NAME & SURNAME                  :                      Johnny Breedt

 

 

 

CAREER BIOGRAPHY

 

YEAR

COMPANY

PRODUCTION TITLE

PERIOD

POSTION FILLED

2008

Mirage/HVC/BBC/

HBO

No.1 Ladies Detective Agency-TV Series filmed in Botswana

6 months

Production Designer

2008

Rogue Films/Film Afrika

Last House On The Left

5 months

Production Designer

2007/06

Mirage Enterprises/Harvey Weinstein Company

No.1 Ladies Detective Agency-Directed by Anthony Minghella. Produced by Mirage/HVC/BBC

9 months

Production Designer

2006

Little Bird Films

Anner House-TV Feature for RTE (Ireland)

2 months

Production Designer

2005

Universal Pictures

Catch A Fire-Directed by Phillip Noyce

5 months

Production Designer

2005

Firebird Films-Wes Craven

The Breed-Produced by Hal Sadorf and Wes Craven-Directed by Nick Mastendrea

3 months

Production Designer

 

2004

Moonlighting Films

The Last Face-Director Erin Dignam

Postponed after 1 month

Production Designer

2003/04

United Artists

Hotel Rwanda-Directed by Terry George

4 months

Production Designer

2003

Warner Bros.

Duma-Directed by Carroll Ballard

5 months

Production designer

 

Sony Columbia/TBS/

Moonlighting

Red Water-Directed by Charlie Carner

4 Months

Production Designer

 

DO Productions/RTL

Sumuru-Directed by Daryll Roodt

12 weeks

Production Designer

2002

Dicovery/NBC/Film Afrika

Scout Safari-(TV Series)

8 weeks

Production Designer

 

N.A.M. Films

Beat the Drum

12 weeks

Production Designer

 

Do Productions/NBC Studios

“St. George’s” –TV Series Pilot

2 months

Production Designer

2001

Millennium Films

Hard Cash-filmed in Bulgaria

5 months

Art Director

-2001/

2000

Nu Image

Disaster-filmed in Bulgaria

3 months

Production Designer

2000

Killer Films

The Grey Zone-filmed in Bulgaria-directed by Tim Blake Nelson

5 months

Art Director/

Construction Manager

 

C-Films

Land of a thousand Hills (GermanTV Feature)

6 weeks

Props Master

1999

Peak Viewing

Glory Glory

 

6 weeks

Set Dresser

 

1999

Schaderberg Movie company

Deadline

(TV Series)

4 months

Production Designer

 

Twentieth Century Fox

Anna and the King – filmed in Malaysia-directed by Andy Tennent

5 months

Art director/

Buyer – Construction Dept.

1998

Sony Columbia Pictures

I Dreamed of Africa-Directed by Hugh Hudson

4 months

Art Director

1998

Nu World Services

Shark Attack

 

2 months

Art Director / Set Decorator

 

New Ernest Film Makers

For Love or Mummy

 

3 months

Set Dresser

 

 

 

1997

Film Afrika World Wide cc

Cape of Good Hope III (German TV series)

6 weeks

Construction Manager

1997

Film Afrika World Wide cc

Hard to forget (Canadian TV movie of the week)

4 weeks

Set Decorator

 

Nu World Services

Sweepers

11 weeks

Set Dresser

 

1996

Sonneblom Films/VideoVision

Paljas-Directed by Katinka Heyns

4 months

Production Designer

 

Moviworld

Woman of Color-Directed by Bernard Joffe 

8 weeks

 

Production Designer

1995/

1996

Paramount Pictures in Assoc. Constellation Films

The Ghost and the Darkness Directed by Steven Hopkins

7 months

Props manufacturer

1995

Anant Singh -

Video Vision

 

Making of a Mahatma – Ghandi- Directed by Sham Benegal

8 weeks

Props manufacturer/

Dresser

1995/

1994

Tableau Services & Hidden City Productions

 

Hidden City (TV series)

9 months

Asst. Art Director/

Props Manufacturer

 

 

State Theatre – PACT

Various theatre productions, including- Taming of the shrew, Sing jy van bomme, King Afrika, Come sing with me, Electra, etc.

4 Months

Props maker and costume props maker, set builder

 

Breytenbach Theatre – Pretoria

Over twenty theatre productions, including – Oliver Twist, School for clowns, Mariegen von Nymegen, The Boyfriend, El Companello, Sister Angelica, etc. 

4 years

Set Designer, make-up artist, set builder and props maker.

 

Awards and Nominations:

 

1986-Pretorium Trust Award for best student Theatre Crafts

1989-Chamber of Mines Prestige Award-PTA student of the year

1997-All Africa Film Awards-Nominated for Art Direction-Paljas

2000-Aluminus of the year-PTA Technikon

2007-SAFTA Awards-Nominated for Art Direction-Catch a Fire