Bev Green:
It was for Beverley Green that the title Uber Executive Producer was created. Captain and matriarch of our enterprise, Bev is the consummate service provider with over 16 years of intense experience – more than half of which in the servicing sector.
Her standing in the local (and international) industry speaks volumes for her professionalism, integrity and depth of experience.
Joel Wynne:
Joel is a four year newbie of the film industry having worked in advertising, marketing, finance and computers before he joined Gatehouse. He has taken over Angela’s position as marketing director and will endeavour to fill her capable shoes. He is a walking book of film lore and loves to quote obscure lines from movies, usually in a bad accent.
Maynu Jaffer:
A paragon of efficiency, our resident bean-counter started off his career in the Financial Services sector, but eventually found an environment that perfectly suits his un-suit-like persona.
After 4 years with Gatehouse, Maynu still believes our crew is a lot saner than his former corporate colleagues. “At least you guys are weird 24 hours a day!” Maynu explains.
Torben Bulbring:
It takes more than the average producer to get a McDonalds to turn off their neon signage because it was reflecting in the window of a dressed Burger King they were shooting.
… And that’s just the tip of Torben’s empassioned, determined approach to getting it perfect. But then, calling Torben “more than your average producer” is like calling Cape Town “more than your average fishing village”.
Where most people have hairstyles, Torben has anarchy. But inside the cranium, though, it’s pure order, focus, and professionalism.
He manages to seamlessly combine a calm, old-hand insight with a youthful enthusiasm that belies his fourteen years in the industry.
Dean Kruger:
Dean Kruger is a veteran of the industry having come to research via being a location scout. What we like about him the most is his attention to detail. It’s not good enough for him to just present locations, he has to manage the database, archive jobs, clean up servers, add metadata to location databases and that’s just before lunch. His approach is to over-deliver within the designated time allotted.
In short: we love him.
Laila Shrand:
Laila is the person for whom the word “permalance” was invented. This is her 3rd season with Gatehouse and at the end of each we bid her farewell to go off and do features around the world, but she always pitches up on our doorstep come September. Laila is a processing machine and is the engine room on which our productions rest.
Olga and Grissel:
We’ve already told you about the soul food Olgie serves up daily in Casa Olga, with consummate talent and love. Grissel is Olgie’s right hand, and it’s her responsibility that the office remains spotless and orderly.
Wendy Boise:
Wendy is our office manager, who makes sure that everything in the office runs smoothly. That tray of goodies in our board-room, while you are on a conference call? Wendy. The delicious lunch that you get at 1pm? Wendy. The fresh towel and products in the shower room? Wendy. The earth-friendly ink and the recycled paper in the machine printing your callsheet? Wendy. The fresh, cold juice after a long, hot tech recce? Wendy. You get the idea.
Fahdwa Hendricks:
We are going to have to do some work on Fadhwa. She is Maynu’s account assistant for season and is quiet as a mouse.
Quite as a mouse does not go down well in an office full of large personalities. Maynu has quietly been impressed with her quick uptake of our systems and we know the old saying about still waters running deep.
We are sure that by the end of season with the Gatehouse craziness that we will have converted her from a lady to a loony.