I am a Series Producer, non-shooting PD and Edit Producer with over 20 years of television experience, specialising in reality formats, dating shows, obs-docs and lifestyle programming.

Television has been my passion since I was a child. I started film and video studies in junior school and had done the camerawork and editing on my first broadcast segment before my 19th birthday. Fate had me work for a company that changed from a facility house to a production company, allowing me to master both digital off-line and analogue on-line editing, as well as camerawork before becoming a director and producer.

From 2001 I worked on some unconventional documentaries and produced and directed the off-beat late night adult series 'Below the Belt', which garnered a cult following in South Africa, Australia and Germany. In 2008 I started directing and segment producing for South Africa’s leading lifestyle and celebrity program 'Top Billing' which allowed me to travel the world extensively.

Since 2014 the same production company entrusted me with their new projects, starting with me directing and producing a cooking travelogue 'Hayden Quinn South Africa', with the popular Masterchef Australia alumni as host and which broadcast in Asia and Australia. In 2015 I helped develop and create the successful daily live studio chat show 'Afternoon Express' as show producer. In 2016 I was executive producer for leading Afrikaans lifestyle show 'Pasella'. Between 2015 and 2020 I also produced two seasons of reality series 'Presenter Search on 3' (an ‘Idols’ style talent search show for television hosts) and five seasons of interior design reality competition series 'Win a Home' (similar to 'Interior Design Masters' but with a viewer winning their choice of the completed homes). I also directed three seasons of celebrity reality series 'Tropika Island of Treasure' in the Seychelles, the Maldives and the island of Curaçao. In 2019 I SP'd a series called 'The Next Brand Ambassador' which had a similar format to ‘The Apprentice’ but in this case the competition was a searching for young aspiring marketing and brand building gurus. In 2020 a title that I was Series Producer on called 'My Design Rules' was released on Amazon Prime.

Since relocating to the UK in March 2020, I have worked as Senior Producer, SP, MIV Producer and Edit Producer focusing on competition reality formats, dating shows and obs docs.

I was Host Producer on 'Love at First Lie' working directly with host Tori Spelling, and Senior Talent Producer on 'Written in The Stars' working with the Astrologers. I have been Edit Producer on 'Love Island', 'Big Brother', '90 Day Fiancé UK', 'TOWIE', 'Go Hard or Go Home' and 'Special Forces: World's Toughest Test'. In 2023 I Series Produced an entrepreneurial business reality show called 'Ready Set StartUP'.

As long as there are television concepts to conjure and frames to be shot well, I’m in my element.

1. ScreenSkills and Prime Video Pathway Unscripted TV Job-share 101 - for Freelancers

   ScreenSkills · May 2026

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2. Introduction to sustainability for the screen industries

   ScreenSkills Learning · Sept 2025

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3. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · Sept 2025

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4. Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

   ScreenSkills Learning · Aug 2025

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5. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · Aug 2025

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6. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · Jun 2024

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7. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

   ScreenSkills Test · Jan 2022

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8. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · Jun 2022

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9. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

   ScreenSkills Test · Feb 2021

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10. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Aug 2020

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11. Meet the Talent Managers: Factual and Fact Ent - Runners, Researchers and APs

    ScreenSkills · Dec 2020

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12. Meet the Talent Managers: Reality and Entertainment

    ScreenSkills · Nov 2020

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13. Meet the Talent Manager: PMs, Co-ordinators and Production Secretaries

    ScreenSkills · Nov 2020

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• Introduction to sustainability for the screen industries

  ScreenSkills Learning
  Issued 15 Sept 2025 · Expires 15 Sept 2026

• Tackling harassment and bullying at work

  ScreenSkills Learning
  Issued 14 Sept 2025 · Expires 14 Sept 2026

• Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

  ScreenSkills Learning
  Issued 8 Aug 2025 · Expires 8 Aug 2027

• Tackling harassment and bullying at work

  ScreenSkills Learning
  Issued 8 Aug 2025 · Expires 8 Aug 2026