LAURIKA VENTER
production designer and packs mistress
HISTORY
Education: Hoerskool Linden
Higher education: VHIVBG (art school in Belgium)
Work Experience:
Design Project (graphic design and Layouts)
Hunt Lascaris TBWA – Junior Art Director (Mike Schalit and Sandra De Witt)
African Motion Picture Company - John Bonham Carter ( corporate videos )
1992 – Joined Film industry as a freelancer
I have been working for 20 years in Kenya in particular, and Africa in general, as an Art Director and Pack specialist for various companies in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.
I have a base in Nairobi, Johannesburg and Cape Town but I live in Johannesburg.
My main focus is Advertising in any shape or form.
ART DIRECTION JOBS
The Fort: DSTV-”Time” – Dir: Amr Singh (SA)
Fresh Eye Films – Uber “love your car, take and Uber” Dir: Laurence Hamburger (SA)
The Fort : Menlyn Brand tvc Dir: Amr Singh (SA)
The Bird Films : WorldRemit “money in safe hands” Dir: Patrick Killingbeck (uk)
Wink Films - Chanel Allure pour Homme, Dir: Jacob Sutton (FR)
Fresh Eye Films – Fuze Tea (coca cola)
Dir: Asaf Kabrovsky (ISR)
Red dot films – Maltina Hausa Dir: Joni Botha (for Nigeria)
Propeller films - Gulder Lager-elements dir: Paulo Henriques (Nigeria)
Rudeboy collective – Hennessey “never giving up” Dir: Mpho Twala (SA)
Ginger Ink Kenya - KFW bank Germany dir: Folko Hoheisel (Germany)shot in Uganda
Johnny Gun : Audi ‘Portraits 2” Dir: Oliver Hermanus (SA)
Eye Magnet’- Multichoice “couch” Nigeria...Dir: Johnny Cohen (SA)
Rude Boy collective – “Two Baba “Coca Cola Nigeria – Dir: Mpho Twala
Ginger Pictures – African talent - Castel Beer - Dir: Manu Lapiere
Propeller Vision Kenya – Kenya Cane – Paulo Henriques
Creative Lab Windhoek– MTC Dir: Dirk Chandler (RIP)
Meropa PR – Sanral content ( 9 episodes) – Dir: Danielle Erasmus Zinn
Features:
One Fine Day Kenya - “ Supa Modo” -Producer Tom Tykwer – Dir: Likarion Wainaina (52 international awards)
PRODUCT WRANGLING
Ginger ink – Lipton int. (Kenya) / “the factory “international campaign : Stills Photographer: Norbert Schoerner
Bird Films –Malibu Pernod
“Fast Forward” Dir: Frederik Callinggard
The Bombshelter – Ricoffee “”results”
Dir: Tebogo Malope
Red Dot Films – Pepsi (insight Nigeria)
Dir: Grant de Souza
Nomad Films – Lipton UK
photographer: Ollie Burn
Happy Cat Films – Schweppes C “launch,Pianist,Racecourse”
Dir: Omar Hilal
The Bombshelter – Amstel“the Chase”
Dir: Teboho Melatsi
The Bombshelter – JC le Roux
Dir: Tebogo Malope
Ola Films – Albany Ultima (Tiger Brands)
Dir: Mfundo Mkhize
Monkey Films-Smirnoff “tonight we go out”- assist to Ray Spencer
Dir: Zachary Heinzerling