Alex Daniels

Director
Cinematographer
Camera Assistant
35mm Photographer

Award-winning AFDA honours cinematographer and camera-department all-rounder, from loader to focus puller to DOP. I chase sharp focus, honest light and stories that hand the frame to unheard voices.

View work

Narrative Film & Television

Short films I've written, directed or shot. Click any frame to play.

Watch on Vimeo ↗

Detour

Romantic comedy / Cinematographer

Awards

Best Cinematographer, AFDA Motion Picture
Critics Award, AFDA Honours Motion Picture
Best Honours Production, AFDA

Television & other credits

Kelders van Geheime Series · eTV
SkemergrondSeries · kykNET
Die Toring S1 & S2Series · Showmax
AdamFeature
Night ShiftComedy shortWriter
From Dust We SpinDocumentaryDaily Loader
Liefde Is RooiShortDirector of Photography
Hush Baby2026First AC
MelkbroodShort1st AD
So Much Is Happening Short · AFDA
As Ek Kon KiesShort
'n Poppie op die HeuwelShort
YuenglingCommercial
Air UpCommercial

35mm Film Photography

Analogue work, 2025 to present.

I work with 35mm film to tell stories that exist between moments. Each frame is shaped by patience, light and instinct. Film lets time slow down, so grain, memory and imperfection become part of the story.

Shot on

Canon AE-1 Program / Canon EOS 5 / Yashica FX-3 / Pentax KX

Portrait Landscape Street @smigs_shots_ ↗

Portrait

Intimate yet detached. Portraits shot with a documentary eye, observing rather than directing, so the grain carries what was felt as much as what was seen.

17 frames

35mm portrait photograph by Alex Daniels

Landscape

Untouched nature, observed rather than altered. Still moments that ask you to pause, where texture and tone reveal a quiet beauty often missed in passing.

11 frames