Peter Goldsmid has been producing independently since 1989, when he founded Southern Exposure. Since then, it’s done single dramas, long-form drama series and documentaries, all-in-all amounting to more than 90 hours of broadcast television.

Southern Exposure’s most recent production (2025) is a compelling 9 x 46-minute True Crime series for SABC 3. David Klatzow Looking into Darkness explores GBV and femicide in this country with insight, depth and stylized recreations. See the short promo: https://vimeo.com/1053112458?share=copy

We offer:
• Production services: This is a production company, as capable of working in long form drama or documentary as providing creative, effective corporate communications. Past clients include Liberty Life, Dulux and the Alliance for Rural Democracy.
• Screenwriting services: Peter’s script for the second episode of Looking into Darkness is currently a finalist in the 2025 Writers Guild of South Africa Muse Awards for Best Documentary Script. 3 nominations and 4 wins for previous scriptwriting including SAFTA Golden Horn and Vita Awards.
• Training: Led by Margaret Goldsmid, an NFVF-approved script editor, we developed an Advanced Scriptwriting and Script Editing Course for the NFVF, while Peter has taught documentary storytelling for SAE, the NFVF and AFDA.
• Research, imagination and harnessing emotion are the key to what we do. We do it with “passion, steadfastness, constant pursuit of excellence and going the extra-extra mile.” (as one SABC Commissioning Editor put it).
• Cost-effective production from script to screen: Owning our own 4K gear – cameras, lights, mics. enables us to provide excellent value for money.