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Lance Gewer

Career

Active from 1994 to 2025, busiest in 2010 and 2016 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Beat the Drum
Beat the Drum
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lance Gewer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    1.0, average 1.7
  • Warfare
    0.5, average 1.2
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • South African Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Situational Comedy 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Social Justice 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Contemporary Issues 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 50
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (2025)

Director of Photography

Cartel
Cartel (2025)

Cinematography

The Fragile King
The Fragile King (2023)

Cinematography

Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022)
GoodWatch score 46

Director of Photography

The Man of God
The Man of God (2022)
GoodWatch score 49

Cinematography

Happiness Ever After
Happiness Ever After (2021)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Kedibone
Kedibone (2020)
GoodWatch score 46

Cinematography

2010s

9 titles · average score 57
Blessers
Blessers (2019)

Director of Photography

Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word
Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Mandela's Gun
Mandela's Gun (2016)

Director of Photography

Kite
Kite (2014)
GoodWatch score 23

Director of Photography

Spud 2: The Madness Continues
Spud 2: The Madness Continues (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Elelwani
Elelwani (2012)

Director of Photography

Otelo Burning
Otelo Burning (2011)

Director of Photography

Spud
Spud (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

Master Harold... and the Boys
Master Harold... and the Boys (2010)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

2000s

2 titles · average score 76
Tsotsi
Tsotsi (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

Beat the Drum
Beat the Drum (2003)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography

1990s

2 titles
Mapungubwe: Secrets of a Sacred Hill
Mapungubwe: Secrets of a Sacred Hill (1999)

Director

Come see the bioscope
Come see the bioscope (1994)

Director, Director of Photography