Most people are asked to pick a lane. I build platforms in the morning, light a scene in the afternoon, and hear the score for both before I sleep. The lanes were never separate — they are one practice seen from four angles. 万象一心 — all things, one heart.
Cinematographer and director — trained at Orms Cape Town School of Photography, working in cinema-grade color and story-first coverage. Every frame earns its place.
Sleepy Panda Productions →Agentic-AI-native developer. I ship real platforms for real clients — web, mobile, pipelines and tools — through my studio, Shinkyō Development.
The portfolio →Producer and musician. The scores, the ballads, the pocket — music is where the other three angles learned timing. Current work lives in the vault, for now.
In the vaultFounder since my teens — building products, teams and the ecosystems around them, from fintech accelerators to township code clubs to what's shipping next.
The founder record →Bringing code to the township, where the talent already was.
"Change the way we learn" — the official TEDx stage, at nineteen.
Thirteen weeks inside Africa's flagship fintech accelerator, Cape Town.
Serving the cohort at one of Africa's leading accelerators.
One of eight fintechs selected for RMI's R16-million programme.
Videography graduate — cinematic craft, formally sharpened.
A dev studio built AI-native from day one, shipping platforms for paying clients.