THIS IS THE CURRICULUM VITAE OF KURT DU PREEZ:
Sun City Aug 1988 – Aug 1990
Lighting programmer & operator for 3 Extravaganzas ; Steaming , Show Stopper & Celebration .
Lighting technician Super Bowl ; Laura Branigan , Irene Cara , many other functions over the two years like ; Wheel of Fortune and corporate functions .
As well as Chippendale Tour for 2 years , Starlight Express On ice .
Lighting programmer and operator for Galaxy Shows over 2 years ;
Pussy Cats , Heavenly Bodies .
1991-1992:
Work as a Sales Rep for the Lighting Industry – for MLec Sales
Freelance lighting technician
1993
Mmabatho Convention Centre – Lighting ,
Sound & Audio Visual Technician
Seraph Entertainment ,
Seraph Lighting - Pyramid of Light ,
Al Jarreau tour , Lucky Dube , Ray Phiri tour .
Moscow State Circus Tour .
Marang Awards ( Bop TV )
1994
Freelance Lighting Technician : Artes 94 (Air Time ) Miss SA 94 (Southern Lighting )
Aids Concert Sun City . Miss World 94 ( Southern Lighting )
Avstage – Audio Visual Technician
Urtna Awards Kenya ( Southern Lighting )
1994 – 1999
Some of the highlights : Coca Cola world cup 95 festival . ( Full Technical support )
Kora Music Awards 98 & 99 , FNB Music Awards , SAMA Music Awards
Lighting Spark on Tropical Heat for 3 months . Jo-burg Pops .
Goodyear roadshows , Nissan Car Launches , Siemens Launch , Arts Alive .
Miss SA Teen 1999 , A O Utwile 36 episodes , African Drum Beat 36 episodes
African Renaissance , Artes 97 . Lebone Awards 1999 . Easter Rand Show
Concerts. Miss SA 97 ( Free lance technician for Production Projects )
SARFU Dinner . ( Full Technical support ) New Model Today 1996
Many TV Specials on South African Artists . Win n Spin . Avantes Awards 1997 .
Tony Sanderson Show . Amway Technical Support .
New year TV Specials pre-records . FAK Music Festival 1996 .
Sandton Square Millennium Special on the Square .
Culture To Couture – SABC Henley Studios
Aids Concert – SABC Henley Studios
Face of Africa 2000 – Cape Town Good Hope Centre
Kora Music Awards 1999 – Sun City
As I was building a name for myself , I was mainly freelancing for lighting companies ,
that I had worked with at Sun City . At a later stage I was using lighting suppliers to
meet my lighting needs as I started to supply lighting equipment as well . I Then started
to build up my own lighting stock .
Other experience was as a freelanced on movie sets as a lighting spark . This gave me
an insight to the camera and what light was required for a good picture . It was also
difficult to find a happy medium between Theatre / Rock n Roll and TV . Over time I
feel I have found a formula that gives a good product for TV as well as the Live
Audience . It is from this experience I gained , that I chose to specialize in live TV
productions
2000
- African Drum Beat – 36 episodes all over South Africa
- Praise Africa Video – Rhema’s best selling Video to date . Supply
and designer of lighting
- Agfa Film Awards – Photographic wildlife film awards
- Face of Africa 2000 in Cape Town Good Hope Centre .Supply and
designer of lighting
- Op Die Koppie – ( Supply of extra equipment to FX Unlimited )
- Miss SA Teen 2000 at Carnival City . Supplier and Director of
lighting .
- Audio Visual Installation Dubai .
- 3 x Amway Weekend Seminars . ( Supply and designer of lighting &
Rigging )
- Amway Malaysia – weekend Seminar
- Community Builder - Gallagher Ballroom (Lighting Director &
supplier of lighting)
- Summer Handicap 2000 – Full technical support
- Lebone Awards 2000 - (Lighting Director & supplier of lighting &
Rigging )
- Installation of Lighting System Esselinpark.
- SARFU Dinner . ( Supply and designer of lighting & Rigging )
- Gillette Year Conference - Full technical support
- Highway Africa 2000 – Grahamstown ( Supply and designer of
lighting )
- Many TV Specials on South African Artists
- New year TV Specials pre-records
2001
- Face of Africa 2001 –Sun City(Lighting Designer and supplier of
lighting & Rigging )
- Grants Whisky Roadshow – Many Venues around South Africa
- Miss SA Teen 2001 –Carnival City(Lighting Director and supplier of
lighting & Rigging)
- Agfa Film Awards – Wildlife film awards ( Full Technical support )
- Duka Duka Awards 2001 – Civic Theatre (Lighting Director &
supplier of lighting )
- Herbalife – Main Conference ( Supply and designer of lighting &
Rigging )
- Community Builder – Gallagher Ballroom(Lighting Director &
supplier of lighting)
- Ray Macaly’s wedding – Rhema ( Supply and designer of lighting )
- 3 x Amway Weekend Seminars . ( Supply and designer of lighting &
Rigging )
- Transman – Launch of new staff uniforms ( Full Technical support )
- SARFU Dinner . ( Supply and designer of lighting & Rigging )
- RTT – 25 year party ( Full Technical support & Rigging )
- Soweto Awards SCC - ( Supply and designer of lighting & Rigging )
- Op Die Koppie – ( Supplied extra equipment for FX Unlimited )
- Highway Africa 2001 – Grahamstown ( Supply and designer of
lighting )
- Swissguarde – End Year sales conference . ( Full Technical support
& Rigging )
- SABC stand Nasrec Easter Rand Show . ( Supply and designer of
lighting )
- KTV Roadshow Africa . ( Full Technical support )
- Mango Grove Concert PE – Chrysler Function . ( Full Technical
support )
- Installation Rhema – Upgrade lighting Dimmers .
- Rhema Church Meeting at the MTN Dome - ( Supply and designer of
lighting )
- Installation His People Church Cpt – ( Supply of Projector system
)
- Ford Focus Launch – ( Lighting Design for Strike Production )
- Abbot Labs – Main Conference ( Full Technical support )
- Beyond The Rainbow - ( Lighting Design for Strike Production Sun
City )
- PMB Royal Show – SABC Stand ( Supply and designer of lighting )
- New year TV Specials pre-records
- Old Mutal Roadshow - ( Supply and designer of lighting for Solid
Rock )
- Big Brother end Show – ( Supplier of Ground Support to Southern
Lighting )
Face of Africa 2001 – Sun City - Music stage
Face of Africa 2001 – Sun City – Fashion stage
Soweto Awards – Sandton Convention Centre
Miss SA Teen 2001
Notes for 2001 shows .
Duka Duka Awards is the old Artes Awards which did not happen for a few years , held at Civic Theatre
Amway Weekend Seminar are big sales meetings that happen 3 times a year and we have been the supplier
since conception , they happen at Standard Bank Arena and in Bloemfontein
2002
SARFU Dinner
Amway Network 21
South Africa Music Awards 2002
Miss SA Teen 2002
Skou Spel 2002
Idols 2002
Miss Maliaka 2002 Finals Harare
IDOLS TOP 12 – TOP 8 ; LD KURT DU PREEZ
IDOLS FINALS 2003
SKOUSPEL 2003
HIGHWAY AFRICA - SABC
EASTER RAND SHOW 2003 - NASREC
CORP. SHOW AT THEATRE ON THE TRACK
CORP. SHOW AT SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE
CORP. SHOW AT THE KYALAMI CASTLE
MISS SA & MISS SA TEEN 2003 SUN CITY SUPER BOWL
BRIDAL AWARDS 2004
Rhema 25 Birthday – The Coca Cola Dome
Itec - Pretoria City Hall
SKOUSPEL 2004
Renders By J.Roughley for Skouspel 2004 LD KDP
Zing 2004
Miss SA Teen & SA 2004
Aqua Opera – J.V. Airtime & Gear House Cape Town 2005
Channel O Awards
Chippendales SA Tour
CNN Awards Nairobi Kenya
Face Of Africa 2005
Renders by J.Roughly
FHM 100 Sexiest Women
Flight Centre function
Garaas Awards
Idols 3
SAMA 2005 KDP LD , with Strike Productions
SkouSpel 2005 Sun City
Skouspel Plus 2005 Coca Cola Dome
Renders By KDP – Skouspel 2005
You Awards 2005 LD Josh Kats
Easter Rand Show 2005 – SABC Stage
Easter Rand Show 2005 – Radio Stage
IDOLS 3 FINAL
MISS SA & MISS SA TEEN 2005
Equestria 2006
Pam Golding Awards Evening 2006
Renders for Pam Golding
Tsotsi Gala Evening
SAA – STAR ALLAINCE LAUNCH Renders & Set Design by Kurt Du Preez
ANTONY REMOS – SUN CITY ( Gear only own LD )
Easter Rand Show 2006
Royal Show PMB 2006
Community Builder of the Year 2006
LD Andre’ Rossouw, Programmer and Lighting Director Kdp.
SkouSpel 2006
Renders for Skouspel
Deloitte Budget Speech . Set Design and Lighting Kurt Du Preez
Community Builder of The Year 2007
LD Andre’ Rossouw , Programmer and Lighting Director Kdp
Easter Rand Show 2007
JOL Cape Town 2007
Miss Teen 2007 & Miss SA 2007
2008 - Kurt Du Preez sold his shares in Upstage and Freelanced .
July 2008 He Signed as a designer operator with Gearhouse South Africa
for 6 months till Dec.
Kora Countdown Benin West Africa.
One Republic South African Tour 2008
2009 Miriam Makeba TV Tribute in Benin for CFI
TEMTATIONS SUN CITY : 2009
PSL AWARDS – LYRIC THEATRE :
Spong Bob Square Pants 2009 / 2010 South African Tour Production Manager
Kora All African Awards 2010 Ouagadougou Bakino Faso
SUKA - OUAQADUADOU BAKINO FASO
Joined Strike productions July to Dec Discovery Conference : 2010
KTV - YOUNG STARS
NEDBANK SPRING BALL :
MTN - I4 PHONE
SARS AWARDS 2010
Nike World Cup 2010
John Forgety – Johann Rupert's 60th
R Kelly – 2011 New Addis Ababa
GM 2011 Dealer conference Durban ICC - 2011
Conference area:
Exhibition area:
Dinner at Moses Mhabida Stadium
Gala dinner and awards evening
PAN TILT Lighting !
Media Tech 2011
Nedbank Winter Ball
Shine Studios – For AVU
Out Door Church Event
Johannesburg Motor Show 2011
Alfa Stand:
Fiat Stand:
GM Stand:
ETV Yearend function
GM Sonic & Ute Launch
Lira South African Tour :
Christmas Extra SICC
Some renders of Lighting Design!
This C.V. is that of Kurt du Preez,
It is intended to show case Kurt’s Lighting Design.
Although Kurt du Preez was a shareholder and Director of Upstage Productions
(Pty) Ltd. till 28th Feb 2008, from 1st March 2008 to date Kurt du Preez,
is a freelancer for Lighting Design, Lighting desk programmer, Project Manager,
Audio Visual, Network specialist, Safety consultant, Rigging consultant.
Pan Tilt Lighting (Pty) Ltd Opened 1st Aug 2011
Programmer:
Grand MA, Maxxyz, Hog, Avolite, Strand, Compulite
CAD; Design & Graphics:
VecterWorx, MSD, Autosketch, Photoshop, Maxedia, Grand MA Graphic servers.
ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY KURT DU PREEZ
KURT DU PREEZ : Cell : +27 ( 0 )79 950 1131
kurt@pantilt.co.za
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