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Daron Chatz is a creative who is compelled with the art of visual story telling. His skills range from photography and film to creative directing & post production.

He began his career in the late 80's in the South African film industry, he then went on to assist Nick Boutlon in the professional photography industry where he received a wealth of knowledge from an exceptional teacher. A few years later Daron went on to start his own photography career. Daron did well to establish himself as a top fashion, décor and advertising photographer in South Africa and abroad. The exciting expansion from there was back into motion picture lighting and then into filming, and soon daron was a well-respected DOP. He was then approached and offered his first TV commercials and so began his journey as a director.

Daron produced and directed commercials, TV and film, which then saw the birth of his JHB based production and post production companies. Around this time, Daron mentored now well-known and acclaimed film maker Jahmil XT Qubeka into the industry and they became business partners. Daron went on to service industry leaders across both television and film. At the same time, he was growing as a photographer.

His passion for storytelling and his sensitive attention to detail is very apparent in all of his work. Clients love working with Daron due to his ability to full fill their vision and always go beyond the call of duty in the name of perfection. He cares very deeply for each and every project and has a great collaborative spirit. He also has an advanced technical understanding and his finger on the pulse of technology in this rapidly growing landscape. His combined creative and technical abilities make him very versatile and quite unique.

Aside from servicing ad agencies, magazines, tourism bodies, hotel groups, film distributors, corporates and TV channels he has a massive interest in giving back and contributing to the greater good. In his own words "I am blessed with an abundance of talents and skills, and absolutely see this as an opportunity to touch people's hearts and make a difference". Daron trains and mentor's youth on many levels as well as speaking at institutions and training facilities. He has mentored many highly successful individuals.

Daron loves all of the disciplines that he is involved in and has no preference for one over the other. To him it is using various tools and playing with the same principles. In the words of one of Daron's most loyal clients, "Working with Daron is paramount to employing a secret weapon."

Daron now has a major focus on long form content and has directed and shot various multi part series. "Since I was a child I have always wanted to be a long form story teller, and the opportunity to reach massive global audiences have opened up in such a beautiful way that my time is now for doccies, doccie series and films", states Daron.

Filmography

Actor

Shogun Khumalo Is Dying! Short Film2006Hitman

Camera and Electrical Department

Type

Year

Married at First Sight: Mzansi TV Series2024

Wild Zambezi TV Series2023

Stillborn Short Film2017

The Other Side TV Series

Editor

Type

Year

Shogun Khumalo Is Dying! Short Film2006

The Other Side TV Series

Director

Type

Year

Wild Zambezi TV Series2023

Shogun Khumalo Is Dying! Short Film2006

Art Director

Stillborn Short Film2017

2nd Unit / Asst Director

The Revenger Feature Film1990

Producer

Shogun Khumalo Is Dying! Short Film2006

Visual Effects

Stillborn Short Film2017

Writer

Shogun Khumalo Is Dying! Short Film2006

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