Fight Creative · Industry Directory

South Africa

Stunt & Action Industry Directory

An independent, unranked guide to the stunt world across South Africa — the national stunt association and member register, and the established stunt, action and special-effects houses servicing the country's busy film and television industry. No sponsorships, no rankings; just a working map of the industry.

ASSOCIATIONS & REGISTERSSTUNT COMPANIESACADEMIES & TRAINING

SOUTH AFRICA

Associations & Registers

SASA — South African Stunt Association

National stunt association & register · South Africa

A non-profit professional body representing the country's stunt coordinators, performers, riggers, fight choreographers and precision drivers. Its member register lets productions run casting-specific searches across verified stunt professionals.

Visit Website

SOUTH AFRICA

Stunt Houses & Companies

Stunt Network

Stunt company · Cape Town, South Africa

A specialist stunt company for film and television headed by Mo Marais, with decades of feature and commercial work across South Africa and a team spanning performers, riggers and coordinators.

Visit Website

The Stunteam

Action design & stunt company · Cape Town, South Africa

An action-design company specialising in stunt coordination, fight choreography, rigging and actor-performer training, led by Grant Powell — SAG-AFTRA-nominated for best stunt ensemble on The Woman King.

Visit Website

StuntSA & SFX

Stunts & special effects · Cape Town, South Africa

Founded in 1976, a long-established stunts, special-effects, pyrotechnics and rigging house serving commercial, television and feature productions across Southern Africa and abroad.

Visit Website

Pyranha Stunts

Stunt & rigging company · Cape Town, South Africa

A Cape Town stunt and rigging company supplying stunt teams, rigging and equipment to features, television and commercials worldwide. Founded by Franz Spilhaus and awarded a 2024 Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for its work on One Piece.

Visit Website

SFX & Stunt Inc

Stunts & special effects · Cape Town, South Africa

Founded in 2016 by John Smith, a combined stunt and special-effects house built to run both departments together — coordination, performers, rigging and SFX — for film and television, with a steady focus on mentoring and training new crew.

Visit Website

SOUTH AFRICA

Academies & Training

Most performers in South Africa come up through the established stunt houses and through the South African Stunt Association, which is the body to approach about getting into the industry. Dedicated training space is smaller here than the company roster, but it exists.

iStunt Academy

Stunt training facility · Cape Town, South Africa

A dedicated cinematic stunt-training facility in Maitland, Cape Town, set up for film-industry performers. Sprung floor, trampoline, safety mats and combat props, with members training falls, tricking, acrobatics, martial arts and weapons work, plus regular workshops run alongside working stunt crew.

Visit Website

An Independent Resource

This directory is free, unranked and unsponsored — no organisation has paid to appear, and listing order means nothing. We link only to official websites and verified social pages. Know an organisation that belongs here, or spot something out of date? We'd love to hear from you.

Suggest a Listing