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RORY O’GRADY
20 Kings Garden, 27 Pentrich Rd, Victory Park 2195, Gauteng, South Africa +27 83 391 5000
Rory’s heart lies in storytelling. Whether the form be 30 seconds or 90 minutes, Rory gets excited about engaging and moving the audience through dynamic cinematic design. He follows through on his belief that every cinematic choice –be it lighting, composition or movement – must ultimately serve the story.
OBJECTIVE
Director of Photography (Cinematographer)
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors AFDA, February 2005 Major: Cinematography
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS & AWARDS
Won, Best Cinematography – MNET Edit Awards 2005Won, Best Cinematography – SAFTA 2011 for Best TV Drama
COMPETENCIES
Full competence in Formats below - 35mm, Super 16mm, ARRI Alexa, RED Epic, Phantom HD, Black Magic, Canon C300, all other HD Format
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Commercial
Year Name of Commercial Company Position Camera Director
20092009 Apple iPhone Spec Private DOP Sony 900R Martinus Lamprecht
2009 Castle Milk Stout Velocity Films DOP Canon 5D Ryan Isted
2009 Mr. Price TVC Born in Africa DOP Canon 5D Nick Walsh
2009 Yana Tyres (Kenya) Cinematic Solutions DOP RED1 Bob Nyanja
2009 Cipla Xltos Ronin TV DOP Sony Ex3 + Lettuce Dre van Niekerk
2009 Cipla Schweet Ronin TV DOP Sony Ex3 + Lettuce Matthys Boshoff
20102010 Cipla Gelacid Ronin TV DOP Sony Ex7 Dre van Niekerk
2010 Maggie 2min Noodles Re:public DOP Canon 5D Alex Radnitz2010 Plascon Re:public DOP Canon 5D Alex Radnitz
2010 The Paramount Group Corporate Velocity Films DOP Canon 5D Ryan Isted
2010 Ariel (Kenya) Cinematic Solutions DOP Canon 5D Bob Nyanja
2010 Netgear Pieter Joubert & Co DOP Canon 5D Pieter Joubert
2010 Foton Tough Sunday DOP Canon 5D Brendon Oelofse2010 Look & Listen Velocity Films DOP Canon 5D Ryan Isted
2010 Vodacom Player 23 Viral Picture Tree DOP Canon 5D Fausto Becatti
2010 Zombie Grands Vuka Private DOP Canon 5D Zoe Laband2010 PSA New Born Picture Tree DOP Canon 5D Fausto Becatti
2010 Cell C “Millions” 7 Films DOP Canon 5DLaurens van Rensburg & Kofi Zwana
2010 Old Mutual Corporate Fresh eye DOP Canon 5D Zello Letsatsi
2010 Consol Glass Velocity Films 2nd Unit DOP Canon 5D Petar Spiljevic
20112011 Kelloggs All Bran
“Inspiring Women”African Motion Picture DOP Canon 5D Justyn Davies
2011 Hansa “Vuyo Zela” Fresh Eye Operator 35mm Film Jonathan Parkinson
2011 Outsurance “Pointsmen”
African Motion Picture DOP Arri Alexa Justyn Davies
2011 KFC “Bucket Surprise” 7 Films DOP Arri Alexa Gordon Midgley
2011 Lays “John Smith Campaign”
Hammersmith & Elephants DOP Phillips
Thomson Morgan Dingle
2011 HANSA Fresheye Films 2nd UNIT 35mm Jonathan Parkinson2011 KFC Idols Smile 7 Films DOP ARRI Alexa Gordon Midgley
2011 Samsung Velocity 2ND UNIT Canon 5 D Petar Spiljevic2011 Nissan Viral Picture Tree DOP Canon 5D Faulsto Becatti2011 Auto Pedigree Faction media DOP ARRI Alexa Michael Oberholzer2011 One Life Direct Bioscope Films DOP ARRI Alexa Juniper
2011 Amstel Curious Pictures DOP ARRI Alexa Donovan Marsh
2011 Graan SA Faction Media DOP Sony Michael Oberholzer20122012 Coca Cola COPA What We Want DOP RED 1 Damian Armstrong2012 OLX Bike Frieze Films DOP RED Epic Bevan Cullinan2012 Debonair’s Pizza Frieze Films DOP RED Epic Bevan Cullinan2012 SA Tourism Visit 7 Films DOP ARRI ALEXA Gordon Midgley2012 Nedbank AMP DOP Canon C300 Justyn Davies2012 Dettol Children QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior2012 NIC Bank QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior2012 FNB Corporate Wolfgang Prod DOP Canon 5D Brendan Jack2012 SA Tourism Global 7 Films DOP ARRI Alexa Gordon Midgley2012 Clientele AMP DOP Canon C300 Justyn Davies
2012 Vodacom “City” Star Productions 2nd UNIT RED Epic Tristan Holmes
2012 SABC Olympics 7 Films DOP ARRI Alexa Gordon Midgley2012 Cell C Limo 7 Films DOP ARRI Alexa Gordon Midgley2012 Dettol Skincare QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior2012 Airwick House QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior2012 Dettol Sanitizer QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior2012 OLX SA Fresheye Films DOP RED Epic Bevan Cullinan2012 Cell C Studio 7 Films DOP Arri Alexa Gordon Midgley
2012 Safaricom Mpesa Global QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2012 Vodacom Frieze Films DOP Arri Alexa Malo 8
2012 PIM Marauder Patrol Paramount Core DOP RED Epic James Carrol
2012 Dettol Global Handwash QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2012 Safaricom M-Shwari Compaign QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2012 Kenya Airways / Barclays QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2012 Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Velocity DOP ARRI Alexa Gordon Lindsay
2012 RAMA Hungry Films 2nD UNIT Canon 5D Oscar Strauss2013
2013 Super Sport Cycling TVC
Thackwell & Whittaker DOP Canon 5D Welcord Mnguni
2013 iSibaya TV Promo Velocity Africa DOP ARRI Alexa Mpho Twala
2013 FNB Cape Town Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 David Rudisha MRM QBF Kenya DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2013 FNB Northwest TimeLapses
Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 Safaricom/KQ TVC QBF Kenya DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2013 FNB Mpumalanga TimeLapses
Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 Safaricom Crowds QBF Kenya DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior2013 Jamaa Soap QBF Kenya DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2013 Nespray Hungry Films 2nd UNIT DOP Black Magic Oscar Strauss
2013 Dettol SA Velocity Africa DOP ARRI Alexa Zwelethu Radebe2013 Vodacom TVC’s Velocity Africa DOP ARRI Alexa Mpho Tzwala2013 RCS Cards 7 Films DOP ARRI Alexa Kofi Zwana
2013 FNB Natal Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 DSTV Nigeria Godfather Prod DOP ARRI Alexa Ziggy Hofmeyer
2013 Hansa Entrepreneur TVC Compaign 7 Films DOP ARRI Alexa Lourens van
Rensburg
2013 Samsung “Khona” Star Productions DOP ARRI Alexa Mzi Kumalo
2013 MTN “Wafa Wafa” Bouffant/Fringe DOP ARRI Alexa Thabang Moleya
2013 DSTV Kabelo Bootcamp Velocity Afrika DOP RED Epic Zwelethu Radebe
2013 Safaricom Foundation QBF Kenya DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2013 FNB Free State TimeLapses
Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 FNB Eastern Province TimeLapses
Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 Henessy Aerails Velocity Afrika 2ND Unit DOP ARRI Alexa Mpho Tzwala
2013 AXE TVC Velocity Afrika DOP ARRI Alexa Mpho Tzwala
2013 FNB Limpopo TimeLapses
Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 FNB Northern Cape TimeLapses
Happy Hand Grenade Films DOP Canon 5D Vossie Voster
2013 Kenya Bank Velocity Films DOP ARRI Alexa Petar Spiljevic2013 Vodacom My Apps Spitfire DOP Canon 5D Peter Heaney2013 Toyota Wolfgang Prod DOP ARRI Alexa Brendan Jack2013 Road Safety Films QBF Kenya DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior2014 DOP ARRI Alexa Brendan Jack2014 Nivea TVC QBF Kenya DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
2014 Tigo Vuga Ad Campaign Ahoy Films DOP ARRI Alexa Vossie Voster
2014 Weet a Bix QBF Kenya DOP ARRI Alexa Dan Prior2014 Isibaya 2 TV Promo Velocity Afrika DOP ARRI Alexa Mpho Tzwala
Feature Length Films
Year Name of Feature Company Position Camera Director2005 Tau Ya Soweto Independent DOP Panasonic Kevin Du Toit
HPX100
2006 Footskating 101 Footskating Productions DOP Panasonic
HVX200Thomas FerreiraBrendan Jack
2007 Bakgat The Film Factory 2nd Unit Sony Z7 Henk Pretorius
2011 Angus Buchan's Ordinary People
FC Hamman Fims DOP RED ONE FC Hamman
2013 Nothing for Mahala Curious Pictures DOP ARRI Alexa Rolie Nikiwe
TV Drama
Year Name of TV Drama Company Position Camera Director2006 TB Education Kugzulu DOP Sony 750 Kobus Roussouw
2007 Death of a Queen Mud House Prod DOP Panasonic
HPX500 Pieter Grobelaar
2007 Entabeni Solidstone Production DOP Panasonic
HPX2100 Norman Maake
2008 The Lab Season 3 Curious Pictures DOP Panasonic
Varicam
Tim Greene, Rolie Nikiwe, Thabang Moleya, Vincent Moloi
2009 Following Jesus Africa FC Hamman Films DOP RED1 FC Hamman
2009 Madiba Musical Red Pepper DOP Panasonic Vossie Vorster
2009 Soul City One Love“The wedding”
Curious Pictures / Branded Soul
DOP Panasonic HPX500 Rolie Nikiwe
2010 HOS Pilot Flaming Frames DOP Canon 5D Ryan Peimer
2011 Soul City Weekly TOM Pictures DOP Sony F3 Akin Omotoso2012 Twaweza Kenya QBF KENYA DOP Canon C300 Dan Prior
Music Videos ( Latest)
Year Name of Artist Company Position Camera Director
2009 Evermore (AUS) “Boys and Girls” Star Prod DOP
RED1, Phantom, Canon 5D Tristan Holmes
2009 Evermore (AUS)“Going underground” Star Prod DOP Canon 5D Tristan Holmes
2009 Karen ZoidAmper Stamper
Mushroom Media DOP RED1 Warrick Allan
2009 Mango GrooveNot a party Tough Sunday DOP Super 16mm Brendon Oelofse
2010 Loyiso “Wrong for you” Tough Sunday DOP Canon 5D Brendon Oelofse
2010 Vrede Music Video Birthmark DOP Panasonic HPX500 Dre Van Niekerk
2010 Dirty Skirts Private DOP Phantom HD GOLD Thomas Ferreira
2010 Lira “Phakade” Tough Sunday DOP RED MX Brendon Oelofse
2011 Parletones “Magic” Flaming Frames DOP RED MX Ryan Peilmer
2011 Shout Music Video Velocity DOP ARRI Alexa Gordon Lindsay
2011 Graham Watkins Project Frieze Films DOP RED Epic Bevin Cullinan
2012 Robbie Wessels Super Gees Bioscope Films DOP RED Epic Juniper
2012 Khaya Mthethwa Idol Winner Video
Callback Dreams DOP RED Epic Tepsa Molope
Documentaries
Year Name of Documentary Company Position Camera Director
2006 Harmony Kilimanjaro Extreme Sport Cameraman Sony Self
2006 Breast Cancer Mann Made Media Cameraman Panasonic Mic Mann
2007 SA Dietary Kugzulu Cameraman Sony Cheryl Vilikazi2008 Shanghai Smirnoff Kugzulu Cameraman Sony Cheryl Vilikazi2008 The RED Project 9mm Films Cameraman Sony Self2010 Hamba Dompas Fort Films Cameraman Canon 5D Amr Singh2010 Coca Cola COPA What we want Cameraman Sony EX3 N/A
2010 Congo / Gabon 50th Independence
Paramount Core Cameraman Canon 5D Mandy Jacobs
2011Al Jazeera Come of Age Class of 2011 Xray Spex Ltd Cameraman Sony EX3 Paul Sapin
2012 Miracle Rising Combined Artists DOP RED Epic Brett Lotriet Best