Leon Coetzer

• Leon worked as a Creative Director on a wildlife reality show shot in 3D and webcast in 2D for Wildearth.

• Leon worked as a Consultant and Creative Director on Bongo Star Search in Tanzania, rewriting the format, training the crew, and being the Creative Director for ITV.

• Leon created the format, consulted, wrote the script, and was the Creative Director, Mentor, and Series Director for The Dume Challenge in Tanzania for ITV.

• Leon worked as a Consultant and Creative Director on Bongo Star Search in Tanzania, rewriting the format, training the crew, and being the Creative Director for ITV.

• Leon worked as a Consultant and Creative Director on Wild Touch for SABC2 in South Africa.

• Leon was the Creative Director for earth-touch in Durban, South Africa.

• Leon worked as a Director and Camera operator on a TNT insert for King Canary in the Netherlands.

• Leon helped redesign 50/50 for Clive Morris Productions on SABC.

• Leon directed and co-wrote a commercial for Unilever.

• Leon directed a multicam shoot for Shoprite Checkers' 2010 year-end awards ceremony.

• Leon co-wrote and directed 'KEN', a Kenyan Romantic Comedy in Nairobi, Kenya.

• Leon worked as an ENG Director on 'So You Wanna Be A Pop star' for SBS6 in the Netherlands.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for All You Need is Love South Africa, creating the title sequence, look & feel, logo & branding, and co-composing the music.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Big Brother Africa, creating the title sequence, logo & branding, and co-creating the music & score.

• Leon worked as the Creative and Series Director for Fear Factor South Africa, creating the title sequence, co-composing the music & score, and establishing the look & feel, logo & branding.

• Leon worked as the Series Director for Fear Factor South Africa on E, establishing the look & feel, logo & branding, and directing & editing the series.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Let's Fix It, creating the title sequence, co-composing the music & score, establishing the series template, look & feel, logo & branding, and training new staff.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Live Time, creating the title sequence, co-composing the music & score, establishing the look & feel, logo & branding.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Namibia 2003, creating and designing 9 formats for Namibia, directing all ENG shows, and creating the title sequences, logos, and branding.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Mojo, co-creating the format, creating the title sequence, title music & score, look & feel, logo & branding, and creating the template for the daily show.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for PlayTV, creating the title sequence, co-composing the title music & score, look & feel, logo & branding, and template.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Project Fame, creating the title sequence, co-composing the title music & score, look & feel, logo & branding, and directing profiles and inserts.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Ready Steady Cook, creating the title sequence, look & feel, logo & branding.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Survivor South Africa, consulting on the series.

• Leon worked as the Project Manager and Location Scout for Survivor Russia, securing the contract for Endemol South Africa.

• Leon directed and edited the new Title Sequence for Isidingo.

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Snitch, creating the title sequence, co-composing the title music, establishing the look & feel, logo & branding, and developing the characters.

• Leon directed the anti-drug documentary 'Chase the Dragon' for SANCA & the SAPS.

• Leon co-wrote and researched 'The People Who Fell off the Back of a Truck' for the South African Film Fund.

Leon Lectured Year 3 Post and Cinematography

Leon graduated in 2024 with a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Medium

Leon edited the offline for ep 1 & 2 for 'The Bush is Our Supermarket' and wrote the script

Leon created 'CitizenJo' a format for Omroep Zwart and new broadcaster that integrated interactive participation for a Traditional Media base. The format is in review and pending an agreement from the broadcaster

Leon had been crafting Bongo Star Search over a few seasons. Auditioning across Tanzania, selecting contestants with the judges. Creating the look and feel for the stage, directing and scripting the series.

Leon created 'emogineers' a format development media house for which he developed various formats like U*STar a format integrating social media with traditional media. The concepts were presented to Tulpa and Endemol Netherlands.

SAFTA award-winning series/creative director, Coke Studio eTV 2016.
Leon Coetzer Africanised Coke Studio for a local audience, cast RAW talent, directed and scripted the two seasons of the award-winning Coke Studio South
Africa.

Coke Studio season 1 & 2 the format development and pre-prod began in 2014 and the team concluded the 2nd season in 2016.

Leon was the drive behind the format, the musical collaborations and directing the series plus writing the presenter scripts and VO script plus the set look and feel and the shows graphics. The vision from pre-prod to post production was in Leon's hands. The show won a SAFTA for best music show in South Africa.

• Leon is currently Creative Director/Consultant/Script Writer on Epiq Bongo Star Search in Tanzania.

• Leon worked as a Consultant, Director, and Trainer on Tanzania's biggest reality show, Dume Challenge Season 2.

• Leon worked as a Consultant, Director, and Cameraman for Chetskys in Suriname
• He also co-created and directed Carifesta Café for the Carifesta festival in Suriname, which was broadcast on state television.

• Leon created and developed the format for The Dume Challenge, Tanzania's 1st Reality show
• He also consulted, wrote the script, trained and mentored the crew, and directed the show.
• Directed Season 1 and 2

• Leon worked as Consultant, Creative Director and Series Director on Bongo Star Search 2nd Chance.

• Leon assisted with the running of The Zululand Backpackers, the George Hotel, and co-created Pablo Esco Bar and would cook up potjes for guests in Eshowe, South Africa.

• Leon was the Creative Director for earth-touch and consulted and coached field camera people

• Leon was Head of Production for MTV Networks Africa and Creative Director for Earth-Touch.
• Leon was the Head of Production for MTV Africa and created new formats and shows for the channel.
• Trained new presenters and filmed their links

• Leon worked as the Creative Director for Tusker Project Fame, creating the title sequence, co-composing the title music & score, and training all new staff. Nairobi Kenya

• Leon worked as the Series Creative Director for Big Brother South Africa, creating the title sequence, co-composing the music & score, and directing all profiles & inserts.

• Leon worked as Creative Producer / Director on television smash hits including Big Brother South Africa, Big Brother Africa, FearFactor, All You Need is Love, Ready Steady Cook, Mojo, Snitch, Project Fame, Lets Fix It, PlayTV, Survivor,

• Leon directed and researched the documentary 'Patatje Oorlog, Cape Town' for Terre des homes, The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and TROS.

• Leon reported for RTL-live. as a Freelancer

Leon created as an Insert Director for John de Mol Produkties working predominately for all the commercial broadcasters. Later John de Mol became Endemol. Leon left for Endemol South Africa in 2000

• Leon directed and researched the documentary 'Troubled Water, Bangladesh' for Terre des homes, The Dutch Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, and TROS.

I filmed the various artists who had come to Box studios to jam for 7 days, among them were the Propeller Heads, Deep Forest, Iggy Pop & Johnny Depp, Papa Wemba, Water Boys, Joe Strummer The Clash and a host of others. I filmed their collaborations and creative passion

We traveled from Egypt to South Africa, I filmed stories en-route and edited them. I would also venture out and research stories that would compliment our content

Dutch acclaimed documentary maker Saskia Vredeveld filmed across the Western Cape after the 1994 elections, she would drop off the footage with me. I would sift through the footage finding the narrative, the hooks and then cut an offline. The offline were then sent to Amsterdam after Saskia approved them for the online and broadcast.

Leon's internship as an editor started at the Dutch News, however they allowed him to take on freelance directing jobs. He eventually returned after his internship as a Freelance editor until he started directing bigger projects and cutting offline

Leon directed inserts for Forza the Dutch Youth programme and salvaged many inserts as a troubleshooting offline editor

Ossewa Rock was Leon's first documentary for a National broadcaster in the Netherlands. The crew followed Johannes Kerkorrel and the Gereformeerde Blues band throughout South Africa as they delivered their anti-nationalism/racism during the violent days of apartheid.