South African-born Daron Keet is an award-winning Los Angeles-based
cinematographer, who moves seamlessly between commercials and feature
films.
His cinematography work on the short film Ripple Effect won 1st Place
for best cinematography at the International Cinematographers Guilds
Emerging Cinematographers Award.
He began his career in South Africa on The Gods Must Be Crazy II, and
then went on to work with Velocity Film's director Keith Rose on
award-winning spots in the early 90s. He continued honing his craft on
international features, assisting Academy Award-winning cinematographer
Vilmos Zsigmond on The Ghost and The Darkness and Academy
Award-nominated cinematographer Seamus McGarvey.
Daron enjoys collaborations that seek to capture those un-recreatable
"lighting in a bottle" moments; those happy accidents that result in
cinematic magic. He relies heavily on in-camera technique to achieve
the most nuanced yet appropriate visual style.
He is an expert on lens bokeh, and is particularly fond of weaving
extreme slow motion, technocrane, motion control, aerial, underwater
and time-lapse cinematography into his work.
When he is not working he spends time with his wife and kids, and plays
squash & golf with friends.