Katlego Baaitse Archives

Spitfire’s Katlego Baaitse, capturing the funny of South Africa

Chances are, the name Katlego Baaitse has been ringing in your ears more frequently, and there’s good reason for it. Currently, everything he touches is catching the attention of the top judging talent, who all seem to be playing a game of ‘Katlego Bingo’ because they all agree; that he is a formidable performance and comedy director. With an insatiable appetite for big-scale world-building Katlego is consistently surprising us with work that is as excellent as it is eccentric.

admin2023-10-27T07:25:52+02:00October 26th, 2023|Categories: Editorial, Spitfire Editorial|Tags: Katlego Baaitse, Spitfire Films|

IDIDTHAT Craft Awards September 2023

What a month! Really great work was entered, and there was a lot of it, making it really tough for our judges, but they pulled through. September’s (we know, we know, we’re a bit late this month but we blame the glitz, the hangovers and the velvety seats of this year’s Loeries) IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards were judged by the insightful and wise Kirk Gainsford, Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe SA and Katlego Baaitse, Director at Spitfire Films. Congratulations to Dean Blumberg from Massïf, Zee Ntuli from Darling Films and Peter Pohorsky from Plank on taking home Best of Craft. Well done for doing well!

Anne in the Studio2023-10-13T14:59:36+02:00October 13th, 2023|Categories: IDIDTHAT Craft Awards|Tags: 7 Films, Bruno Bossi, Carbon Films, Darling Films, Dean Blumberg, Grant de Sousa, Greg Gray, Hayden Brown, Katlego Baaitse, Kirk Gainsford, Massif, MullenLowe, Peter Pohorsky, Plank Films, ROMANCE, Spitfire, They, Zee Ntuli|

IDIDTHAT Craft Awards August 2023

This month’s IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards were judged by the distinguished Brendan Hoffmann, ECD at Joe Public Cape Town and the esteemed Ian Gabriel, Director at Giant Films Thank you sirs! Congratulations to Production Designer (or if you prefer, Art Director) Louise Knepscheld on her work for Kruger and Slim from Darling Films for his MTN spots. Well done you crafty beauties!

Anne in the Studio2023-09-06T14:25:02+02:00September 6th, 2023|Categories: Darling Films Editorial, IDIDTHAT Craft Awards|Tags: 7 Films, Activ8 Brand Ingenuity, AK, Bioscope Films, Brendan Hoffmann, Darling Films, Howard Audio, Ian Gabriel, Joe Public United, Katlego Baaitse, Kyla Philander, Louise Knepscheld, Slim, Spitfire Films, Strangelove, The Star Film Company|

IDIDTHAT Craft Awards October

This month’s IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards were judged by the superbly talented all-seeing all-knowing oracles that are Jacquie Mullany, Creative Director at HelloFCB+ and Grant De Sousa, Director at They. Congratulations to Slim from Darling Films for his skillfully crafty work on Chicken Licken *clapping wildly.

Anne in the Studio2022-11-10T12:01:21+02:00November 10th, 2022|Categories: IDIDTHAT Craft Awards|Tags: 7 Films, Arcade Content, Bioscope Films, Darling Films, Deliverance Post, Grant de Sousa, HelloFCB, Jacquie Mullany, Katlego Baaitse, Kobus Loots, Made Films, Marc Algranti, Ola! Films, Pretty Neat, Robot, ROMANCE, Slim, Spitfire Films, They|

Adman turned Director, Katlego Baaitse, joins Spitfire Films

New Spitfire director, Katlego Baaitse, first caught our attention with the recent Chicken Licken ‘Kentucky’ ad that he directed. Yup, you’ve probably already seen it. Hell, it was even awarded IDIDTHAT’s ‘Best of Craft’. We did a little digging to find out what this new full-time director has to offer and how his unique style may just be perfect for one of your scripts.

admin2020-10-14T13:15:48+02:00October 14th, 2020|Categories: Editorial, Spitfire Editorial|Tags: Katlego Baaitse, Spitfire|