Matthys Pretorius

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About me

Matthys Pretorius is a Cape Town/United Kingdom based film/video editor and colourist with over 17 years experience in the field of post-production. He graduated from City Varsity in 2002. Having studied Film & Television Production Techniques. He lectured for 5 years in Film Editing and Post Production Techniques combined with Script Supervision and Visual Effects Systems. He now specializes in editing for television and film, colour grading and post production supervision. He has deep knowlege in the field of 4K post production and is an expert in this field. Matthys just completed color grading 80 x 44min 4k Wild Life shows (Wild Life Odyssey) for Smithsonian and Blue Ant Media.

Over the years, he has worked as a freelance editor for various production companies and studios around the world, including Homebrew Films, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures. Tristar Pictures, Think Big Productions, Gateway films, Waterfront Studios, Condor, Black Ginger, BBC, talkbackTHAMES, ClearCut Pictures, OmniSport and many more. Matthys is currently working in Cape Town as a post supervisor, freelance editor and colourist on various productions, and opened AfterDark Post, a post production boutique house in October 2016.

No stranger to the pressures of the industry, Matthys has worked with some of the top editors in the world including work alongside Hervé Schneid, Oscar winning editor for Amelie, and on feature films such as District 9 (nominated for 4 Oscars), The Sinking of Laconia, 10000BC, and many more.

His recent broadcast work includes colour grading and online editing for the SAFTA-winning travel cooking show Bitten: Sarah Graham Cooks Cape Town, marine wildlife and heritage series Shoreline 1 & 2, The South African Story with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, He is experienced in setting up the workflow of complex productions and is well known in the industry as a person to call and rely on when no one else can find a solution to a problem arising in Post Production.
Referees:
Hervé Schneid A.C.E +33 removed 7
Editor
Goodbye Bafana/Amélie
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Matt Jeschelnik +44 (0) removed
CEO/Managing Director
Boulder Creek International
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Jemima Spring +27 (0) removed
Producer / Director
Griffin Films
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Sherene Kingma +27 (0) removed
Head of Business South Africa
Off The Fence
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Liezel Vermeulen +27 (0) removed
Production Executive
Off The Fence South Africa
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Sean Rogers +27 (0) removed
CEO/Managing Director
Clockwork Zoo
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Clifford Webb +44 (0) removed
CEO
1080Media
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Jaco Loubscher +27 (0) removed
CEO/Managing Director
Homebrew Films
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Additional information:
Specialties:
Da Vinci Resolve
Baselight
Autodesk Flame/Smoke 2018
Spirit Datacine
Da Vinci 2K plus
Quantel EQ/IQ
Avid Unity Media Network/Lan
Avid Media Composer Adrenaline HD and DS Nitris
Avid Film Composer, Avid Xpress DV and Pro
Media 100V8, SW and HD
Adobe Premiere Pro
Final Cut Pro HD + Color
Adobe Photoshop CS
VFX: Boris Continuum Complete (BCC)
VFX: Adobe After Effects

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Skills

Secondary Job Title	Editor
Job Titles	Video Editor, Post-Production Management / Support, Compositor, Colorist, Script Editor, Production Support, Retoucher, Creative Director, Teacher, Technical Director / Vision Mixer, Post Production Producer, Post Production Assistant, Post Production Coordinator
Years in industry	6+ years