BIOGRAPHY 

 

At Tshwane University in Pretoria South Africa, Johnny Breedt completed a four-year course in Theatre & Stage Design with distinction (N Dip Tech), specialising in Make-up, Props and Set Design. Thereafter he held various positions within the Art Department on both Local (South African) and International Films, including “Anna and the King” (20th Century Fox) and “The Ghost and the Darkness” (Paramount Pictures), “I Dreamed of Africa” (Sony Columbia), “The Grey Zone” (Killer Films) and “Chronicle” (20th Century Fox). His debut as Production Designer, was a local South African film “A Woman of Color”, followed by the Art Film “Paljas”, for which he received an “MNET All-Africa Award” nomination for “Best Art Direction”. “Paljas”, Directed by Katinka Heyns, was also the first South African film entered into the “Best Foreign Film” category for an Academy Award. 

He also designed Terry George’s “Hotel Rwanda”(United Artists), Phillip Noyce’s “Catch a Fire” (Universal Pictures), “Duma” (Warner Bros) by Carroll Ballard, and “Primeval” (Beuna Vista). For “Catch a Fire”, he was nominated for a South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA). He also designed Wes Craven’s remake of “The Last House On The Left” (Rogue Films/Universal Pictures), “The Breed” (Firebird Films), “Death Race2” (Universal Pictures), and “Red Water” (Sony Columbia) . For HBO,BBC, and HWC, Breedt collaborated with Anthony Minghella on “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” series. 

He designed the Bio-Pic “Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom”, Produced by Anant Singh (VideoVision) and Directed by Justin Chadwick, starring Edris Elba. For this he was awarded the SAFTA for “Best Production Design” of a Feature Film. 

He designed Gavin Hood’s “critically acclaimed” film “Eye in the Sky” for E One, followed by the TV series “Of Kings and Prophets” for Disney/ABC. 

In Puerto Rico, he worked on the Keanu Reeves Sci-Fi film "Replicas" for Lotus Films, Produced by Jimmy Dodson and Directed by Jeffery Nachmanoff.

In Los Angeles and NYC, he designed for ABC/Disney, the Shonda Rhimes TV series “For The People” (Season1)

More recently - he designed the Netflix Feature “Sergio”, directed by Greg Barker and filmed in Jordan, Rio De Janeiro and Thailand, the The TV series “The Professionals”, DJ Caruso’s new feature film “Redeeming Love” and Greg Barker’s “Ghosts of Beirut” for Showtime.

Johnny’s career has been mostly on International productions where he has worked in many Foreign Countries, including Bulgaria, Romania, Ierland, England, Thailand, Malaysia, Jordan, Botswana, Zambia, Morocco, Puerto Rico and the USA.

Johnny currently resides between Los Angeles and South Africa. He is a Permanent Resident of the US and is a registered member of the Art Directors Guild of America.

Curriculum Vitae

2022 Showtime - Ghosts of Beirut - 4 part TV Series - Directed by Greg Barker Production Designer

2020 Pureflix/Advantage Entertainment - Redeeming Love - Feature - Directed by DJ Caruso Production Designer

2019 Advantage Entertainment - The Professionals - TV Series - Directed by Bharat Nalluri Production Designer

2018 Netflix Sergio - Feature Film - Directed by Greg Barker Production Designer

2017   Shondaland/ABC/Disney   For The People - TV Series (Season 1)    Production Designer

2017   Shondaland/ABC/Disney   Untitled Paul W Davies Project – Pilot    Production Designer

2016    Lotus Films    Replicas - Feature - Produced by Jimmy Dodson, Directed by Jeffery Nachmanoff    Production Designer

2015/16    ABC/Disney    Of Kings & Prophets - TV Series - Produced By Sara Fischer, Jason Reed, Adam Cooper    Production Designer

2014   E One/ Raindog Films    Eye In The Sky - Feature - Directed by Gavin Hood - Feature Film    Production Designer

2013    VideoVision    The Art Direction of Mandela -The Long Walk To Freedom (Book Publication)     Author and Creator

2012    VideoVision    Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom - Feature - Director Justin Chadwick     Production Designer

2011    20th Century Fox    Chronicle - Feature Film    Supervising Art Director

2010    Universal Pictures    Death Race 2 -“Frankenstein Lives”- Feature Film - Directed by Roel Reine    Production Designer

2009    Action Concepts Germany/Film Afrika    Through Africa in a Bridal Dress - TV Feature    Production Designer

2009    Metal Tiger Productions    Audi A5 - Commercial    Art Director

2009    Metal Tiger Productions    Ibuprom - Commercial    Art Director

2008    Mirage / HWC / BBC / HBO     No.1 Ladies Detective Agency - TV Series - Directed by Charles Sturridge and Tim Fywell    Production Designer

2008    Rogue Films/Universal Pictures    Last House On The Left - Feature - Produced by Wes Craven    Production Designer

2007    Mirage Enterprises / HWC   No.1 Ladies Detective Agency - TV Series Directed by Anthony Minghella     Production Designer          

2007    Metal Tiger Productions    12 x “Leroy Merlin” - Commercials     Art Director

2006    Beuna Vista-Disney    Primeval - Feature Film    Production Designer

2006    Little Bird Films    Anner House  - TV Feature for RTE (Ireland)    Production Designer

2005    Universal Pictures/Focus Features/ Working Title    Catch A Fire - Feature - Directed by Phillip Noyce    Production Designer

2005    Firebird Films/Wes Craven    The Breed - Feature - Produced by Hal Sadorf and Wes Craven   Production Designer

2004    Moonlighting Films    The Last Face - Feature - Director Erin Dignam  Production Designer (project halted after 7 weeks)

2003/04    United Artists    Hotel Rwanda - Feature - Directed by Terry George    Production Designer

2003    Warner Bros.    Duma - Feature - Directed by Carroll Ballard    Production designer                                                                                                   

2003    Sony Columbia/TBS/Moonlighting  Red Water - Feature - Directed by Charlie Carner    Production Designer                                                   

2003    DO Productions/RTL     Sumuru - Feature - Directed by Daryll Roodt   Production Designer

2002    Dicovery/NBC/Film Afrika    Scout Safari - TV Series Production Designer

Awards and Nominations:

1997 - All Africa Film Awards-Nominated for Art Direction - Paljas, directed by Katinka Heyns

2000 - Aluminus of the year-Tshwane University

2007 - SAFTA Awards - Nominated for Art Direction - Catch a Fire, directed by Phillip Noyce

2014 - SAFTA Award - Winner, Best Production Design - Mandela : Long Walk To Freedom, directed by Justin Chadwick

 Links:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106709/