Credit: Rijasolo
Credit: Jo Munnik
Credit: Jo Munnik
Credit: Jo Munnik
Credit: Jo Munnik
Credit: Jo Munnik
About
Shaun Swingler is a South African multi-award winning director of photography based between South Africa and the United Kingdom, specialising in documentary and commercial work.
Shaun has received numerous awards and accolades, most notably a South African Film and Television Award and a CNN Africa Journalist Award. Shaun's work has appeared in many international festivals and exhibitions as well as on platforms such as HBO, Disney, National Geographic, SHOWTIME, VICE, CNN, BBC, DR, and Al Jazeera, as well as working on commercial campaigns for brands such as adidas, Uniqlo, HSBC, WWF, Oxfam, QuickBooks and De Beers.
In Shaun’s thirteen-year career, stories have included the ongoing drug war in the Philippines, earthquake rescue in Turkey and north-west Syria, shark fishing in Congo-Brazzaville, political assassinations, vigilantism, and the illegal firearm trade in South Africa, Al-Shabaab deradicalisation in Mogadishu, the abalone trade on South Africa's Western Cape coast, wildlife trafficking in the DRC, the heroin trade in Kenya, transactional sex in Lake Malawi’s fishing communities, rebuilding efforts in Gaza, health stories in conflict-hit Central Mozambique, and a coup in Zimbabwe among many others.
Shaun is also the co-author of a best-selling South African true crime book, and his feature writing and photography has been published in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Harper's Magazine, and VICE.
Throughout Shaun's career, he has endeavoured to provide a nuanced, empathetic, and sensitive eye to complex and challenging stories, with the aim to create beautiful and engaging work in high pressure situations that further contributes to our understanding of the world around us.
BAFTA Connect member
HEFAT Accredited
Contact
shaunswingler (at) gmail (dot) com
+44 79 847 61909