iKraal was founded in 2006 by Ken Mehrtens and Crispian Abbott. Rob Nicholls joined in 2010 to round out a perfectly complementary set of talents and experience.
After a long stint with the team at Design Indaba, William brings a story telling back ground as well as DOP and editing to the mix. Over and above that he’s a qualified drone pilot and experienced muli-camera director for live shows.
Multi skilled and muti talented William joined iKraal full time in 2017.
Rob studied Fine Art at Stellenbosch University, graduating with Honours in photography and painting. He worked as a creative consultant at Bates 141 on branding and interactive communication, before moving into film.
Over the last 15 years, he’s worked in research, editing and cinematography, and for the last eight years he’s been directing in various formats, from documentary to commercials, for brands like Levis, Converse, Guinness, Jameson, Nokia, Lucky Star, Muti Clothing, Vida Coffee and Eurolux. His documentary experience has taken him to various countries across Africa, Europe and Asia.
View Robs work here: https://www.robertnicholls.org
iKraal were the video production team for the International Astronautical Conference held at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa. I have never worked with such and easy going yet professional crew before. Thank you so much!
I have done 2 commercials with these guys and am in the process of doing another 3 in the upcoming months – awesome guys to work with. Creative, friendly, helpful and always giving their best. Keep it up!
When we needed video done we immediately thought of iKraal video production. The team are great and guided us through the conceptualization stages to delivery. The video came out awesomely and we were really impressed with iKraal’s professionalism.
We finished making our first educational movie with iKraal earlier this year and they were fantastic. We were a group of academics with no experience in this at all and they guided us through the entire process and ensured that our movie was professionally completed ontime, even with our last minute changes. They’ve given us a taste of making more!
I’ve worked with iKraal on various projects over the last 6 or 7 years and it’s always been a pleasure. There’s no ego, they’re always open and collaborative, and they’ve always delivered – which is what matters most. I wouldn’t keep coming back if I wasn’t happy with (a) the work and (b) the experience of working with them. Highly recommend.
If you’re looking for a professional and creative crew, look no further. iKraal filmed a six-day event for us in Cape Town at short notice. It’s an often used cliché, but iKraal always went the extra mile, even hard-to-please editors commented on the quality of the footage. I would highly recommend Crispian, Ken and the rest of the iKraal team.
Absolutely brilliant team. High knowledgeable, a pleasure to work with and passionate about their craft and perfecting your vision. A dream team, couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
We worked with iKraal Video Production on our Cape Town Big 6 video and they were incredible! Their work ethic, attention to detail and ability to adapt to changes from several highly opinionated partners made partnering with them on our video an absolute pleasure. On behalf of the Cape Town Big 6, I’d highly recommend iKraal for your video production needs!