Talent
Adam Forde
Video Operator
Adam began his career in 2002, initially in the South African film industry as an assistant in the art department. Following this introduction, he then joined a crewing agency as production and camera assistant.
Keen to develop his skills in film making, he trained in Video Assist and editing. He began specialising in 2008, and joined one of Cape Towns leading Video/DIT companies, Scarab Industries.
After immigrating to the UK in 2019, he joined Digital Orchard as Qtake and Video Operator.
Adam has many years of experience, working through the shift from film to digital cameras. He understands acutely what the Director, Producer, DOP and crew need from Video Assist.
FEATURES/DRAMAS
| Title | Company | Director/DOP |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical S2 | STDA Productions Ltd | Michael Dinner & Aric Avelino / Baz Irvine, Oliver Downey, Ed Moore |
| Wonka (additional photography) | Narrow Mark Films Ltd | Paul King / Chung-Hoon Chung |
| Good Omens S2 (additional photography) | Amazon Studios | Douglas Mackinnon / Baz Irvine |
| A Haunting in Venice (2nd unit & dailies main unit) | TCS UK Productions 8 Ltd / Walt Disney Studios | Kenneth Branagh / Haris Zambarloukos |
| Bridgerton S3 (dailies) | Sunken Garden Productions Ltd | Andrew Ahn / Diana Olifirova |
| Kraven The Hunter (additional photgraphy) | SP Film Productions Ltd | JC Chandor, Brian Smrz / Fabian Wagner |
| My Lady Jane (2nd Unit) | Iris | Jamie Babbit / Marc Covington |
| Black Mirror (VFX Unit) | Broke & Bones | Josie Henwood |
| Black Adam (UK unit) | Warner Bros. Pictures | Jaume Collet-Serra / Steven Hall |
| Queen Charlotte (dailies) | Household Pictures Ltd | Tom Verica / Jeff Jur |
| Challenge (2nd Unit) | TOD Productions | Paul Wilmshurst / Jeremy Fusco |
| Augustus (dailies) | SDTA Productions Ltd / Apple TV | Alfonso Cuaron / "Chivo" Emmanuel Lubezki/Bruno Delbonnel |
| Travesura de la Nina Mala (UK Unit) | Salt Film | Alejandro Bazzanoo / David Azcano |
| Silo | Apple TV / AMC Studios | Morten Tyldum, David Semel, Berts, Adam Bernstein / Mark Patten BSC |
| Gangs of London S2 | Pulse Films | Corin Hardy, Marcela Said / Martijn van Broekhuizen / Laurent Bares |
| Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Phantom Unit) | Warner Bros. Pictures | James Wan / Don Burgess |
| Anatomy of a Scandal (dailies) | Chamber Pictures Ltd | SJ Clarkson / Balazs Bolygo |
| See How They Run (2nd unit) | SL UK Productions | Tom George / Jamie Ramsay |
| Suspicion (2nd unit dailies) | Keshet UK Productions / Apple TV+ | Chris Long, Stefan Schwartz / Adam Suschitzky BSC / Gavin Finney |
| Pennyworth S2 | Warner Horizon | Danny Cannon, Jon East, Rob Bailey / Mark Patten BSC, Si Bell |
| His Dark Materials S2 (2nd unit/dailies) | Bad Wolf / New Line Cinema / BBC / HBO | Jamie Childs / Wil Baldy |
| Cursed - VFX unit (dailies) | Netflix | Jon East / Balazs Bolygo |
| The Great - VFX unit (dailies) | Thruline Entertainment / Media Rights Capital | Matt Shakman / Maja Zamojda |
| The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Amazon Studios / StudioCanal / Film4 | Will Sharpe / Erik Wilson |
| Avenue 5 (2nd unit) | HBO | Armando Iannucci / Eben Bolter BSC |
| Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2nd unit) | 20th Century Fox / Temple Hill Entertainment | Wes Ball , Vic Armstrong / Gyula Pados, Josh Bleibtreu |
| Black Sails (2nd unit) | Starz / Platinum Dunes | Guy Norris / Lukas Etlin, Michael Swan |
| Outlander S2 (dailies) | Starz | Metin Hüseyin / Michael Swan |
| Asad | Hungry Man | Bryan Buckley / Scot Henriksen |
| Themba | DO Production / MSM Studios | Stephanie Sycholt / Egon Werdin |
| Schuks Tshabalala's Survival Guide to South Africa | Out of Africa Entertainment | Gray Hofmeyr / Chris Schutte |
COMMERCIALS
| Title | Company | Director/DOP |
|---|---|---|
| BMW | Fresh Eye Films | Peter Refle / Werner Maritz |
| Nissan Juke | Juice Films | Lieven Baelen / Nicolas Karakatsanis |
| Three Ships Whiskey | Fresh Eye Films | Greg Francois / Trevor Brown |
| Phillips | Egg Films | Ric Hawkes / Chas Bain |
| Ariel | Twin Films | Thomas Krygier / Peter Tischhauser |
| Romerquelle | Can Can Films | Christian Aeby / Peter Meyer |
| Black & Decker | Motion City Films | Kim Hinrichs |
| Repatha | Gatehouse | Tami Reiker ASC |
| Findus | Velocity Films | Barney Cokeliss / Trevor Brown |
| P & G | Twin Films | Amy Allais / Werner Maritz |
| Abu Dhabi Central Bank | Moonlighting Films | Dom and Nic / John Lynch |
| SKY Vegas | Baxter | Eugenio Galli |
| Ellos | Moonlighting Films | Jerker Josefsson / Joergen Brennicke |
| Pepsodent | The Asylum | Clive Will |
| LG | Cyclone | John Min Lee / Paul Gilpin |
| Manor | Twin Films | Peter Tischhauser |
| Panasonic | Navigator Films | Jan Wentz / Frederik Jacobi |
| Nintendo | One Step Beyond | Rob Pritis / Robert Payton |
| Warka | Smoking Gun Productions | Wojtek Zieliński |
| Garnier | Orange Films | Jonathan Decosta |
| Ramiosa | Triplane Films | Deon Van Zyl |
| Cafe Nero | Lucky Rabbit | Matt Westrup / Jonas Mortensen |
| MTN | Velocity Films | Anton Visser / Clive Sacke |
| McDonalds | Cyclone | Martin Werner / Timothy Pike |
| Air Wick | Silver Lining | Padric O’meara / Tom Van Schaik |
| KFC | 7 Films | Lourens van Rensburg / Alard De Smidt |
| Baume and Mercier | Steel Productions | Magnus Reed |
| Mollie King (Music Video) | Arcade | Pierre de Villiers |
| JAB | Fresh Eye Films | Greg Francois / Mark Larkin |
| Strongbow | Juice Films | Nico Niermann |
| Zywiec | Smoking Gun Productions | Wouter Westendorp |
| Ambi Pur | Twin Films | Mark Howard / Alard De Smidt |
| Capitec Bank | Giant Films | Robin Goode / Michael Cleary |
| BP2 | Velocity Films | Greg Gray / Paul Gilpin |
| Flexi Pen | One Step Beyond | Les Sharpe / Rob Payton |
| Hartwall | Triplane Films | Trevor Brown sasc |
| Ellos | Moonlighting Films | Jerker Josefsson / Joergen Brennicke |
| Persil | Navigator Films | Greg Schnitzler / Andreas Berger |
| Coca Cola | Velocity Films | Kieth Rose |
| Bernini | Ola Films | Rory O'Grady |
| Becel | McKenzie Rudolphe | Patrik van Hautem / Sean Miros |
| Telenor | Juice Films | Anders Flatland |
| Geramount | Twin Films | Manuel Werner / Bjorn Haneld |
| SONY | The Asylum | Clive Will |
| Pampers | Twin Films | Jan Gleie / Michael Cleary |
| ASDA | Monkey Films | Johan Perjus / Simon Richards |
| Marks & Spencer | MIA Films | Trudy Bellinger / Martin Ahlgren |
| Tokmanni | Triplane Films | Trevor Brown sasc |
| Protex | Egg Films | Alard de Smidt |
| Intersport | Triplane Films | Ollie Finland |
| Cubus | Steel Productions | Casey Shoalwater |
| Scotts | Seven AM | Stéphane le Parc |
| Sunny | Orange Films | Christopher Sabogal |
| Deichmann | Smoking Gun Productions | Mikołaj Syguda |
| Walkers | Still King Films | Trevor Brown sasc |
| SONY | Uncle Morris | Henrik Holmquist / Ramsus Heise |
| Toyota | McKenzie Rudolphe | Ekkehart Pollack |
| Smart | Twin Films | Robert Hales / Giles Dunning |
| MTN | Egg Films | Kim Geldenhuys / Paul Gilpin |
| MTN | Velocity Films | Kieth Rose |
| Intrinsia | Twin Films | Dobrivoie Kerpenisan |
| Willards | Egg Films | Kim Geldenhuys / Paul Gilpin |
| Braun | Twin Films | Fred Garden / Paul Gilpin |
| Windhoek Lager | Velocity Films | Greg Gray / Paul Gilpin |
| XXL | Orange Films | Mathis Furst / Henrik Stenberg |
| Center Parcs | The Shooting Gallery | Frank Devos / Danny Elsen |
| Vodacom | Velocity Films | Adrian De Sa Garces / Peter Tischhauser |
| Capri-Sonne | Cinergy | Paul Thompson / Mark Lennard |
| Fryst | Moonlighting Films | Thomas Skoging / David Hellman |
| Swiss TCS | One Step Beyond | Ernst Wirz / Terence Maritz |
| Alo | Twin Films | Riccardo Paoletti / Trevor Brown |
| Engen | Wishbone Films | Sarel Esterhuizen / Michael Cleary |
| Chechers | Wishbone Films | Sarel Esterhuizen / Trevor Brown |
| Tesco | Seven AM | Pedro Romhanyi / Frederico Alfonzo |
| Mexx | Fresh Eye Films | Shizue / Pascal Waldner |
| Woolworths | Lucky Fish | Oliviero Toscani |
| Fenistil | 7 Films | Lourens van Rensburg / Alard De Smidt |
| Omo - Rainbow | Twin Films | Fernando Vallejo / Tom Van Schaik |
| Discreet | Twin Films | Mark Howard / Michael Cleary |
| Rama | Seven AM | Thierry Rajic / Patrick Otten |
| Aperivrais | Rocket Films | Christopher Strong / Vicci Turpin |
| Milo - Champions | Boomtown Boys | Michael Williams / Mannie Ferreira |
| Woolworths | Platypus Productions | Vicci Turpin |
| Shoprite | Velvet Films | Marcelle Mouton / Mannie Ferreira |
| Ackermans | Masters and Savant | Reto Reolon / Michael Cleary |
| Bokomo | Masters and Savant | Reto Reolon / Trevor Brown |
| Gaviscon | Velocity Films | Jako |
| Mumbai Indians | Ogilvy | Mark Larkin |
| Planta Fin & Rama | Seven AM | Thierry Rajic / Patrick Otten |
| Via Africa | Masters and Savant | Reto Reolon |
| Appelsientjie | McKenzie Rudolphe | Daan Hocks / Jasper Wolf |
| BM | Monkey Films | Michael Bernard |