MARINA DU TOIT - Video Editor

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min. 

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​There are five species of baboons in Africa, and despite profound differences in appearance, they are genetically similar enough for interbreeding to happen. From chacmas living in urban environments to mountain dwelling geladas, baboons are a fascinating case study in adaptation.

Producer/Script: Chris Mason. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min. 

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Five of Africa's key species - the lion, rhino, leopard, buffalo, and elephant--thrive thanks to a variety of adaptations. Power in numbers, reliance on the family unit, and battling their way to the top of the hierarchy are just a few ways they excel in the face of nature's challenges.

Producer: Aquavision. 2011. Popular series for National Geography and Nat Geo WILD.

Don't blink, don't scream and whatever you do, don't forget to press 'record'. Whether it's in the wild or your own back yard, when nature displays her finest, you better be ready and taking notes. Raw, uninhibited and unleashed, this is nature...Caught in the Act.

Producer: NHU Africa. Associate editor: Carol Howell. 2013. Animal Planet; SABC 3; e.tv. 

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The Cheetah Diaries series portrays a rare insight into the daily lives of ambassador cheetahs, young cheetah cubs in training, Anatolian dogs used in predator protection programmes and many other charming animal characters. The series spends a year with these charismatic animals and their handlers, based at the Cheetah Outreach educational centre near Cape Town, South Africa.
 

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. DOP: Phumlany Mchunu. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min.

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Every day a struggle for survival plays out on the African landscape. Predators binge on the spoils. And the scavengers are patiently waiting their turn, to eat the left-overs until nothing is left.

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. Field director: Marius Burger. Associate editor: Niven Hans. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min. 

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Frogs were the first vertebrate to colonise land. They inhabit every continent except Antartica. But their world is rapidly changing and their number in decline. Twenty species live in the greater Cape Town area, but their wetlands are shrinking and they are under threat. How will they survive?

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. Associate editor: Niven Hans. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min.

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Journey high into the sky to a remote mountain world, swirling in silver mist. These are the Cloud Mountains of South Africa, a hidden enclave of indigenous afromontane forests, packed with giant prehistoric plants and the native species that rely on them-a true window into an ancient era.

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. Researcher: Richardt Smith. Assistant editor: Mayesha Fredericks. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min.

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The Cederberg mountain range is nestled on the southwestern tip of Africa. It has a remarkable diversity of fauna and flora. Cape mountain leopards, a highly endangered species, lurk in the shadows. Since they are rarely seen by humans, they are the ghosts of the Cederberg.

Producer/Script: George Kirkinis. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min.

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The name iSimangaliso means "miracle" in Zulu - and the sheer number of species sustained by this diverse haven live up to this name. Explore this rare sanctuary, home to some of the world's most striking and iconic creatures, including the black rhino and the giant leatherback turtle.

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min.

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Wild dogs and mongooses are fiery predators but need to work together in order to hunt successfully. They are indeed operating in killer packs.

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min.

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Take a trip along the mountainous coast of South Africa's Overberg, a botanical wonderland where rare plants are interspersed across a carpet of species-rich fynbos heathland vegetation. On land and sea, life here is both intricate and spectacular.

Producer/Script: Paul Maughan-Brown. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min.

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Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park boasts a number of diverse habitats. From woodland savannas to grassy marshes, the region is a special part of the east African ecosystem and provides a wealth of resources to the wildlife that call it home.

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith & Dana Toerien. Director & researcher: Ruaan Schlebusch. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature).  Duration: 48 min.

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A complex set of relationships rules life on earth. All species are interconnected. Some relationships are one-sided, even harmful, others are mutually beneficial. Even parasites have their place in Nature's grand scheme.

Producer/Script: Dana Toerien. Field director: Marius Burger. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min.

On the western coast of South Africa, a unique desert landscape experiences the contrasts of a punishing 10-month dry period, followed by a brief flurry of rain and floral bloom. Follow the speckled padloper tortoise, mole rat, and other species that call Namaqualand home, as they celebrate their reward for months of resilient survival.   

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith. Associate editor: Moses Tau. Field director: Marius Burger. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min.     

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Africa has an incredible diversity of reptile species. Most abundant of them all, is the squamata - snakes and lizards, the scaled reptiles. They have evolved to survive in almost any habitat - deserts, mountains, forests. They are indeed remarkable reptiles.

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Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith & Dana Toerien. Associate editor: Dwaine de Faria. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min.

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Towns and farmland have replaced iconic Southern African landscapes. Nature is under pressure. Farming and fishing are no longer economical sustainable. So the Eastern Cape province of South Africa is investing in eco-tourism and conservation as an alternative, reclaiming farmland for wildlife.

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Producer: Karin Slater. Offline editor: Christa Lategan. First TX: 20 August 2006 (SABC 3).

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The Healing Power of Nature is a 13-part series of 24-minute films that examine the various, eclectic and multi-faceted ways in which different groups of people in South, and southern Africa, are using their contact with, and preservation of, wilderness to reverse destruction... to heal the wounds of the past. 

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Riemvasmaak is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. During the Apartheid era, the residents were forcefully removed in the 1970s, but they returned after 1990 to the healing waters of the local hot spring water.

Producer: FC Hamman. First TX: 8 October 2006.

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The Healing Power of Nature is a 13-part series of 24-minute films that examine the various, eclectic and multi-faceted ways in which different groups of people in South, and southern Africa, are using their contact with, and preservation of, wilderness to reverse destruction... to heal the wounds of the past.

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During the civil war in Angola, most of the country's wildlife was wiped out. In 2000, 15 elephants were flown from Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa to the Quicama National Park to repopulate the area.

Producer/Script: George Kirkinis. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min.

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Formed from the remains of a 2.5 million-year-old imploded volcano, the Ngorongoro crater is a study in contradictions: On one hand, it's a self-sustained and plentiful land that provides for the many animals that call it home. Conversely, its isolation threatens the existence of many of its key species. What does the future hold for this unique habitat?

Producer/Script: Chris Mason. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min.

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From its origin in the high mountain above the clouds, through a myriad of landscapes supporting a variety of wildlife until it reaches the sea, we follow the journey of a river, from source to sea.

​Producer/Script: Jordan Calder. 2015 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 46 min.

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For two of South Africa's most charming inhabitants, the Cape parrot and the Samango monkey, home is the Afromontane forests that contain some of the rarest vegetation in the world and cover only 0.5% of the country. Follow their daily quest for survival in a rapidly vanishing environment.

Producer/Script: Cameron Ewart-Smith & Dana Toerien. 2016 (Smithsonian Earth & Love Nature). Duration: 48 min.

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​Lake St. Lucia, Africa's largest estuary lake, is under siege. A series of human missteps have left it cut off from the sea, and the water levels are dangerously low. The wildlife relying on its ecosystem are most affected--from hippos and crocodiles that live on its banks, to exotic birds that migrate from as far as 6,000 miles away. Can they adjust to the new, dryer reality imposed on them?

Produced by Lisa Henry & Shareen Anderson for Clive Morris Productions. First TX: 10 May 2010 (SABC 2).

Produced by Lisa Henry & Shareen Anderson for Clive Morris Productions. First TX: 5 July 2010 (SABC 2).