Whatever it takes.

When you shoot abroad, you need to know that you’re in safe, reliable, collaborative hands. After all, you’re entrusting your project, your budget and your reputation to your service company. We get that.

Moonlighting has been one of South Africa’s most trusted & innovative production services companies for more than 30 years, anticipating and adapting to whatever the world throws at us, always looking for new & better solutions.

We’re a small, focused team so can keep things personal and hands-on while benefiting from Moonlighting’s infrastructure. You’ll often find Shayne and the team huddled over a board, brainstorming the best way to make something work. As budgets get tighter, thinking out of the box is second nature to us and thanks to our combined, huge experience, we usually solve it.

OUR EXPERIENCE has become increasingly diverse. We deliver products for multiple platforms – from conventional commercials & stills to all digital / social media formats; interviews; documentaries; reality TV ….

 

WHY MOONLIGHTING? We’ll let our many loyal clients from all over the world speak for us, along with our wide-ranging portfolio of work of which we are incredibly proud – whether it’s a 1-person remote interview or a multi-unit, multi-location shoot with all the toys. Read some client feedback here.

Or take a look at our overview here.

AWARDS
Ciclope Africa 2018 Winner of Production Services Award

Shots Awards 2018: Shortlisted for Production Service Company of the Year

AFFILIATIONS

We’re a proud member of the Global Production Network. www.globalproductionnetwork.com

OUR TEAM

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Philip Key

CEO / PARTNER

Philip has been involved in the South African film industry for more than 31 years. He started off as a sound technician and then was asked one day out of the blue if he could help some French producers who wanted to shoot in South Africa. Just like that, Moonlighting began and has grown over the years to become one of the premier production services company in the country, incorporating Moonlighting Commercials and Moonlighting Films. Recognising South Africa’s huge potential as a production destination, Philip was one of the first to market the country’s merits to production companies overseas and has been a pioneering force in the industry ever since.

He was on the board of African Media Entertainment (AME) and the company’s acting CEO.  He was a member of SAFTA in the 1980’s, has been on the executive committee of the Commercial Producers Association (CPA), has served on the board of the Cape Town Film Commission and AFDA and is currently CEO of FIVA (Film Industry Visa Assistance).

Philip is a foodie of note and when not at Moonlighting, can be found at African Relish, his and his wife Lisa's culinary school in the Karoo.

Philip Key

CEO / PARTNER

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Shayne Brookstein

EXEC PRODUCER / PARTNER

As Exec Producer of Moonlighting Commercials, Shayne is 100% hands-on and involved in every aspect of production, starting from the minute your boards land in our inbox. She has endless experience in all things production, with a background that spans both director-based and service production.

She is incredibly well respected amongst the South African crew, while her experience, dedication and calm, problem-solving approach inspire confidence and trust in producers from all over the world. A multi-tasking uber-mom of three boys, champagne is her drink of choice.

Shayne Brookstein

EXEC PRODUCER / PARTNER

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Suzanne Currie

SENIOR PRODUCER

Suzanne is our senior in-house producer. She finally joined us after many years “permalancing” with us, bringing her 20+ years production experience as both a director’s and service producer along with her phenomenal attention to detail and solution-finding approach.

Suzanne’s ability to stay calm no matter what’s going on around her is legendary and won her the Queen Elizabeth II ‘Smile and Wave Award’ at our last Moonlighting weekend away. Clients love working with her.

Suzanne Currie

SENIOR PRODUCER

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Jerome Williams

PRODUCER

Jerome is a multi-talented producer with some 20 years’ experience covering every aspect of production. His history with Moonlighting goes way back; from working with ML Films on the movie “Ask the Dust”, he has returned over the years to work with us on commercials, local content and various films including Mad Max, Flashbacks of a Fool, 10000BC, Homeland & The Last Face.

He’s accumulated a wealth of experience working as agency producer & line producer in both local content and international service work, across all sizes of budget and production. In the rare time when he’s not on set, he’s either making music or spending time with his family.

We’re really happy to him have back at Moonlighting to produce alongside Suzanne, Shayne and Vincent.

Jerome Williams

PRODUCER

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Vincent Roussel

EXEC PRODUCER

French Producer Vincent Roussel has brought his many years’ experience in the French production world to Cape Town and Moonlighting where he is now servicing commercials and stills for the French market.

Vincent started working with us as a client in 2003 as Exec Producer to French director Jean Pierre Philippot and shot many jobs with us mainly for Garnier; he therefore knows more than most exactly what clients need from their service company.

He has now moved to Cape Town with his wife, Creative Director Isabelle Longue and his son Tom.

See our blog article on Vincent & Isabelle

Vincent Roussel

EXEC PRODUCER

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Gary Knowles

RESEARCH MANAGER

Gary is the brains behind all the location sites we send you when we’re bidding on your projects. A wealth of local knowledge, Gary is also a filmmaker and was the man behind the camera for our 3 short films about Cape Town’s legendary chaperones. If you missed them, you can watch them again here:

Elmarie Raubenheimer, Marco Bacchetta, Andrew Raeburn

Gary Knowles

RESEARCH MANAGER

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Salama Ogier

BIDDING MANAGER

Even though Salama only joined Commercials full time in August 2018, she may just well be one of our longest serving Moonlightingers! She used to freelance with Commercials and Films when she was pretty much fresh out of university and has worked with us on and off ever since.

As Bidding Manager, she works closely with Shayne and our researchers. She is a mine of knowledge and experience with an enviable positive and occasionally mad attitude to life. In her spare time (what spare time?) she is a mountain guide and regularly takes hikers up Table Mountain.

Salama Ogier

BIDDING MANAGER

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Isabelle Longue

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Isabelle has brought her talent and experience as a leading Creative Director in the Parisian Production Industry to Cape Town where she is working alongside her husband Vincent Roussel in servicing French Productions in South Africa. Isabelle, who first worked with Moonlighting way back as a client on a French commercial for SFR, brings an intrinsic understanding of what will work for French boards. She presents locations and talent in exactly the way it will work for the French market and can speed up the selection process.

See our blog article on Vincent & Isabelle

Isabelle Longue

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

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Nolan Roussouw

FINANICAL MANAGER / PARTNER

Nolan is our financial wizard. He is the man with an unswayable calm and logic that defies most of us, juggling foreign exchange, crew payments and every single aspect of Moonlighting’s financial management. His love of cake is legendary although his baking skills slightly less so…..

Nolan Roussouw

FINANCIAL MANAGER / PARTNER

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Beccy Kellond

MARKETING MANAGER / PARTNER

Beccy handles marketing and PR for Moonlighting – from overall strategy to writing those newsletters we send you and filling the sumptuous gift packs. Before joining Moonlighting she was based in London where she worked with a branding consultancy after some years in marketing with United Airlines.

She has now also become the unofficial in-house expert on all things visa and immigration-related. A mum of two, she speaks Russian and is obsessed with Pilates.

Beccy Kellond

MARKETING MANAGER / PARTNER

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