Lance Gewer is an internationally recognized award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer who worked in film for over 30 years. He photographed TSOTSI (Directed by Gavin Hood – Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Peoples and Critics Award Toronto Film Festival, 2006), BEAT THE DRUM (27 International Awards), MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS (with Freddy Highmore and Vingh Rheimes), OTELO BURNING (over 70 film festivals internationally), FLIGHT OF THE STORKS (Directed by Jan Kounen with Ruttgaer Hauer), SPUD and SPUD 2 (with Troy Sivan and John Cleese), ELELWANI, JOZI, KITE with Samuel. L. Jackson, HAPPINESS IS A FOUR LETTER WORD, and MANDELA’S GUN (directed by John Irvin). He has filmed international feature documentaries, including, DANCING WITH THE DEVIL and OCHBERG’S ORPHANS, docu-dramas including I SHOULDN’T BE ALIVE, KIDNAPPED ABROAD, and TV dramas.

He has also directed and produced several short fiction and non-fiction films and has lectured extensively over the last 20 years.

The feature articles in American Cinematographer (March 2006) and Kodak’s “In Camera” (April 2006) were dedicated to his work.

He has a very classical eye, as well as a certain restraint that really allows the performances in the pieces he photographs to shine, and that’s very much what I needed for Tsotsi. I wanted to achieve a beautiful film that you only think about as beautiful after you’ve come out of the story. Gavin Hood – American Cinematographer – March 2006

Widescreen lensing by Lance Gewer is ace, offering a dense panorama for the drama. Several flashy crane shots capture the teeming township streets, while dramatic quasi-noir lighting that renders the seamy atmosphere of Tsotsi’s hovel contrasts with jewel-like tones of Miriam’s house. Variety Magazine – 2006.