JH Beetge Director

An airman stands on the open ramp of a transport aircraft above a forested ridge.

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Royal Australian Air Force, What is Up?

Havas Worldwide Sydney · 1:30

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: Havas Worldwide Sydney
Executive creative directors: Seamus Higgins, Stu Turner
Head of TV: Monique Pardavi

Production company: Goodoil Films
Executive producer: Sam Long
Producer: Llew Griffiths
Director of photography: Jeremy Rouse

Editor: Bernard Garry, The Editors
Post production: Alt VFX
Music: Jed Kurzel
Sound: Simon Lister, Nylon Studios

Recognition

AWARD 2017: Silver, Direction
AWARD 2017: Gold, Cinematography
AWARD 2017: Gold, Editing
AWARD 2017: Gold, Sound Design

Spikes Asia 2016: Bronze, Cinematography
Spikes Asia 2016: Shortlist, Editing
LIA 2017: Finalist, Cinematography
New York Festivals: Silver, Cinematography

Previous film IAir Force

JH Beetge Director

Next film IIISouthern Cross

A wave of bubbles rolls over a city and an arched rail bridge at dusk as a train crosses.

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Schweppes, Schweppervescence

TBWA\Melbourne · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: TBWA\Melbourne
Chief creative officer: Paul Reardon
Creative director: Guy Rooke

Senior creatives: Rob Hibbert, Mark Jones
Agency producer: Margot Ger
Production company: Goodoil Films
Executive producers: Juliet Bishop, Simon Thomas

Producer: Catherine Warner
Director of photography: Stefan Duscio
Production designer: Piotr Wyrzykowski
Post production: Alt VFX

Music: Elliott Wheeler, Turning Studios
Sound: Paul Le Couteur, Nylon Studios

Recognition

Ciclope Asia 2019: Winner, Visual Effects
BADC 2019: Silver, Visual Effects
AEAF 2019: Finalist, Visual Effects
AWARD 2020: Finalist, Visual Effects

Previous film IISchweppes

JH Beetge Director

Next film IVRio Tinto

A young man, hands on his hips, looks out from a green headland over a long beach at sunset.

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Southern Cross, Advice to the Younger Me

Barnes, Catmur & Friends · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: Barnes, Catmur & Friends
Executive creative director: Paul Catmur
Chief executive: Daniel Barnes

Creative: Brad Stratton
Agency producers: Valentine Taylor, Shayna Stalker
Production company: Goodoil Films
Producer: Andrew McLean

Director of photography: Stefan Duscio
Art direction: Guy Treadgold
Editor: Jessica Mutascio, The Editors
Post production: Blockhead

Sound: Liquid Studio

Previous film IIISouthern Cross

JH Beetge Director

Next film VAmpol

A mine worker in high-visibility gear walks toward a lit bucket-wheel reclaimer at dusk.

0:00 / 1:00

Rio Tinto, Into

VML · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: VML
Group executive creative director: Stu Turner
Creative director: Lisa O’Neill

Senior art director: Phillip Vale
Senior integrated producer: Anita Swami
Group account director: Sharon Heaton
Production company: Clockwork Films

Executive producer: Katie Trew
Producer: Susie Opie
Production manager: Josh Nicholas
Director of photography: Jani Hakli

First assistant director: Kiran Wilson
Editor: Matt Maunsell
Colourist: Yanni Kronenberg
Music and sound: Squeak E. Clean Studios

Stills: Stef King

Previous film IVRio Tinto

JH Beetge Director

Next film VIStandard Chartered

A tractor crosses a ridge at sunrise beside a bare, twisted tree.

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Ampol, Far & Wide

Saatchi & Saatchi Australia · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Australia
Chief creative officer: Mike Spirkovski
Creative directors: Piero Ruzenne, Flavio Fonseca

Art director: Celeste Watson
Copywriter: Mac Wright
Senior broadcast producer: Elizabeth Nunan
Senior integrated producer: Holly De Roy

Production company: Goodoil Films
Executive producer: Sam Long
Producer: Helen Morahan
Director of photography: James Brown

Production designer: Tom Churchill Brown
Editor: Bernard Garry, The Editors
Post production: Stuart Kadzow
Sound design: Simon Lister, Squeak E. Clean Studios

Music: “Streets of Your Town”, The Go-Betweens

Previous film VAmpol

JH Beetge Director

Next film VIIHong Kong Disneyland

A young violinist in a green gown plays under a spotlight in a full concert hall.

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Standard Chartered, Ode to Now

Leo Singapore · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: Leo Singapore
Group executive creative director: Asheen Naidu
Creative directors: Gayle Lim, HuiJing Chen, Karen Muck

Copywriters: Gayle Lim, Natalie Tay, Alicia Goh
Designers: Cat Chia, Jason Siew, Gary Tan
Agency producers: Bettina Feng, Debra Wong, Shirree Chee
Stills: João Canziani

Violin: Yeonah Kim
Orchestra: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Previous film VIStandard Chartered

JH Beetge Director

Next film VIIINBN

Elsa and Anna dance with guests around a fountain in the square of Arendelle.

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Hong Kong Disneyland, World of Frozen

0:45

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Client: Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Released: November 2023

Previous film VIIHong Kong Disneyland

JH Beetge Director

Next film IXNSW RFS

Children in helmets ride bicycles along a hilltop road, a mountain range behind them.

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NBN, Gen NBN

BWM Dentsu Sydney · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: BWM Dentsu Sydney
Group chief creative officer: Rob Belgiovane
Executive creative director: Asheen Naidu

Head of art: Jon Foye
Creative group head: Denny Handlin
Art director: Pete Baxter
Senior onscreen producer: Paul Johnston

Production company: Goodoil Films
Executive producer: Sam Long
Producer: Andrew McLean
Director of photography: Germain McMicking

Editor: Dan Lee, The Butchery
Visual effects: Fin Design + Effects
Music: Cam Ballantyne, Beatworms
Sound: Tone Aston, Rumble Studios

Previous film VIIINBN

JH Beetge Director

Next film XKia

Two firefighters in helmets, silhouetted against a wall of fire and flying embers.

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NSW Rural Fire Service, One Ember

0:30

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Client: NSW Rural Fire Service

Previous film IXNSW RFS

JH Beetge Director

Next film XIStandard Chartered

0:00 / 0:30

Kia, Niro

Innocean Australia · 0:30

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: Innocean Australia
Executive creative director: Wez Hawes
Creative director: Effie Kacopieros

Senior art director: Pamela Parrelli
Copywriter: Laura Parker
Agency producer: Gabe Hammond
Production company: Sweetshop

Executive producer: Greg Fyson
Director of photography: Stefan Duscio
Editor: Laurence van Camp
Visual effects: Fin Design + Effects

Sound: Sonar Music

Previous film XKia

JH Beetge Director

Next film XIIStandard Chartered

Looking up through giant dandelions and sunflowers at striped refinery chimneys against the sky.

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Standard Chartered, Accelerating Zero

TBWA\Singapore · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: TBWA\Singapore
Global creative director: Asheen Naidu
Associate creative director: Kooichi Chee

Art director: Zachary Marc Desker
Copywriter: Yashanti Yap
Agency executive producer: Sariyanti Sannie
Agency production: SixToes.TV

Production company: Sweetshop
Executive producer: Laura Geagea
Producer: Jess Bell
Director of photography: Sebastian Pfaffenbichler

Art direction: Mesa Saptawon
Editor: Evy Katz, Left
Visual effects: Fin Design + Effects
Colourist: Ben Eagleton

Post producer: Nikolas Aulich
Sound: Sebastian Fritze, Purplegang

Previous film XIStandard Chartered

JH Beetge Director

Next film XIIIMobil

A woman at a sewing machine rises, giant, above a forested limestone ridge at dawn.

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Standard Chartered, Economic Inclusion

TBWA\Singapore · 1:00

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: TBWA\Singapore
Executive creative director: Andy Grant
Global creative director: Asheen Naidu

Chief strategy officer: Robin Nayak
Associate creative director: Kooichi Chee
Art directors: Zachary Desker, Weiyang Chua, Danielle Tong
Copywriter: Yashanti Yap

Agency executive producer: Sariyanti Sannie
Agency producers: Clio Goh, Joelle Goh
Production company: Sweetshop
Executive producer: Laura Geagea

Producer: Jess Bell
Director of photography: Sebastian Pfaffenbichler
Editor: Evy Katz, Left
Visual effects: Fin Design + Effects

Colourist: Ben Eagleton
Sound: Sebastian Fritze, Purplegang
Agency production: SixToes.TV

Previous film XIIStandard Chartered

JH Beetge Director

Next film XIVAcenda Life

A convoy of cars, trucks and motorbikes crosses a salt flat in a cloud of dust.

0:00 / 0:45

Mobil, The March

DDB New Zealand · 0:45

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: DDB New Zealand
Executive creative director: Stu Turner
Senior copywriter: Brett Edwards

Senior art director: Locki Choi
Agency producer: Nikita Kearsley
Production company: Goodoil Films
Executive producer: Sam Long

Producer: Andrew McLean
Director of photography: Stefan Duscio
Art direction: Tom Churchill Brown
Editor: David Whittaker, Arc Edit

Previous film XIIIMobil

JH Beetge Director

Next film XVThe Abyss Boys

A grey-haired woman laughs, pulling the viewer by the hand along a sunlit jetty above blue water.

0:00 / 0:15

Acenda Life, Legacy

Bastion · 0:15

Credits

Director: JH Beetge
Agency: Bastion
Client: Acenda Life
Released: June 2026

Previous film XIVAcenda Life

JH Beetge Director

Next film XVITriomfeer

A young man stands in silhouette against the setting sun on a rocky shore.

0:00 / 1:27

The Abyss Boys, a short film

South Africa, 2009, 26 minutes · 1:27

Credits

Written and directed by: Jan-Hendrik Beetge
Producers: Tendeka Matatu, Rachel Young
Executive producers: Steven Markovitz, Kisha Imani Cameron
Co-producer: Jan-Hendrik Beetge

Director of photography: Greg Heimann
Editor: Eben Smal
Production designer: Latisha Duarte
Original music: Hans Raubenheimer

Cast: Travis Snyders, Moegammad Ja’Qoob Isaacs, Brendon Daniels
: Lionel Newton, Edgar Whitely, Anton Treurnich
Casting: Mito Skelern
Presented by: Ten10 Films with the National Film and Video Foundation, Goethe-Institut and Focus Features

Recognition

Africa Movie Academy Awards 2010: Best Short Film
Africa in Motion, Edinburgh 2010: Best Short Film
Durban International Film Festival 2010: Special Mention

Festivals

2010 Berlinale Talent Campus · Latitude, Berlin · New York African Film Festival · Durban International Film Festival · Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa · Innsbruck International Film Festival · Jenseits von Europa, Cologne · Africa in Motion, Edinburgh · Carthage Film Festival · Verona African Film Festival · Amakula Kampala · Cinema Africa!, Stockholm

2011 Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles · FESPACO, Ouagadougou

2012 Lausanne

Previous film XVThe Abyss Boys

JH Beetge Director

Next film IAir Force

A man with a pickaxe over his shoulder, lit by warm late light.

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Triomfeer, a short film

South Africa, 2001, Afrikaans · 1:11

Credits

Written and directed by: Jan-Hendrik Beetge
Director of photography: Zeno Petersen
Cast: Anton Treurnich, Glen Gabela, Marius Weyers
School: South African School of Motion Picture

Recognition

Ibda’a International Film Festival, Dubai: Best Film
Apollo Film Festival: Best Film
Transparency International Film Festival, Korea: Best Film
Fifth International Film School Festival, Uruguay: Best Script

South African School of Motion Picture: Best Director
South African School of Motion Picture: Best Screenplay
South African School of Motion Picture: Best Film
South African School of Motion Picture: M-Net Student of the Year

Festivals

Selected Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles 2003 · Tribeca International Film Festival · Perth International Film Festival · Cape Town World Cinema Festival · Aardklop Film Festival · One City Many Cultures Film Festival · Zanzibar International Film Festival · Vienna Film Academy International Film Festival · International Cinema Nouveau Film Festival · Kinofilm, Manchester · International Film Festival Rotterdam · Jozi International Film Festival for Sustainable Development · Sithengi Film Festival, Cape Town 2002 · Durban International Film Festival · Cannes Film Festival · Helsinki International Film Festival · Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2007

‹ Films

JH Beetge Director

JH Beetge, in black and white, looking into the camera.

Born in South Africa. Forged in Australia. Twenty-five years behind a camera, telling stories and crafting emotion.

My life is my work and my work is my life. I can’t pull the two apart, so I shoot what I’ve lived: the hope, the dirt, the love, the fight.

I’m drawn to the places where things get difficult, where beauty isn’t obvious and meaning doesn’t come easy. That’s usually where the human truth is. I’d rather find one true moment than fake a hundred beautiful ones.

Create with conviction. Never waste a frame.

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Also credited as JH Walker and Joshua H Walker

Recognition

AWARD · Spikes Asia · Ciclope · LIA · New York Festivals · Africa Movie Academy Awards · Africa in Motion · Pendoring · 32 festival selections

Commercials

Royal Australian Air Force, What is Up? 2016

Silver, Direction AWARD 2017
Gold, Cinematography AWARD 2017
Gold, Editing AWARD 2017
Gold, Sound Design AWARD 2017
Bronze, Cinematography Spikes Asia 2016
Shortlist, Editing Spikes Asia 2016
Finalist, Cinematography LIA 2017
Silver, Cinematography New York Festivals

Schweppes, Schweppervescence 2019

Winner, Visual Effects Ciclope Asia 2019
Silver, Visual Effects BADC 2019
Finalist, Visual Effects AEAF 2019
Finalist, Visual Effects AWARD 2020

Isuzu, Oom Org 2003

Best Afrikaans Advertisement Pendoring 2003

Short films

The Abyss Boys 2009

Best Short Film Africa Movie Academy Awards 2010
Best Short Film Africa in Motion, Edinburgh 2010
Special Mention Durban International Film Festival 2010

Selected Berlinale Talent Campus 2010 · Latitude at the 60th Berlinale 2010 · New York African Film Festival 2010 · Durban International Film Festival 2010 · Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa 2010 · Innsbruck International Film Festival 2010 · Jenseits von Europa, Cologne 2010 · Africa in Motion, Edinburgh 2010 · Carthage Film Festival 2010 · Verona African Film Festival 2010 · Amakula Kampala 2010 · Cinema Africa!, Stockholm 2010 · Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles 2011 · FESPACO, Ouagadougou 2011 · Lausanne 2012. Made through the Focus Features Africa First short film programme.

Triomfeer 2001

Best Film Ibda’a International Film Festival, Dubai
Best Film Apollo Film Festival
Best Film Transparency International Film Festival, Korea
Best Script Fifth International Film School Festival, Uruguay
Best Director South African School of Motion Picture
Best Screenplay South African School of Motion Picture
Best Film South African School of Motion Picture
M-Net Student of the Year South African School of Motion Picture

Selected Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles 2003 · Tribeca International Film Festival · Perth International Film Festival · Cape Town World Cinema Festival · Aardklop · One City Many Cultures · Zanzibar International Film Festival · Vienna Film Academy International Film Festival · International Cinema Nouveau Film Festival · Kinofilm, Manchester · International Film Festival Rotterdam · Jozi International Film Festival · Sithengi, Cape Town 2002 · Durban International Film Festival · Cannes Film Festival · Helsinki International Film Festival · Clermont-Ferrand 2007.

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Royal Australian Air Force, What is Up? 2016

Schweppes, Schweppervescence 2019

Isuzu, Oom Org 2003

Short films

The Abyss Boys 2009

Triomfeer 2001