Amanda Scholtz

Production and Design

What does Amanda Scholtz do?

Amanda has worked extensively in telenovela, drama, comedy, film and reality since 2000, nominated 8 times and winning 4 SAFTAs over the course of 25 years of working in film and television.

What is she up to at the moment?

She is currently heading up production design and building sets for Homecoming over July and August 2025. There are 7 studio sets in total (all hush hush for now, but photos will be added to her showreel once they are ready.)

Tell us about her recent work over the last few years?

Her last few projects included Outlaws 2, Champions,  2 seasons of Legacy and, notably, 6 seasons of The River (winner of a record 21 SAFTA’s over two seasons.  Season one was also nominated for an International Emmy Award).

Most recently designed and built are  the sets for Outlaws 2 which included a Sotho Village, and an exterior Mad Max style set . Champions which was an interior studio set including a sports facility and homes interiors. She built sets for The River, Legacy and Giyani for Tshedza Pictures. For The River, a small studio lot was built on a large property which housed the Mansion. Adjacent to this, she built a tavern, a mine set, 3 shacks with exteriors and a swing shack.

Earlier sets designed and built include –Those Who Can’t, End Game, The Lab, Sticks and Stones, Swartwater 2 & 3, Ya Lla, Hard Copy 2, Matatiele, The Wedding. Legacy, The River, End Game, The Lab and Swartwater were nominated for SAFTAs for Best Art Direction/Production Design and Those Who Can’t won two SAFTAs for Production Design. Legacy season 1 & 2 also won 2 SAFTA’s for best art direction.

Let’s go further back – what kind of work has she covered?

Amanda designed and set up several studio sets on various reality shows including Amstel Class Act, Laugh Out Loud, Big Break, Comedy Club Kampala & Lagos and Shark Attack for National Geographic. She built a 3D set for Those Who Can’t 2, where she recreated the main locations from the school in studio.

She has been Art Director on commercials such as Ultra Mel, Pin Pop, Securex Soap, World Cup Cricket, Sasol Corporate, and Broad Line .

She has worked on local and international features, including production designer on Vaya which did well in Toronto at Sundance, New York Film Festival and Berlin.

Her soft skills include leadership, problem solving, time management,organization, decision making, dependability, communication, empathy and a strong work ethic.

She is familiar with photoshop, sketchup and excel.

Amanda also designs high end weddings, home interiors and renovations, offices included – for more information email scholtz.amanda@gmail.com

See Amanda’s full production reel here