FILMOGRAPHY
Selected Posters from Movies I’ve Worked On
Rohil Cameos
New Media Projects
Digital Filmmaker & Video Editor
Wrote, directed, shot, and developed the VFX on all listed projects.
An Introduction to Thribing: Snapshots of Kiren, Short Film, 2020.
Winner, Best in Editing & Best Long-Form Comedy at Stareable Festival.
Featured in Indie Activity. (Publication covering independent cinema).
Safety Space, Short Film, 2020.
Best Sci-Fi Short Winner at IndieX Film Festival & New York Film Awards.
Intrusive Thoughts, Animated Short Film, 2020.
Nominated for Best Animation & Sound Editing Short at IndieX Film Festival.
Self-Love, Short Film, 2017 — made for HBO APA Visionaries.
Radio interviews discussing the film on ONE FM 94.0 with Mitch Matyana & Cape Talk Live with Linzi Bourhill.
Produced & directed Internet Famous Documentary starring large YouTubers/influencers:
Dan Bull (3.2 million subscribers, 1 billion+ views)
Jaclyn Glenn (800k subscribers, 130 million+ views)
Fanboy Flicks (230k subscribers, 60 million+ views)
Joey Gatto (176k subscribers)
Produced & hosted a media essay series Not Alwrite.
Our first episode an analysis of the film Swiss Army Man hit 30k+ organic views.
Traditional Media
Production Assistant
Objects, Short Film, 2018, Produced by Retrace Productions.
Official Selection, International New York Film Festival.
Official Selection, New York Shorts International Festival.
Zelda, Short Film, 2018, Produced by Continued From Previous.
Winner, Best Indie Film, New York Film Awards.
Winner, Top Shorts Online Film Festival.
Official Selection, Direct Short Online Festival.
HH, Feature Length, 2017, Produced by Sky Key Productions.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Feature Length, 2013, Produced by Videovision Entertainment.
Fight of the Storks, TV Mini-Series, 2012, Produced by BE-FILMS.
Music Videos
2nd Unit Cinematographer, Production Assistant
Quiet Luke’s I Wanna Go, Music Video, 2018.
Featured in HYPEBEAST & Impose Magazine.
BXHXLD’s Control, Music Video, 2018.
Featured in GRUNGECAKE.
YouTube Channels
Content Creator
Writer for Recreyo! (interactive animated series) (480k subscribers, 100 million+ views views)
Writer for Ivan Animated (animated series) (150K subscribers, 4 million+ views)
Featured on Brown Kids Humor (72k subscribers, 4 million+ views)
RohilAniruth YouTube channel listed in Seventeen Magazine's “Channel Surfing”:
So, a bit of lore…
My YouTube channel was a pioneer in the South African digital space.
We were one of the first channels in South Africa producing scripted comedy series and short films tonally akin to US heavy hitters like CollegeHumor or Smosh.
I got a unique glimpse into our parasocial futures — being an early “vlogger” or “influencer” with consistent engagement.
The channel was in the first group to be partnered with YouTube when the Partner Program launched in South Africa, making it one of the first monetized YouTube channels ever.
During our run in the rapidly shifting first iterations of YouTube, we’d hit the charts multiple times as one of the most engaged channels in South Africa:
Screengrabs of old YouTube library.