Dream Team World
"The pizza is the seasoned rock star of fast food.
But it started as a humble flat bread
&
someone with a great idea."
WELCOME TO:
DREAM TEAM WORLD
A COMPANY DESIGNED TO ANSWER THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF TRADITIONAL BRAND ADVERTISING INTO A NEW WORLD ORDER WHERE INCLUSIVE AND MEANINGFUL BRAND MESSAGING WILL DICTATE THE FUTURE OF ALL BRANDS.
“My life is made up of memories, friends and 8x10's” Peter Gird
Memories
About
DREAM TEAM WORLD established in October 2019 by advertising visionaries Peter Gird and Lara Black, who have been monitoring consumer mindset and change for many years, have been creating work that answers to new consumer behaviour.
We have been at the forefront of the creation of premium entertainment properties like the Ultimate Braai Master, Charly’s Cake Angels, Seasons at Terroir, Scotland from Home, Global Wheeling and Around Iceland on Inspiration to name a few.
Through our Entertainment we also strive to drive positive change, social impact and create meaningful Brand messaging and engagement.
What we do
DREAM TEAM WORLD is many things to many Clients, Producers and Advertising Agencies. With Brands forming the core of our experience, we have been able to bring Brands seamlessly into entertainment properties, not only into our own Productions but to many other Productions, produced by our Industry colleagues.
We offer niche creative development, production, sponsorship and barter opportunities, brand management and distribution services to brands, agencies, producers, broadcasters, talent and non-profit organisations.
DREAM TEAM WORLD has the experience to develop branded entertainment solutions that are aligned to a client’s customer network needs, and that address's the critical areas of engagement, connection, customisation, and measurable impact.
We’ve delivered over 600 hours of ad-funded programming across various genres to broadcasters as diverse as :-BBC International, BBC Lifestyle, Travel Channel, Food Network, National Geographic, Discovery and local South African broadcasters M-Net, eTV, and SABC 2 and SABC 3.
SHOWREEL
The Dream Team
Peter Gird
Creative Director/Executive Producer
Peter Gird ~ Creative Director
Advertising industry stalwart and one of the most awarded producers in SA, Peter Gird spent twelve years at the helm of Ogilvy’s production division before establishing his own production company, Peter Gird Productions in 1991. Peter won the Grand Prix at the Loerie Awards a staggering seven years in a row and represented some of the world's best loved brands including , Vodacom, Toyota, Mastercard (Global) Guinness(Global) All Gold, Redro, Graca and not forgetting Volkswagen to name a few!
Peter entered into the world of long-form reality filmmaking as Partner and Executive Producer of Cooked in Africa Films, where he’s blazed another innovation and awards trail with six SAFTA Awards for Best Reality TV Series for The Ultimate Braai Master (2015/16/17&19), Charly’s Cake Angels and Around Iceland on Inspiration.
Throughout Peter’s career, he invested significant time and energy in assisting various charities with advertising and fundraising campaigns, including his role as founding member of the Sunflower Fund and his production of TV commercials for the Red Cross Children's Hospital and Rape Crisis with Charlize Theron. Peter's passion for the upliftment of South Africans has brought him to work with names like Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Bishop Desmond Tutu.
When you ask him what the highlight of his career has been, he'll promptly tell you it was being asked to produce South Africa's International advertising
campaign that opened with the line: "Today I woke up in a land that said to me, be free.”
Lara Black
Commercial and Sponsorship Director (part time)
With 25 years of marketing, publishing and sponsorship experience, including a Post Grad certification in Digital Marketing from the Columbia Business School Institute of Management, Lara specialises in developing, managing and expediting content and customer engagement strategies for leading SA consumer brands.
Lara has consulted to a number of corporate and NPO brands on communication, brand-funded content and customer-engagement solutions; and was responsible for a number of award-winning sports sponsorship campaigns which won her clients, Coca-Cola, ABSA, and Vodacom, RAPTOR Awards.
Part of our strategy is to focus on long term collaborations which has already materialized in meaningful partnerships with well known Production company Homebrew, Afrokaans Films, Rapid Blue,The Media Cartel and Recode Media.
Awards & Recognition
Dream Team World has received several honours and awards since beginning their career as Filmmakers. We are always aiming to come up with new and fresh ideas to play around with, and often times we are recognised for our creative vision and insights. Please browse their honours and awards below.
South African Television Award.
Ultimate Braai Master : 2020
We were thrilled to receive this recognition from SAFTA judges again this year. Ultimate Braai Master has become a phenomenally successful TV show. However credit needs to go to the amazing team that works on this show which has now garnered its 5th SAFTA.. If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch today.
SAFTA for Charly's Cake Angels and Around Iceland on Insperation
Dream Team World snagged these awards for their original ideas and overall creativity. We would like to thank all the viewers and industry partners who have helped us over the years.