Our people

Fiona Ayerst
Director / Owner
Co-founder of Africa Media and the team’s specialist underwater photography and videography content creator.

Ryan Johnson
Director / Owner
Co-founder of Africa Media in 2012 after transitioning across from academia to wildlife and underwater film production.

Chris Saunders
Instructor – Wildlife Filmmaking
Initially trained in filming extreme sporting events, Chris has developed extensive filmmaking skills as a freelancer and working for many of South Africa’s most renowned wildlife media production companies.

Ashleigh de Villiers
Instructor – Wildlife & Travel Photography
A professional wildlife and adventure sports photographer from Cape Town, Ashleigh offers experience to train our Wildlife and Travel Photography students.

Annie Post
Instructor – Wildlife Filmmaking
Specialist camera operator, Annie is centre to the production of wildlife documentaries and stock content. Furthermore, she is the Wildlife Documentary Filmmaking program instructor.

Riaan van der Merwe
Instructor – Underwater Videography
Riaan is a PADI/BSAC dive instructor and a professional BSAC underwater videography instructor. Riaan holds a wealth of experience in the film industry to augment his underwater video skills.

Rouxne van der Westhuizen
Instructor – Environmental Journalism
A journalism (B.A. Honours) graduate from the North-West Universtity in Potchefstroom, Rouxne is the team’s specialist travel and environmental journalist and program instructor.

Lucille Erasmus
Partnership Development & Administration

Bridget Kamu
Marketing & Intern Operations Manager
Originally hailing from Zimbabwe, Bridget joined the marketing team in 2017. Today, she also runs daily living operations for visiting interns.

Jackie Griffin
Marketing and Sales
From her country office, Jackie communicates with prospective students considering joining the our wildlife media training programs.

Samantha Scott
Marketing and Sales
A nature and wildlife lover, Samantha fits right in with the company culture of Africa Media. Her knowledge of wildlife makes her a perfect consultant to guide aspiring wildlife media specialists interested in joining one of our programs.

Robyn Green
Social Media Manager
OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE WORLD CLASS PROFESSIONALS
Recent projects
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Surfers and Sharks – National Geographic Wild
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Animal Impossible – BBC Natural History Unit
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Shark vs Whale – National Geographic Wild
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Sharkville – National Geographic Wild
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Shark Tribe – Discovery Channel
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Shark vs Squid – National Geographic
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Shark Attack Experiment Live – National Geographic Wild
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Shark Wranglers – History Channel
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Hammertime – 5050 SABC
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Whale Sharks – Peoples Weather
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Lost Mantas of Mozambique – Chasing Tails
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Last great shoal – Chasing Tails
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Escaping the great whites – National Geographic
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Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr – National Geographic
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Dirty Jobs: Jobs that bite – Discovery Channel
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Authentiek – SABC
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Great White Shark Breaching – Caters News
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Child plays soccer with Elephants – Caters News