Our Creative Team Profile

 Core Crew

Michelle  Simon      - Director/ Executive Producer/ Writer/ Producer/DoP

Johan Prinsloo       -  Sound Specialist/ Musician/DoP

Similo Gobinga      - Filmmaker/DoP

Adriaan Landman  - Producer/ Animation Specialist

Cheyenne Simon   - HR Administrator/Administrator

WATERSHED™©

  • Michelle Simon - Writer, Producer, DirectorWaterShed is her main passion project, stemming from twenty years of activism that eventually coalesced into the development of this film (2007). Her film work forms an extension of her professional and grassroots work, serving to translate written and scientific work through the lens.

  • WaterShed Main Film  - 85' Feature Film

  • WaterShed SA Film Series - 24' X 6

  • WaterShed International Series - 24' X 6

  • Ailsa Kaminski - founder of Dynamic Visual Productions.Credited with over 2000 star broadcasts in diverse genres and Executive Producer for WildTouch and Earth-Touch.

  • Michael Rosenberg - World renowned wildlife filmmaker, founder of Partridge Films, producing award-winning films for BBC, National Geographic. He has won numerous awards globally 

  • Similo Gobinga - Founder of Blackstorm Productions. Co-founder of the Durban Film Society, credited with civil society advocacy films, broadcast and indie film credits.             (https://blackstormproductions.blogspot.com/).

  • Kevin English - Dynamic Visual Productions.32+ years as a highly skilled, fine-tuned Editor in news broadcast, documentary films to corporate commercials, to the acclaimed WildTouch and Earth-Touch.

  • Johan Prinsloo –Producer/ Sound Engineer Johan has a well-established reputation as sound engineer for local and international films and broadcasts, from SABC to National Geographic.  He worked as audio consultant and Final Mix engineer at Earth-Touch doing natural history documentaries for local and international broadcasters. The first local company to do programs for the HD channel on DSTV and the first in the world to shoot (footage from around the world) package and broadcast a daily television show within a 24 hour timeframe. The only ones doing post-production work in surround Sound in KZN. He currently operates the only surround sound facility for post-production outside of Earth-Touch in KZN. Clients include Gela productions, DV Productions, Baobab Pictures, Meerkat Media, Chalkface Edutainment, Redrum Productions, Clive Morris Productions and Earth-Touch to name a few. He specialises in foley recording, sound design, surround sound and Final mix. Some TV shows I’ve done work for include Fortuinsoekers with Scott Scott, 50/50, Wild-Touch, Dharma moments, Amazulu football and M-Net advertisements.

  • 10' Special Feature on 'Bull Sharks' with Ryan Johnson (aka 'Shark-Man'; world renowned marine scientist and National Geographic presenter).

  • Borders - 1st leg SA; 2nd leg global production with key scientific target countries.

WRECKED™©

Lloyd Williams - founder of Underwater Filming -high profile UW cameraperson with Animal Planet, Discovery, SABC 50/50 credits.

Greg Barrett - dive master & underwater photographer.

Michelle Simon - writer, director, camera, editor. 24' X 2 (2009-2010) Neptune's Treasure - post prod special feature.Teaser complete special feature - Durban. Neptune's Tears - production. Borders - SA & Africa.

DUNES FOSSILS™©

Gavin Anderson - co-producer.

  • Michelle Simon - Producer.

  • 24' in prod 

  • Border - SA

fREEME KZN

Michelle Simon: Executive Director/Producer

  • Activist film on a wildlife sanctuary (2009-2010)

  • 18' - completed post prod.

  • Border - SA

remarkable raptoprs

Michelle Simon - writer, director, camera, editor.

  • Similo Gobinga - Cam B.

  • 50' - in production.

  • Special feature 5'

  • Border - SA


CLOUDSCAPES

Promo complete.

15' - in production

Enviro Educational video.

BAITED

Michelle Simon - one-stop-shop activist film (2007-2010).

  • 18' DVD special feature - complete.

  • 10' Special Feature - in production.

  • Teaser 4' 03'' complete.

  • 90' - complete.

  • Border - SA.

ATOMIC FLOW: MERCURY

Pre-Production

                                         24'

Border - SA