Bruce Newton Video Playback Operator
Bruce’s interests in photography, music and writing led him to pursue a career in film-making. After leaving high school in 1997 he turned down an opportunity to study music to work as a Camera Trainee on his first feature film. He worked for the next 3 years in various capacities including Production Assistant, Grip, Spark, Art Department Assistant, Clapper Loader and Video Assist Operator before specialising in Video Assist in 2002. He has since worked for some of the greatest film makers on the planet including Robert Richardson, Dion Beebe, John Mathieson, Remi Adefarasin, Tarsem, Tim Maurice Jones and Peter Suschitzky.
Bruce loves film-making and spends his off time and savings writing and directing his own films, his favourite being ‘Left with the Memories’. When the digital revolution hit he was involved from day one and added DIT skills to his repertoire. He worked for 5 years as a DIT but his preference for working closely with the director brought him back to video assist. He started many businesses in Cape Town, South Africa which included one that rented out his Arri, Red and Bolex cameras and an aerial drone cinematography business which did work on feature films and commercials as well as documentaries for the BBC and the Gates Foundation. Now based in the UK, Bruce is specialising again as a Video Assist Operator for Digital Orchard.
| Title | Company | Director | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgerton S4 | Netflix | Tom Verica, Amy Mac, Anya Adams, Jaffar Mahmood (Director), Jeff Jur, Alicia Robbins (DOP) | Video Operator (8 Episodes) | |
| Bridgerton S3 | Netflix | Tom Verica, Tricia Brock, Andrew Ahn (Directors), Jeff Jur, Diana Olifirova, Alicia Robbins (DOP) | Video Operator (6 Episodes) | |
| Bridgerton S2 | Netflix | Tricia Brock, Alex Pillai, Tom Verica, Cheryl Dunye (Directors), Jeff Jur, Phillip Blaubach (DOPs) | Video Operator (8 Episodes) | |
| Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Netflix | Tom Verica (Director), Jeff Jur (DOP) | Video Operator (6 Episodes) | |
| Silo S2 | Apple TV | Michael Dinner, Aric Avelino (Directors), Baz Irvine, Oliver Downey, Kate Reid (DOP) | Video Operator (Double Banking, 10 Episodes) | |
| Haven | Amazon | Sam Miller, Hettie MacDonald (Director), Adam Gillham, Giulio Biccari (DOP) | Video Operator (4 Episodes) | |
| Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Amazon | Jim O’Hanlon (Director), Stephan Pehrsson (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| See How They Run | DJ Films | Tom George (Director), Jamie Ramsay (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| The Witcher S5 | Netflix | Jeremy Webb, Steve Gaub, Alex Garcia Lopez (Directors), Scott Winig, Mike Spragg (DOPs) | Video Operator (Blade Unit Dailies) | |
| Silo S1 | Apple TV | David Semel (Director), David Luther (DOP) | Video Operator (2nd Unit Dailies) | |
| House of Dragons | HBO | Greg Yaitanes Director), Pepe Avila Del Pino (DOP) | Video Operator (Blood Unit - Dailies) | |
| Gangs of London | Pulse Films | Marcela Said (Director), Fraser Rigg (DOP) | Video Operator (2nd Unit Dailies) | |
| Disclaimer | Apple TV | Alfonso Cuaron (Director), Bruno Delbonnel (DOP) | Video Operator (Dailies) | |
| Charlie Bone (Pilot) | Amazon MGM | Salvador Zalvidea (Director), Ashley Barron (DOP) | Video Operator (VFX Unit) | |
| Britannia S3 | Sky Atlantic / Amazon | Mackenzie Crook (Director), Adam Etherington (DOP) | Video Operator (Dailies) | |
| Suspicion | Apple TV | Chris Long, S. Schwartz (Directors), Adam Suschitzki, Gavin Finney (DOPs) | Video Operator (Dailies) | |
| Sex Education S3 | Netflix | Runyararo Mapfumo, Ben Taylor (Directors), Oli Russel, Jamie Cairney (DOPs) | Video Operator (8 Episodes) | |
| Outlander S3 | Sony Pictures Television | Matthew B. Roberts (Director), Alasdair Walker (DOP) | Video Operator (2nd Unit and Double Banking) | |
| Snowflakes (Pilot) | Objective Fiction | David Kerr (Director), Ruairi O'Brien (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Maze Runner Death Cure | 20th Century Fox | Wes Ball (Director), Gyula Pados (DOP) | Video Operator (Dailies) | |
| Black Sails S4 | Starz | Jon Steinberg (Director), David Luther (DOP) | Video Operator (Dailies) | |
| Safe House | Universal Pictures | Daniel Esponosa (Director), Oliver Wood (DOP) | Video Operator (Dailies) | |
| Check Into Disaster (TV Movie) | CreaTV Fernsehproduktions GmbH | Uwe Friebner (Director), Rodger Hinrichs (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Falling Rocks (TV Movie) | SevenPictures Film | Peter Keglevec (Director), Hans-Günther Bücking (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Pirates of the Plains | New Ernest Productions | John R. Cherry (Director), James Robb (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Dark Blue World | Moonlighting | Jan Sverak (Director), Vladimír Smutný (DOP) | Video Operator |
| Title | Company | Director | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rag N Bone Man - What Do You Believe In | Kode Media | Taz Tron Delix (Director), Pieter Snyman (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy | Kode Media | Harv Frost (Director), Natasha Duursma (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Oreos | Reel Africa | Javier Blanco (Director), Robert Richardson (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Old Spice Jungle | African Film Services | Steve Rogers (Director), Dion Beebe (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| O2 Joy | Gatehouse | Mehdi Norowzian (Director), Zubin Mistry (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Sex Education 3 Promo | Rosco Production London | Alice Seabright (Director), Jamie Cairney (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Audi A3 | Outsider / Moonlighting | Nicolai Fuglsig (Director), John Mathieson (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Nivea Dunes | Navigator Films | Jason Harrington (Director), Mark Patten (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| ING Direct | Monkey Films | Mark Denton (Director), John Mathieson (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Jamiroqui - This Corner of the Earth | Monkey Films | Jason Smith (Director) | Video Operator | |
| Dos Equis | African Film Services | Tim Maurice-Jones BSC (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Captain Bird's Eye | Movie Makers | Steve Barron (Director), Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Toyota | Radical Media / AFS | Tarsem (Director), Paul Meyers ASC (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Adler | Monkey Films | John Mathiesen BSC (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Reebok | Ridley Scott & Associates / Rocket Films | Mehdi Norowzian (Director), Zubin Mistry (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Raised By Wolves Promo | African Film Services | Grant James (Director), Manoel Ferreira (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Teleplus & Digitale | Velocity Films | Nicolai Fuglsig (Director), Anthony Radcliffe (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Marks & Spencer | Made In Africa | Trudy Bellinger (Director), Martin Ahlgren asc (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| O2 | Smuggler / Made In Africa Films | Fillip Engstrom (Director), Carl Nilsson FSF (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Zyrtec | One Step Beyond | Matt Badger (Director), Stuart Graham (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Toyota Yaris | MacKenzie Rudolph | Paul Street (Director), Peter Suschitzky ASC (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| IMSDL | Cyclone Films | Martin Werner (Director), Kasper Tuxen (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Toyota Corolla Verso | Monkey Films | Rob Leggat & Leigh Marling (Directors), Ben Davis BSC (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Hovis | The Farm | Jim Gilchrist (Director), August Jakobsson (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Toyota | Radical Media / AFS | Mollie Mills (Director), Christophe Collette (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Investec Ice Swimmer | Velocity | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Toshiba | Outsider / Moonlighting | Brendon Norman Ross (Director), Simon Coull (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| VW | Egg Films | Kim Geldenhuys (Director), Paul Gilpin (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| BMW | Egg Films | Kim Geldenhuys (Director), Paul Gilpin (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Babybel Moustache | The Asylum | Gregor Nicholas (Director), Danny Hiele (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Neutrogena | Velocity Films | Jaci Judelson (Director), David Ungaro AFC (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Mercedes | Two Oceans Productions | Jan Wentz (Director), Ekhart Pollack (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Telkom Emoticon | Velocity | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Ford Focus | Velocity | Greg Gray (Director), Paul Gilpin (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Levis | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Sasol | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| BMW Wind Tunnel | Velocity | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Alan Gray Legend | Velocity | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Altel | Dansu / Atomik Pictures | Ignas Jonynas (Director), Eugenio Galli SASC (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Tetra Pak | Velocity Films | Paul Gilpin | Playback Operator | |
| Sasol | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Becel | Smuggler / Psyop / Gatehouse | Tod Mueller (Director) / Clive Sacke (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Anoro | Gartner / African Film Services | Carolyn Chen (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| BFM | Hexagone / Evidentia Africa Productions | Laurent Barthelemy (Director), Adam Bentel (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Generali | Atomik Pictures | Maciek Kowalkczuk (Director), Eugenio Galli (DOP) | Playback Operator | |
| VW Dreams | Velocity Films | Greg Gray (Director), Paul Gilpin (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Coca Cola | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Oppenheimer Funds | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Jack Link's Jerky | Gatehouse | Fillip Engstrom (Director) | Video Operator | |
| Levis | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Sea Harvest | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Mini | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Carling Black Label | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Gautrain | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Pulsar 220 | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Sony Bravia | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Gorska Natura | Moonlighting | Joel Peissig (Director), Jonathan Alverevich (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Dentyne | Egg | Jason Fialkov (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Nicotinell | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| BBC 2 Seascape | Made In Africa | Michael Georgeghan(Director), Ed Rutherford (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Vitality | Gatehouse | Johnny Magini (Director), August Jakobsson (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Nurofen | Infinity Productions / Monkey Films | Simon Burrill (Director), Denzil Armour-Brown (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Standard Bank | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Standard Bank | Velocity Films | Eric van Wyk (Director), Vicci Turpin (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Western Union | Velocity Films | Keith Rose (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Thomas Cook | Egg Films | Therry Rajic (Director), Laurent Dailland (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Airwalk | Moonlighting | John Adams (Director), Kristian Kachikis (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Sunny Delight | Moonlighting | Vadim Jean (Director), Mike Fox (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Energie Nat | Philo Films | Anthony Atanasio (Director), Phillipe Piffeteau (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Molsons Quebec | Moonlighting | Stephane Martin (Director) | Video Operator | |
| Noevir | Rolling Pictures | Keiren O'Brien (Director), Nic Sawyer (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Nestle | Moonlighting | Florian Seidel (Director), Holger Diener (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Creyfs | Monkey Films | Laurence Hamburger(Director), Jan Richter-Fris (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Konig-Pilsner | Two Oceans Productions | Thierry Rajic (Director), Stephan Vallen (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Sensodyne | Reel Africa | Phil Taylor (Director), Baz Irvine (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Sunny Delight | GGM | Alex Orwalski (Director), Justin Fouche (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Les Produits Laiters | Velocity Films | David & Raphael Vital-Durand (Directors), Laurent Dailland (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| AXA | Velocity Films | Dario Piana (Director), Franco Paroni (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Chocolate | One Step Beyond | Brendon Norman Ross(Director), Simon Coull (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Valentin - Music Video | Reel Eyes | Stefan Browatzki (Director), Fabian Hothan (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Toyota Corolla | Peter Gird Productions | Michael Middleton (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| VW | Jump Films | Michael Middleton (Director & DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Direct Axis | Masters & Savant | Rheto Reolon (Director), Michael Cleary (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Pampers | ATM Twin Films | Don Broida (Director), Phillip Reinhold (DOP) | Video Operator | |
| Direct Axis | Masters & Savant | Rheto Reolon (Director), Devin Toselli (DOP) | Video Operator |