Stephen Schmidt

Stephen Schmidt

Video Producer

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  • About me

    Lecturer Film Department at SAE Institute

  • Education

    • Westville Boys High

      1976 - 1980
      High School History, English, Geography matric

      Activities and Societies: Surfing, skateboarding, rugby, motorcycles, literature

    • Rhodes University

      1981 - 1984
      Bachelor's Degree Journalism Honours

      Activities and Societies: Film and Television Journalism Education in every sense, from the personal to the political.

    • New York University

      1991 - 1995
      Master's Degree Film Production

      Activities and Societies: Studying and working in the Music Video and Indie feature industries. Fulbright Scholar. Directed, produced and shot shorts, music videos and feature films.

  • Experience

    • University of Durban Westville

      Jan 1987 - Jan 1990
      Video Producer

      Producing , directing and shooting documentary and educational programming.

    • Big City Films

      Feb 1995 - Feb 2000
      Director and Producer

      Directing and producing independent feature films, music videos and commercials

    • City Varsity

      Jan 2001 - Nov 2019
      Senior Lecturer in Cinematography

      Lecturing and mentoring young film makers

    • Splash Films

      Feb 2001 - now
      Director

      Directing, Producing, Cinematography

    • CityVarsity

      Feb 2012 - Nov 2019
      Head of Department BA Film

      Mentoring young film makers. Teaching cinematography.

    • Fop Films

      Dec 2019 - now
      SeniorAssociate Editor and Camera Operator

      Shooting and Editing films about the environment, bio diversity and wildlife.

    • SAE Institute

      Oct 2020 - now

      Managing the film department at SAE Cape Town. Mentoring young film makers as they learn a variety of crafts in a fun creative environment.

      • Senior Lecturer

        Apr 2023 - now
      • Head of Film Deopartment

        Oct 2020 - Apr 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • RPAS Pilot licence

      South African Civil Aviation Authority