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