Job Designation: Assistant Director | Scheduler
Home Base: Cape Town | Johannesburg
OVERVIEW
Bob Wilkins is a DGA-affiliated Assistant Director with over three decades of experience across features, TV drama and commercials, working internationally with leading studios, production companies and directors including the legendary Tony Scott, Ridley Scott and Jake Scott. A member of the Directors Guild of America since 1990 and the UK AD Guild, he has assistant directed well over 1500 commercials alongside numerous features and TV series, gaining extensive experience with A-list actors, large crowds, stunts, vehicles, special effects, aerial filming, CGI, children and animals. Having lived and worked as an AD across the UK, Los Angeles, Paris, Nice and Marbella before settling in Cape Town in 2009, Bob also ran his own production company, Five Peak Pictures, in Southern Spain from 2000 to 2009. Known for a relaxed, good-humoured approach and a real talent for scheduling both commercials and features, he brings calm, seasoned leadership to any set. REQUEST CV
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Feature Film
Drama/Series
Commercial
Corporate
SCHEDULER
Feature Film
SPECIALIST SKILLS
Large Crowd Management; Stunts & Action Vehicle Units; Special FX Coordination; Aerial Filming;
Working with Children & Animals; CGI/VFX Integration
DIRECTORS WORKED WITH
Alastair Orr
Alen Shelley
Alex Holmes
Anne Griffin
Beautie Masvaure
Bill Eagles
Dan Tondowski
Daniel Espinosa
Greg Bonann
Ian Gabriel
John Barker
Johnny Barbuzano
Kelsey Egan
Kirk Jones
Mike Naylor
Peter Medak
Rob Drewett
Tony Scott
Zuko Nodada
REFEREES
Angela Phillips – Production Supervisor (The Place That Hits the Sun)
Bev Green – Exec Producer (Gatehouse Films)
Francis Conway – Producer (Tower 18 Productions)
John Barker – Director (Known Associates Entertainment)
Johnny Barbuzano – Director (Netflix)
Libby Ball – Exec Producer (Migrate Films)
Linda Bogle – Exec Producer (Your Girlfriend Films)
Peter Sherlock – Exec Producer (The Farm Films)
Rachel Young – Exec Producer (Happy Cat Films)
Skip Margetts – Exec Producer (The Farm Films)
Job Designation: Assistant Director | Scheduler
Home Base: Cape Town | Johannesburg
OVERVIEW
Bob Wilkins is a DGA-affiliated Assistant Director with over three decades of experience across features, TV drama and commercials, working internationally with leading studios, production companies and directors including the legendary Tony Scott, Ridley Scott and Jake Scott. A member of the Directors Guild of America since 1990 and the UK AD Guild, he has assistant directed well over 1500 commercials alongside numerous features and TV series, gaining extensive experience with A-list actors, large crowds, stunts, vehicles, special effects, aerial filming, CGI, children and animals. Having lived and worked as an AD across the UK, Los Angeles, Paris, Nice and Marbella before settling in Cape Town in 2009, Bob also ran his own production company, Five Peak Pictures, in Southern Spain from 2000 to 2009. Known for a relaxed, good-humoured approach and a real talent for scheduling both commercials and features, he brings calm, seasoned leadership to any set. REQUEST CV
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Feature Film
Drama/Series
Commercial
Corporate
SCHEDULER
Feature Film
SPECIALIST SKILLS
Large Crowd Management; Stunts & Action Vehicle Units; Special FX Coordination; Aerial Filming;
Working with Children & Animals; CGI/VFX Integration
DIRECTORS WORKED WITH
Alastair Orr
Alen Shelley
Alex Holmes
Anne Griffin
Beautie Masvaure
Bill Eagles
Dan Tondowski
Daniel Espinosa
Greg Bonann
Ian Gabriel
John Barker
Johnny Barbuzano
Kelsey Egan
Kirk Jones
Mike Naylor
Peter Medak
Rob Drewett
Tony Scott
Zuko Nodada
REFEREES
Angela Phillips – Production Supervisor (The Place That Hits the Sun)
Bev Green – Exec Producer (Gatehouse Films)
Francis Conway – Producer (Tower 18 Productions)
John Barker – Director (Known Associates Entertainment)
Johnny Barbuzano – Director (Netflix)
Libby Ball – Exec Producer (Migrate Films)
Linda Bogle – Exec Producer (Your Girlfriend Films)
Peter Sherlock – Exec Producer (The Farm Films)
Rachel Young – Exec Producer (Happy Cat Films)
Skip Margetts – Exec Producer (The Farm Films)
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