Eric Lolo Feature

ERIC LOLO

KEY GRIP

An extensive commercial career, with Key Grip, dolly, rigging and Technocrane work across features and television.

PROFILE

Commercials are a substantial part of Eric Lolo’s story as a Key Grip. His credits span fashion, automotive, food and technology campaigns for brands including Woolworths, Ford, Primark, DoorDash and Samsung. Alongside that advertising work, he has built a feature and television career with Key Grip credits on The Fix, Devil’s Peak and Hammarskjöld.

Camera movement is another thread through Eric’s work: Dolly Grip on Monster Hunter, Maze Runner: The Death Cure and Raised by Wolves, and Dolly Grip / Rigging Grip on Warrior Season 2. His One Piece assignments include Key Grip dailies on Season 1 and Technocrane Grip pick-ups on Season 2, adding specialist camera-support experience to his department-lead work.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Key Grip credits include The Fix, Devil’s Peak, Hammarskjöld, 5 Hours and Venus Flytrap.
  • Dailies and pick-ups include The Invisible, The Trek, Blood & Water and One Piece.
  • Dolly and rigging work includes Monster Hunter, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Raised by Wolves and Warrior Season 2.
  • Recent commercial campaigns include Husqvarna, Coinbase, Woolworths, DoorDash, Primark, Huggies and Sanlam.
  • South African; speaks English, isiXhosa and isiZulu; Code 8 driver’s licence.
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SELECTED PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Commercials

GatehouseThe Video CartelCarbon FilmsOrange FilmsBig Sky ProductionsFarm Film ProductionsMr FilmBaker & CoRobotGroundglass

SELECTED STUDIOS, BROADCASTERS & PLATFORMS

NetflixHBO MaxCinemaxSony Pictures20th Century FoxM-NetSF Studios

SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS

WoolworthsFordPrimarkDoorDashCoinbaseHuggiesSanlamSamsungHeinekenCheckersLindtOrlebar BrownAmazonLay’sDecathlon

SELECTED DIRECTORS

Long Form

Paul W. S. AndersonWes BallRidley ScottKelsey EganJozua MalherbeLoni PeristereDavid Petrarca

Commercials

Oscar HudsonSam BrownAoife McArdleFolkert VerdoornIqbal AhmedAmy AllaisKeith McCarthyThe Sacred EggMzonke MaloneyJonathan VardiDana ReidSeb Jamous

SELECTED DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Long Form

Gyula PadosFlorian SchillingJohn Christian RosenlundNicole Hirsch WhitakerPete VillaniPierre de VilliersBella HalbenChristiaan Kritzinger

Commercials

Ross HillierRob HillierBen FordesmanAdolpho VelosoMichael ClearyLourens van RensburgPaul OezgerPierre de VilliersChristopher RipleyJosh LeviDaniel MillerZenn van ZylShaun Harley LeePaul GilpinKirk Morgan

SELECTED PRODUCERS & PRODUCTION LEADS

Long Form

Anika du ToitJames C. WilliamsonBrechmari van WykAndrew StrachanMaricia PieterseSimon RhodesLerie NeethlingBrigid OlsenMarlow de MardtGreig BuckleWill NicholsonCheryl EatockAngela PhillipsDonovan Robert-BaxterAdam FriedlanderJanine van Assen

SELECTED GRIP EXPERIENCE

The Invisible

Scene 23

Key Grip – dailies

The Trek

The Trek Movie

Key Grip – pick-ups

Tollie & Manila

Media24

Key Grip

One Piece – Season 2

Film Afrika | Netflix

Technocrane Grip – pick-ups

Blood & Water

Netflix

Key Grip – dailies

One Piece – Season 1

Film Afrika | Netflix

Key Grip – dailies

Devil’s Peak

Film Afrika | M-Net

Key Grip

5 Hours

Do Productions

Key Grip

Hammarskjöld

Do Productions | SF Studios

Key Grip

The Fix

Crave Pictures

Key Grip

Venus Flytrap

Arcade Content | Netflix

Key Grip

Raised by Wolves

Film Afrika | HBO Max

Dolly Grip

Warrior – Season 2

Moonlighting Films | Cinemax

Dolly Grip / Rigging Grip

Monster Hunter

Moonlighting Films | Sony Pictures

Dolly Grip

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Out of Africa | 20th Century Fox

Dolly Grip

24 Hours to Live

Film Afrika

Key Grip