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
SELECTED ASSISTANT DIRECTING & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
Sniper: The Last Stand
BIA 12 Productions
1st Assistant Director
Director: Danishka Esterhazy
Deutschland 86
Two Oceans Productions
1st Assistant Director
Director: Florian Cossen
Pulse Season 1
Lan Films | Red Mirror (Mauritius)
1st Assistant Director
Director: Sallas de Jager
Island Doctor 1 & 2
Two Oceans Productions (Mauritius)
1st Assistant Director
Director: Peter Stauch
Island Doctor 3 & 4
Two Oceans Productions (Mauritius)
1st Assistant Director
Director: Michael Karen
Young Gun
Dark Matter Studios
Scheduling 1st Assistant Director
Director: Henk Pretorius
Age
Dark Matter Studios
1st Assistant Director
Director: Henk Pretorius
Most Beautiful Day
Two Oceans Productions
1st Assistant Director
Director: Florian David Fitz
Northmen
Two Oceans Productions
1st Assistant Director
Director: Claudio Fäh
Grzimek
Two Oceans Productions
1st Assistant Director
Director: Roland Suso Richter
Dream Hotel Morocco
Lisa Film | Kashba Films
1st Assistant Director
Director: Sigi Rothemund
Black Sails Season 4
Film Afrika
Production Manager
Television series
Laconia
Two Oceans Productions | Teamworx
2nd-unit 1st AD / Extras Casting Director
Director: Uwe Janson
Camp Getaway
Two Oceans Productions | Perplexia Films
Line Producer
Perplexia production
Air Up
Lankrad Pictures
1st Assistant Director | Commercial
DOP: Marcel Anke
Huawei
Identical Pictures (Mauritius)
1st Assistant Director
Commercial