CO-FOUNDER / CO-PRODUCER / FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
With a career in the film industry spanning over three decades, Axel is a New Zealand based first assistant director and most recently an associate producer and consulting producer for international film and TV dramas and indie feature films. With over 240 screen hours Axel has a proven track record. One of Axel’s greatest strengths is his ability to foster and maintain a rapport with cast, crew, directors, and production alike. The collaborative energy required to make a production hum is something Axel really enjoys promoting and his knack for creating that energy has made him integral to the projects he has been a part of.
Axel’s latest projects include Scheduling Producer for a WB/Netflix Series Sweet Tooth Season One, The Beast - H Collective / Lionsgate, Triangle - ABC Pilot (2019), Falling Inn Love - Netflix Feature (2019), Letter for the King - Netflix Original Series (2019), The Shannara Chronicles (2017). Also as 1st AD for Ash vs Evil Dead (2015, 2016), Slow West (2015), Z for Zachariah (2015), Spartacus (2009-2012), Eagle vs Shark (2007), and Heavenly Creatures (1994). To name just a few…
Sweet Tooth
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TV Series
Scheduling Producer/ 1st AD
The Letter for the King
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TV Series
1st Assistant Director
Falling Inn Love
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Film
Associate Producer /1st AD
Custard's World
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TV Series
Associate Producer ,1st AD
The Changeover
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Film
1st AD
Into the Rainbow
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Film
1st AD
The Shannara Chronicles
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TV Series
Producer
Ash vs Evil Dead
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TV Series
1st AD
Lumen
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TV Movie
1st .AD
Slow West
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Film
1st AD
Z for Zachariah
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Film
1st AD
The Pa Boys
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Film
1st AD
Spartacus
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TV Series
1st AD
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
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TV Mini
1st AD
Legend of the Seeker
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TV Series
1st AD
Eagle vs Shark
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Film
1st AD
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
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TV Movie
1st AD
Maddigan's Quest
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TV Series
1st AD
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
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Film
1st AD = 2nd Unit
Kidnapped
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TV Movie
1st AD
Not Only But Always
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TV Movie
1st AD
Maiden Voyage
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TV Movie
1st AD
In My Father's Den
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Film
1st AD
Lucy
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TV Movie
1st AD
The Strip
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TV Series
1st AD
Mercy Peak
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TV Series
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scarfies
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Film
1st AD
Reins of War
1st AD
Xena: Warrior Princess
TV Series
1st AD