PROFILE
Denzil Lesch combines junior gaffing with an extensive commercial best boy portfolio, rigging and on-set lighting work for film and television. His long-form credits include Best Boy Gaffer on Ultimate Braai Master Season 7 and Doctor Who, plus dailies on Warrior’s main and fight units. He worked as Junior Gaffer on Bird Boy, with rigging assignments on The Terminal List Season 2 and Novocaine dailies.
His commercial work includes repeated best boy collaborations with Igshaan Mohamed on Allen Solly, VW Phase 2 and Jockey, and with Tyrone Mountjoy on Woolworths campaigns. Recent Best Boy Gaffer credits also include Aldi, Auvelity, and Montego and Lekkerslaap. Denzil’s wider lighting experience takes in 1923, Black Sails and dailies on Children of Blood and Bone.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Junior Gaffer credits include Bird Boy, Magic, Pizza Hut and a Will Linley music video.
- Best Boy Gaffer on Ultimate Braai Master S7 and Doctor Who; Warrior main and fight unit dailies.
- Rigging Spark on The Terminal List S2, with rigging dailies on Novocaine and The Indian Detective.
- Commercial Best Boy Gaffer credits for Woolworths, Aldi, Auvelity, Adidas, Jockey, Montego and Lekkerslaap.
- South African; English and Afrikaans.
SELECTED HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Long Form
Commercials
SELECTED PRODUCTION MANAGERS & LINE PRODUCERS
Long Form
SELECTED PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Long Form
Commercials
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS
SELECTED GAFFING & LIGHTING EXPERIENCE
Ultimate Braai Master S7
Okuhle Media
Best Boy Gaffer
Production manager: Julie Brown
Warrior – Main & Fight Units
Moonlighting Films
Best Boy Gaffer – Dailies
HOD: JP Hankins
Doctor Who
Out of Africa
Best Boy Gaffer
HOD: Nick Rankin
Troy – 2nd Unit
Film Afrika
Best Boy Gaffer – Dailies
HOD: Gilles Boisacq
Bird Boy
Kalahari Pictures
Junior Gaffer
HOD: Shane du Plooy
The Terminal List S2
Local Motion Pictures | Prime Video
Rigging Spark
HOD: Phillip Mhlabane
Novocaine – Dailies
Blue Ice | Paramount Pictures
Rigging Spark – Dailies
HOD: Patric Frislaar
Children of Blood and Bone
Moonlighting Films | Paramount Pictures
Spark – Dailies
HOD: Oliver Wilter
Project Arcadia – Paramecia Unit
Film Afrika
Spark
Production manager: Andrew Strachan
1923
Moonlighting Films | Paramount+
Spark
HOD: Jean de Kock
Black Sails S4 – Sullivan Unit
Film Afrika
Spark
HOD: Justin Patterson
Montego & Lekkerslaap
Freckle Agency
Best Boy Gaffer
PM / HOD: JP du Preez
Woolworths Easter
Big Sky Productions
Best Boy Gaffer
HOD: Tyrone Mountjoy
Aldi
Farm Film Productions
Best Boy Gaffer
PM / HOD: Simon Francis
Allen Solly
Flamingo Films
Best Boy Gaffer
HOD: Igshaan Mohamed
VW Phase 2
Grinder Films
Best Boy Gaffer
HOD: Igshaan Mohamed
Adidas Training
Kent & Co Productions
Best Boy Gaffer
HOD: Grant Forbes
Auvelity
Orange Films
Best Boy Gaffer
PM / HOD: Simon Francis