Edrich Blignaut

Job Designation: Director of Photography | Camera Operator | Focus Puller/1st AC | Stills Photographer

Home Base: Cape Town

OVERVIEW

Edrich Blignaut is a Cape Town-based Director of Photography, camera operator and stills photographer working across commercial, documentary, fashion and social media content. Operating in-house at production house Lampost, he brings a versatile, hands-on approach to the camera department, moving fluidly between DOP, camera operating, focus pulling and camera assistant work depending on what a shoot needs. His credits include work for international fashion title Vogue Italia and Discovery Channel, alongside commercial campaigns for brands such as L'Oréal, Isuzu and Nescafé. Equally comfortable behind a gimbal, Ronin or drone, he also edits and shoots stills, and has recently expanded into generative AI-driven content creation — a reflection of his appetite for new tools and formats in a fast-changing industry.    REQUEST CV

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Social Media

Commercial

Documentary

CAMERA OPERATOR

Documentary

Commercial

FOCUS PULLER / CAMERA ASSISTANT

Commercial

STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER

Portraiture & Fashion

Photojournalism

Lodges & Hotels

SPECIALIST SKILLS

Gimbal Operator;  Ronin Operator;  Video Editing;  Drone Cinematography;  Generative AI Content Creation

REFEREES

Andrew Turner – Steadicam Operator

Drikus vd Merwe – Focus Puller / DOP

Hanro Reyneke – Steadicam Operator

Robo Wilson – Director of Photography