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Aerial cinematography
Cinematic drone footage for feature films, television, documentaries and commercials, captured with a filmmaker’s understanding of story, movement and the edit.
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Trusted Aerial Solutions
For Film & Media
Elevating productions through licensed aerial cinematography, live streaming, and specialist drone solutions. Based in Gqeberha | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, and operating across South Africa and internationally, we combine creative vision, technical expertise, and uncompromising safety to deliver exceptional results for film, television, live events, and commercial productions.
A division of FilmHouse Productions
Services
Production-ready aerial services.
Creative flight, live delivery and technical capture—planned around your brief.
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Live streaming & events
Reliable live aerial coverage that integrates with multi-camera productions and communicates the true energy, geography and scale of major events.
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Commercial & brand content
High-impact aerial photography and motion for campaigns, corporate films, destinations, property, advertising and social content.
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Inspections & surveys
Efficient visual data capture for progress documentation, inspections, mapping and site assessment across complex working environments.
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Let's elevate your next project
Cutting-edge technology.
Creative control.
Using tools like the DJI Mavic 4 Pro, we give productions more freedom to move from expansive establishing frames to compressed, cinematic detail—without losing sight of the story.
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Manufacturer performance figures. Flight planning and operating limits are determined by location, conditions and the approved production plan.
Why Drone Division
Aerial work that understands the whole production.
Great drone work is about more than simply getting in the air. It begins with understanding the brief, anticipating the edit and adapting to the practical demands of each location. As part of the wider FilmHouse Productions and Studio GQ network, Drone Division can support far more than the aerial component. Through one connected team, productions can access experienced crew, camera and lighting equipment, production support and studio facilities—streamlining logistics while maintaining a consistent creative and technical standard throughout.
Production-first
Led by filmmakers who understand shot design, continuity, schedules and on-set communication.
Prepared & compliant
Every flight is planned around safety, regulation, airspace, location and the needs of the production.
Proven experience
More than 12 years of drone operations across eight countries and varied working environments.
Our work
Selected aerial reels.
Explore selected work across film, television, live events, commercial production, tourism and industry. Each project reflects our focus on purposeful camera movement, reliable aerial operations and imagery designed to strengthen the wider production.
About us
More than a drone crew.
Drone Division is an aerial production team based in Gqeberha | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, serving film, television, commercial and live productions.
As a dedicated division of FilmHouse Productions, we bring pilots, producers and aviation discipline together with a filmmaker's understanding of story, movement and the edit—so the aerial component is considered from brief to delivery.
Led by chief pilot Brad Grobler, the team has experience across major endurance events, television, commercials, documentaries, mapping and specialist operations.
2012Aerial Media founded
2016Aerial Media closed following increased regulation
2024Drone Division launched as FilmHouse Productions' licensed aerial unit
Brad Grobler
Chief Pilot
Matt Du Plessis
Operations Manager & Pilot
Mikhail Primo
Pilot
Phoebe Costanza
Producer
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Tell us what you're planning.
Based in Gqeberha | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, we support productions locally and further afield. Share the location, proposed dates and a concise production brief. We'll review the operational requirements and come back to you with the clearest next step.