About me

Award-Winning Promo Producer and Commercial Director within Digital Ad Agency and Network Channels. My skills are honed in campaign ideation, pitch decks, client liaison, team management, copywriting, directing TVC’s, self-shooting, video editing and content creation for on-air, social media, OOH, radio and print.

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• Looking for financial advisors to do a guest lecture at DGHE. It is for a Creative Entrepreneurship Module, the focus being on start-ups.
• Looking for Market Researchers to do a guest lecture at DGHE for the Art & Design Department.

Projects

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  Showreel - Charles Hunter Ryder (Creative/ Producer Director/ Filmmaker)A montage of my latest work as a creative, producer director and filmmaker.
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  People of the SkyLooking for graphic designers, illustrators and visual effects artists of all experience levels to collaborate and create artworks for a project that has dark, African surrealist undertones. It's for what I like to think of as a "modern-day musical" more than just a band- it's a form of storytelling of African folklore, legends, of immortals, gods and goddesses through electronic-pop music. Think "American Horror Story" but told solely through music and other forms of visual content. If inter
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  Go Home to GOtvWorked with a talented cinematographer whom I love! He truly paints with light! exposurecrew.tv/south-african-cinematographers/tiyane-nyembe
• Campaign - DStv NOW with Bobby van JaarsveldMelted...
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  Commercial - DStv Africa “Keep the Convo Going”Great cast. Played around to get the dialogue feeling natural.
• Commercial - JOOX Music App South AfricaPOV shoot- what a rig!

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Work history

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Producer DirectorCharles Hunter Ryder Films (Pty) Ltd.
Oct 2018London, United KingdomFreelance
Managing production workflows from Pre through to Post as Lead Creative. Campaign ideation, pitch decks, production logistics, copywriting, shoot directing, self-shooting, video editing and talent management.
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Promo ProducerFox Networks Group
Jul 2017 - Sep 2018Johannesburg, South AfricaFull Time
Created award-winning, on-air promos for FOX Networks Group & National Geographic. Raised my skillset to an international level from the creative concepts to copywriting, to media management, video editing, QC and playouts.

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Skills

• Directing
• Directing Shoots
• Screenwriting
• Copywriting
• Promotional Videos
• Offline Editing
• Commercial Advertising
• Directing Actors
• Directing Film
• Promotional Campaigns
• Creative Direction
• Advertising
• Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Ad Copywriting

Education

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(hons) BA Fine ArtAFDA- The school of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance
Jan 2009Johannesburg, South Africa
AFDA Film School - BA Motion Picture Honours Degree - Major in Cinematography UCT GetSmarter                - Screenwriting short course Skills - Premiere Pro Editing - Copywriting - Final Draft

Awards

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2018 Gold ProMax BDA AwardPromax & BDA Awards
Best Marketing Video Sizzle Reel for FOX Africa
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Gold ProMax BDA AwardPromax & BDA Awards
Best Weekly Wonder - “The Simpsons Family Possessed".

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