Michael Swan SASC

Director of Photography

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Television

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ONE PIECE

Tomorrow Studios / Netflix

Dir: Tim Southam
Prod: Steve Maeda

RAISED BY WOLVES SERIES 2

Scott Free / HBO Max

Second Unit Director of Photography
Dir: Sunu Gonera
Prod: Terry Gould

FAR FROM HOME

Netflix

Dir: Catherine Stewart
Prod: Erika Klopper

PROFESSIONALS

Rainmaker Content

Dir:Thabang Moleya
Prod: Michael Colleary

THE SINGAPORE GRIP

Mammoth Screen / BBC

Second Unit Director and Second Unit Director of Photography
Dir: Tom Vaughan
Prod: Farah Abushwesha

BEECHAM HOUSE

Bend it TV / PBS

Second Unit Director & Second Unit Director of Photography - 6 episodes
Dir: Gurinder Chadha
Prod: Caroline Levy

THE WIDOW

Film Afrika Worldwide / Amazon Prime

Second Unit Director
Dir: Olly Blackburn, Samuel Donovan
Prod: Eliza Mellor

OUTLANDER SERIES 3

Starz

Dir: Matthew B. Roberts & David Moore
Prod: David Brown

BLACK SAILS SERIES 4

Starz

Dir: Steve Boyum
Prod: Jonathan E. Steinberg

BLACK SAILS SERIES 3

Film Afrika Worldwide / Starz

Dirs: Alik Sakharov, Lukas Ettlin, Stefan Schwartz, Steve Boyum, Rob Bailey

MADIBA

Showtime Networks

Second Unit Director & Second Unit Director of Photography
Dir: Kevin Hooks
Prod: Daniel Iron, Lance Samuels

STRIKE BACK

Left Bank Pictures / Cinemax

Second Unit Director - 1 episode
Dir: Various
Prod: Various

CRUSOE

Power / NBC

Second Unit Director - 13 episodes
Dir: Various
Prod: Various

THE PHILANTHROPIST

Carnival Film & Television / NBC

Second Unit Director - 1 episode
Dir: Various
Prod: Various

JOZI-H

Morula Pictures

Second Unit Director - 6 episodes
Dir: Various
Prod: Stephen J. Turnbull

WILD AT HEART

Company Pictures / Hallmark Channel

Cinematographer - 11 episodes
Director of Photography - 6 episodes
Dir: Various
Prod: Various

CHARLIE JADE

Fox Network

Cinematographer - 18 episodes
Director of Photography - 19 episodes

Film

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ERASER: REBORN

Warner Bros

Dir: John Pogue
Prod: Hunt Lowry, Patty Reed

AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY

Advantage Entertainment / Netflix

Cinematographer
Dir: Stephen Herek
Prod: Deborah Evans, Vlokkie Gordon, Robyn Snyder

DEEP BLUE SEA 3

Roserock Films / Warner Bros

Dir: John Pogue
Prod: Hunt Lowry, Patty Reed

BULLETPROOF 2

Universal 1440 Entertainment

Dir: Don Michael Paul
Prod: Mike Elliott

WHITE LION

Peru Productions

Director, Writer & Cinematographer
Dir: Michael Swan
Prod: Kevin Richardson

INVICTUS

Additional Cinematography
Dir: Clint Eastwood
Prod: Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Lori McCreary & Mace Neufeld

TREMORS 5: BLOODLINES

Capacity Relations / Syfy

Dir: Don Michael Paul
Prod: Ogden Gavanski

THE SCORPION KING: BOOK OF SOULS

Capital Arts Entertainment / Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Second Unit Director and Director of Photography
Dir: Don Michael Paul
Prod: Mike Elliott

THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE

Parallel Films / Netflix

Second Unit Director and Second Unit Director of Photography
Dir: Richie Smyth
Prod: Kevin Brodbin, Alan Moloney, Ted Sarandos, Richie Smyth

KALUSHI: THE STORY OF SOLOMON MAHLANGU

Montage Online / Netflix

Second Unit Director
Dir: Mandla Dube
Prod: Walter Ayres, Mandla Dube

KITE

Videovision Entertainment

Second Unit Director
Dir: Ralph Ziman
Prod: Various

MARY AND MARTHA

Working Title / HBO Max

Second Unit Director
Dir: Phillip Noyce
Prod: Hilary Bevan Jones, Lisa Bruce, Genevieve Hofmeyr

ONE LAST LOOK

Courage Films

Cinematographer & Second Unit Director
Dir: Philip Roberts
Prod: Dan Jawitz

DIE LOWIN

MOOVIE

Second Unit Director
Dir: Stefanie Sycholt
Prod: Various

CHRISTMAS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Filmauro

Second Unit Director
Dir: Neri Parenti
Prod: Luigi De Laurentiis Jr., Aurelio De Laurentis

THE SCORPION KING 2: RISE OF A WARRIOR

Universal Pictures

Second Unit Director
Dir: Russell Mulcahy
Prod: Sean Daniel, James Jacks

PREY

Anant Singh Production

Second Unit Director and Second Unit Director of Photography
Dir: Darrell Roodt
Prod: Anant Singh, Helena Spring

NUMBER 10

Ster-Kinekor Pictures

Second Unit Director
Dir: Darrell Roodt, Gareth Thomas
Prod: Anton Ernst, Kerry Gregg

SUPERNOVA

Hallmark Entertainment

Dir: John Harrison
Prod: Steven H. Berman, Brian Gordon, Leanne Moore

LE LION

EOS Entertainment

Second Unit Director
Dir: Jose Pinheiro
Prod: Jean-Marc Diamedo, Anna Giolitti

SUMURU

Millennium Films

Second Unit Director
Dir: Darrell Roodt
Prod: Marlow De Merdt, Brigid Olen

CRITICAL ASSIGNMENT

Gala Films

Second Unit Director and Second Unit Director of Photography
Dir: Jason Xenopoulos
Prod: Bob Mahoney

PAVEMENT

Warner Bros.

Second Unit Director
Dir: Darrell Roodt
Prod: Frank Hubner, Brad Krevoy, David Lancaster, Adam Richman

BORDERLINE

ApolloMedia Distribution

Second Unit Director
Dir: Evelyn Purcell
Prod: Frank Hubner, Brad Krevoy, David Lancaster, Adam Richman

PROMISED LAND

Film Afrika Worldwide

Second Unit Director
Dir: Jason Xenopoulos
Prod: Moonyeenn Lee, David Wicht

WHAT BOYS LIKE

Sony Pictures

Dir: Lawrence Gay
Prod: Neal Nordlinger

WITNESS TO A KILL

DO Productions

Writer, Second Unit Director & Director of Photography: Second Unit
Dir: Darrell Roodt
Prod: Marlow De Mardt, Barry Filby, David Goldstein, Brigid Olen

TARZAN AND THE LOST CITY

Warner Bros.

Second Unit Director
Dir: Carl Schenkel
Prod: Stanley S. Canter, Dieter Geissler, Michael Lake

CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY

Miramax

Second Unit Director
Dir: Darrell Roodt
Prod: Anant Singh, Harry Alan Towers

Documentaries

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ORIGINS: THE JOURNEY OF HUMANKIND

Asylum Entertainment / National Geographic

Dir: Celso R. Garcia, Simon George, Niall MacCormick
Prod: Rob Cohen, Christine Roth, Robert Erikson, Peter Hankoff, Julie Harmon, Jaime R. Heintz, Mary Helen Phelan & Catherine Yrisarri

LIGHTS, CAMERA, LIONS!

National Geographic

Director, Writer & Cinematographer
Dir: Michael Swan
Prod: Kevin Richardson