcher Season 5: second-unit / fight-unit script supervision across four episodes.
Warrior Seasons 1–3, Boy Kills World and Desert Warrior: second-unit and fight-unit experience.
Blue Ice Africa credits include Boyz Trip, Buzzkill, Vagrant Queen, Game On and Darkness Has Fallen Season 3.
South African; English-speaking; Code 08 driving licence.

SELECTED DIRECTORS

Long Form

SELECTED PRODUCERS & PRODUCTION MANAGERS

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED STUDIOS, BROADCASTERS & PLATFORMS

SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

SELECTED SCRIPT SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE

Boyz Trip

Blue Ice Africa | Tubi

Director: Kyle Scott

Producer: Autumn Bailey Ford

1923

Paramount Pictures

Directors: Ben Richardson / Guy Ferland

Producers: Taylor Sheridan / Michael Friedman

The Wheel of Time Season 3

Film Afrika

Directors: Ciaran Donnelly / Thomas Napper / Marta Cunningham

Producer / LP: Vanessa Haupt

Atomic

Pulse Films | Sky

Director: Shariff Korver

Producer / LP: Peter McAleese

A Bobby Thing

Beehive | Paperclip

Director: Adam Rehmeier

Producers: Yeardley Smith / Jordan Foley

Granny Lee

Giant Films

Directors: Ian Gabriel / Gabe Gabriel

Production manager: Kate Schalk

Buzzkill

Blue Ice Africa | Tubi

Director: Jem Garrard

Producers: Josh van Houdt / Adam Friedlander

Vagrant Queen

Blue Ice Africa | Syfy

Director: Jem Garrard

Producer / LP: Adam Friedlander

Around the World in 80 Days

Film Afrika | Slim Film + Television

Directors: Steve Barron / Charles Beeson / Brian Kelly

Producers: Jayson de Rosner / Peter McAleese

Silverton Siege

Pambilli Media | Netflix

Script Supervisor & Script Editor | Dir: Mandla Dube

Producers: W. S. Ayres / Michael Games

Black Beauty

Moonlighting | Constantin | Disney

Director: Ashley Avis

Producers: Jeremy Bolt / Lynne-Anne Vosloo

The Shakedown

Sketchbook Studios

Director: Ari Kruger

Producer / LP: Greer Hoeks

The Witcher S5 – 2nd / fight unit

Cinesite | Netflix

Directors: Christopher Clark Cowan / Jeremy Webb

Producers: Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich / Steve Gaub

Warrior S3 – fight unit

Moonlighting Films | HBO

Director: Brett Chan

Producers: Angela Phillips / Richard Sharkey

Boy Kills World – fight unit

Moonlighting Films

Director: Dawid Szatarski

Producers: Simon Swart / Alex Lebovici

Desert Warrior – 2nd / fight unit

MBC Universal

Director: Rupert Wyatt

Producers: Jeremy Bolt / Eric Hedayat

G20 – main-unit dailies

Local Motion Pictures

Director: Patricia Riggin

Producer / LP: Janine van Assen

Darby and the Dead – main-unit dailies

Blue Ice Africa | 20th Century Fox

Director: Silas Howard

Producer / LP: Adam Friedlander

APARNA JAYACHANDRAN

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

Script supervision for international features, returning drama series and commercial campaigns.

PROFILE

Aparna Jayachandran’s script supervision career includes three seasons of Warrior, working with directors such as Loni Peristere and David Petrarca and line producer Angela Phillips. Her feature credits include Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, Kevin Macdonald’s The Mauritanian and Phillip Noyce’s The Giver. Recent work includes The Man Who Stole Portugal with Thomas Napper and line producer Marcelle du Toit.

Her credits also include recurring work with producers and line producers such as Janine van Assen, Dianne Beatty and Darren Cameron. Alongside features and episodic drama, Aparna handles continuity and script supervision for international commercials, including campaigns for KFC, Pepsi, Dove, Molson and Starbucks. Earlier second-unit work on Safe House and The Borrowers adds another strand to a career spanning more than 15 years.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Directors include Gore Verbinski, Kevin Macdonald, Phillip Noyce, Lesli Linka Glatter and Thomas Napper.
Warrior Seasons 1–3, The Power, Homeland, The Mauritanian and The Giver.
Blue Ice Africa credits include Our Girl 4, Bulletproof: The Specials and Body Count (dailies).
Commercial production partners include Gatehouse Commercials, Orange Films, Stillking, Juice Films and The Network.
South African; English-speaking; Code 08 driving licence.

SELECTED DIRECTORS

Long Form

SELECTED PRODUCERS & PRODUCTION MANAGERS

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED STUDIOS, BROADCASTERS & PLATFORMS

SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

SELECTED SCRIPT SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Moonlighting Films

Director: Gore Verbinski

Line producer: Megan Korzynski

The Man Who Stole Portugal

Stage 5 Films

Director: Thomas Napper

Line producer: Marcelle du Toit

Warrior Seasons 1–3

Moonlighting Films | Cinemax / HBO

Directors: Loni Peristere / David Petrarca

Line producer: Angela Phillips

Lilies Not for Me

Wolflight Films

Director: Will Seefried

Line producer: Kate Schalk

The Mauritanian

Moonlighting Films

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Line producer: Andrea Pienaar

The Giver

Moonlighting | The Weinstein Company

Director: Phillip Noyce

Line producer: Janine van Assen

Homeland

Moonlighting Films | Showtime

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

Line producer: Angela Phillips

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Film Afrika | Videovision Entertainment

Director: Justin Chadwick

Producer: Anant Singh

The Power

Film Afrika

Directors: Neasa Hardiman / Shannon Murphy

Producers: David Higginson / Tina Oswald

Sulphur & White

Stage 5 Films | AMG International Film

Director: Julian Jarrold

Producer: Michael Elliott

Our Girl 4

Blue Ice Africa | BBC

Director: Claire Winyard

Line producer: Samantha Putter

Troy: Fall of a City

Film Afrika | BBC

Director: Owen Harris

Line producer: Dianne Beatty

Safe House – second unit

Moonlighting Films | Universal Pictures

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Line producer: Janine van Assen

The Last Face – pick-ups

Moonlighting | River Road Entertainment

Director: Sean Penn

Line producer: Janine van Assen

Body Count – dailies

Blue Ice Africa

Script supervision – dailies

Line producer: Darren Cameron

KFC

Orange Films

Continuity / Script Supervisor

Producer / PM: Brad Logan

Pepsi

The Network

Continuity / Script Supervisor

Producer / PM: Chloe Zondagh

Starbucks

Gatehouse Commercials

Continuity / Script Supervisor

Producers / PMs: Laila Shrand / Megan Baker

STEPHANE GIBOURDEL

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

French, English and Spanish. Features, documentaries, commercials and music videos.

PROFILE

Stephane Gibourdel is a French 1st Assistant Director who works in English, French and Spanish. His long-form credits connect French-language television, documentary work and feature films: La Poursuite du Vent with Nina Companeez, Locked Up Abroad with Kim Flitcroft, and Azaan with Prashant Chadha. He has also worked in production management on Imani Niger, directed by Eddie Edwards.

Returning commercial work is a strong thread in Stephane’s career, including KID campaigns with Bird Films across several years. His AD credits also span Toyota Urban Cruiser, TENA, N26, Le Chouffe, adidas and Louis Vuitton, alongside music videos for Becky Hill, Sigala and Vegedream. His production company experience includes Film Afrika, Moonlighting Films, Nomad Production House and Ola Films.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1st AD credits across features, television and documentaries, with additional production management experience.
Documentary work includes La Série Découvertes, Traque Sauvage and The Gentlemen of Bacongo.
Recurring KID campaigns with Bird Films, including work with Tess Tambourlas, Alan Lawson and Pia Caverni.
Commercial and music video work includes automotive, fashion, finance, retail and travel campaigns.
French national; English, French and Spanish; Code 8 driving licence.

SELECTED DIRECTORS

Long Form

SELECTED PRODUCERS & PRODUCTION MANAGERS

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED MUSIC VIDEO ARTISTS

SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

Producer: Melanie Bold

CANDICE SMITH

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / MMS SCHEDULER / PAPER 2ND AD

From the shooting schedule to the working set — across features, series and commercials.

PROFILE

Candice Smith’s work brings scheduling and the running of a set together. As a 1st AD and scheduler, she has returned to work with Ryan Kruger on Street Trash, Flim Flam and Method Madness, and with Hanneke Schutte on Meerkat Maantuig and Liminale. Those returning collaborations sit alongside 1st AD credits on Mandla Dube’s Bisesero and Sue Tully’s Lethal White.

Her experience across the AD department includes prep 2nd AD on King Shaka, 2nd AD on Shaka iLembe and crowd 2nd AD on The Crown. In commercials, she has worked as 1st AD on campaigns for Nedbank, FNB, Nescafé and DStv, as well as Vabysmo with producer Damon MacDonald and MB – SoMe with producer Brad Logan.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1st AD, MMS scheduling and paper 2nd AD services across long form and commercials.
1st AD / scheduler credits include Sabbatical, Shaina, Rich Kids, Halo Daze and Parable.
Prisoners of Paradise: initial scheduler / 2nd AD, with director Mitch Jenkins.
Commercial production partners include Nomad Production House, Orange Films, Darling Films and Movie Park Dubai.
South African; British passport; English and Afrikaans.

SELECTED DIRECTORS

Long Form

SELECTED PRODUCERS

Commercials

SELECTED PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED BROADCASTERS & FILM PARTNERS

SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

SELECTED ASSISTANT DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

Bisesero

Bisesero Film Project

1st Assistant Director

Director: Mandla Dube

Method Madness

Enigma Ace Films

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Ryan Kruger

Flim Flam

Enigma Ace Films

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Ryan Kruger

Street Trash

Stage 5

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Ryan Kruger

Sabbatical

Diprente Productions

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Karabo Lediga

Liminale

Silwer Skerm

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Hanneke Schutte

Meerkat Maantuig

Film Factory

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Hanneke Schutte

Rich Kids

Storyscope Media

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Monde Gumede

Halo Daze

Stage 5

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Sibusiso Shongwe-La Mer

Parable

Nou Vanaand Films

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Beer Adriaanse

Lethal White

Bronte Film & TV

1st Assistant Director

Director: Sue Tully

Shaina

Quizzical Pictures

1st Assistant Director / Scheduler

Director: Beautie Masvaure Alt

Prisoners of Paradise

Stage 5

Initial Scheduler / 2nd Assistant Director

Director: Mitch Jenkins

King Shaka

Film Afrika

Prep 2nd Assistant Director

Directors: Seith Mann / Erica Watson

Shaka iLembe

Bomb Productions

2nd Assistant Director

Directors: Angus Gibson / Adze Ugah / Zeno Petersen

The Crown

Left Bank Pictures

Crowd 2nd Assistant Director

Director: Stephen Daldry

Vabysmo — Commercial

Nomad Production House

1st Assistant Director

Producer: Damon MacDonald

MB – SoMe — Commercial

Orange Films

1st Assistant Director

Producer: Brad Logan

ALWYN VAN DEN HEEVER

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Features, series and commercials. A career spanning South Africa and Mauritius.

PROFILE

Alwyn van den Heever’s 1st AD career has a strong South Africa–Mauritius connection, built through recurring work with Two Oceans Productions on international features and television. His credits include Deutschland 86 with Florian Cossen, several Island Doctor productions, and Sniper: The Last Stand with director Danishka Esterhazy.

Alwyn’s experience also covers scheduling as 1st AD on Young Gun, production management on Black Sails Season 4 and Modder en Bloed, and line producing four Perplexia titles. This wider production background sits alongside second-unit AD and extras casting work on Laconia and Mission Crane, plus commercial campaigns for Cartier, Huawei, Air Up and Pampers.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1st AD on Sniper: The Last Stand, directed by Danishka Esterhazy.
Two Oceans Productions credits include Deutschland 86, Northmen, Grzimek and the Island Doctor productions.
Scheduling, production management and line producing experience, alongside 1st AD work.
Commercial production partners include Lankrad Pictures, Identical Pictures, Evidencia, Twin Films and Cinergy.
South African; English and Afrikaans; Code 08 driving licence.

SELECTED DIRECTORS

Long Form

SELECTED PRODUCERS & PRODUCTION MANAGERS

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Long Form

Commercials

SELECTED STUDIOS & INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION PARTNERS

SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

DOP: Marcel Anke

Huawei

Identical Pictures (Mauritius)

1st Assistant Director

Commercial

DESMOND GQITEKAYA

GAFFER

Long-form and commercial lighting experience across international features, television series, second units and major advertising campaigns.

PROFILE

Desmond Gqitekaya has built his lighting career across feature films, television series and commercials, progressing from Best Boy Gaffer on productions such as Bloodshot and Black Beauty to leading the lighting department as Gaffer on One Piece Season 2, Beast, Raised by Wolves and Warrior.

His experience combines the scale and discipline of international long-form productions with the pace and visual precision of commercial work. Desmond has developed strong working relationships with a wide range of Directors of Photography and production companies, bringing calm, practical lighting leadership to set.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Gaffer credits include One Piece Season 2, Beast, Raised by Wolves, Warrior Season 1, The Widow and The Hot Zone Season 1.
Second-unit and senior lighting credits include King Shaka and One Piece.
Recent long-form work includes Live at the Hole, Strung, Yamkela, Niggies, The Heart Is a Muscle and Watching Over You.
Commercial experience includes H&M, Checkers, Garnier, Mediclinic, Pepco, Dove, Suzuki, Mr Price, Sony, Levi’s and Sanlam.
South African; English-speaking.