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J.P. van der Merwe

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  • Additional Crew
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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J.P. van der Merwe is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Chronicle (2012) and The Giver (2014).
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    Known for

    Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
    Mad Max: Fury Road
    8.1
    • Casting Department
    • 2015
    Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan, and Alex Russell in Chronicle (2012)
    Chronicle
    7.0
    • Casting Department(as W.T. 'JP' van der Merwe)
    • 2012
    Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush, and Brenton Thwaites in The Giver (2014)
    The Giver
    6.4
    • Casting Department
    • 2014
    The Mummy (2017)
    The Mummy
    5.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as JP van der Merwe, Crowd, Namibia)
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Casting Department

    • Novocaine
      • extras casting
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • G20
      • extras casting
      • Post-production
    • Anna Faris, Ken Jeong, Craig Robinson, Kristen Schaal, Dave Bautista, Flula Borg, and Chloe Coleman in My Spy The Eternal City (2024)
      My Spy The Eternal City
      5.6
      • extras casting
      • 2024
    • Invasion (2021)
      Invasion
      6.2
      TV Series
      • extras casting
      • 2023
    • Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, Sheila Atim, and Thuso Mbedu in The Woman King (2022)
      The Woman King
      6.9
      • extras casting
      • 2022
    • Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, and Winta McGrath in Raised by Wolves (2020)
      Raised by Wolves
      7.4
      TV Series
      • extras casting
      • 2020–2022
    • Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian (2021)
      The Mauritanian
      7.5
      • extras casting
      • 2021
    • Kate Winslet and Mackenzie Foy in Black Beauty (2020)
      Black Beauty
      6.4
      • extras casting
      • 2020
    • Vin Diesel in Bloodshot (2020)
      Bloodshot
      5.7
      • extras casting
      • 2020
    • Julianna Margulies in The Hot Zone (2019)
      The Hot Zone
      7.3
      TV Series
      • extras casting director: South Africa (as JP van der Merwe)
      • 2019
    • Dianne Doan and Andrew Koji in Warrior (2019)
      Warrior
      8.4
      TV Series
      • extras casting (as JP van der Merwe)
      • 2019
    • Blindspot (2015)
      Blindspot
      7.3
      TV Series
      • extras casting
      • 2018
    • Giancarlo Esposito, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, and Rosa Salazar in Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
      Maze Runner: The Death Cure
      6.3
      • extras casting
      • 2018
    • Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, and Tom Taylor in The Dark Tower (2017)
      The Dark Tower
      5.6
      • extras casting
      • 2017
    • Sareum Srey Moch in First They Killed My Father (2017)
      First They Killed My Father
      7.2
      • extras casting director
      • 2017
    • Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, William Levy, and Ruby Rose in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
      Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
      5.5
      • background casting
      • 2016
    • Cape Town (2015)
      Cape Town
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • extras casting
      • 2016

    Additional Crew

    • Reese Witherspoon in The Good Lie (2014)
      The Good Lie
      7.4
      • extras coordinator: South Africa (as JP van der Merwe)
      • 2014
    • Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
      Andrew Marr's History of the World
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • extras co-ordinator: drama unit
      • extras co-ordinator (as JP Van Der Merwe)
      • 2012
    • 10,000 BC (2008)
      10,000 BC
      5.1
      • extras on-set coordinator
      • 2008
    • Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell in Ask the Dust (2006)
      Ask the Dust
      5.7
      • extras coordinator
      • 2006

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Mummy (2017)
      The Mummy
      5.4
      • second assistant director: Crowd, Namibia (as JP van der Merwe)
      • 2017

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    • Alternative names
      • J.P. Van Der Merve

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