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Diederick Appelcryn

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  • Location Management
  • Production Manager
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Diederick Appelcryn is known for Star Trek Beyond (2016), Tenet (2020) and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). Diederick has been married to Michelle Georgina Appelgryn since 25 September 1993. They have one child.
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    • Known for

    Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Sofia Boutella, and Chris Pine in Star Trek Beyond (2016)
    Star Trek Beyond
    7.0
    • Location Management
    • 2016
    John David Washington in Tenet (2020)
    Tenet
    7.3
    • Transportation Department
    • 2020
    Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
    7.4
    • Location Management
    • 2011
    Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    7.7
    • Location Management
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Additional Crew

    • The Ambush (2021)
      The Ambush
      6.1
      • facility manager
      • 2021
    • Sophie Vavasseur and Cristine Prosperi in Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack (2017)
      Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack
      4.2
      • base camp manager (credit only)
      • 2017
    • The Look of Bring It on: Worldwide
      Short
      • assistant (credit only)
      • 2017
    • Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong in The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
      The Brothers Grimsby
      6.2
      • assistant (credit only)
      • 2016
    • Steve Coogan and Andrea Riseborough in Shepherds and Butchers (2016)
      Shepherds and Butchers
      6.8
      • assistant (credit only)
      • 2016
    • Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
      Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
      7.4
      • assistant (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Furious 7 (2015)
      Furious 7
      7.1
      • unit manager & Abu Dhabi (credit only)
      • 2015
    • Toby Stephens in Black Sails (2014)
      Black Sails
      8.2
      TV Series
      • manager: second unit (credit only)
      • 2014
    • Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
      Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
      7.1
      • assistant (credit only)
      • 2013
    • Flight of the Storks (2012)
      Flight of the Storks
      5.2
      TV Mini Series
      • base camp manager (credit only)
      • 2013
    • Black Sails - The Ghost Ship (2010)
      Black Sails - The Ghost Ship
      8.4
      Video Game
      • Construction lead stage hand (credit only)
      • 2010
    • Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in Invictus (2009)
      Invictus
      7.3
      • base camp manager (credit only)
      • 2009
    • The Last House on the Left (2009)
      The Last House on the Left
      6.5
      • assistant (credit only)
      • 2009
    • James Ransone in Generation Kill (2008)
      Generation Kill
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • base camp manager (credit only)
      • 2008
    • Lee-Anne Liebenberg and Rhona Mitra in Doomsday (2008)
      Doomsday
      5.9
      • unit assistant (credit only)
      • 2008

    Location Management

    • The Mummy (2017)
      The Mummy
      5.4
      • unit manager: Namibia
      • 2017
    • Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Sofia Boutella, and Chris Pine in Star Trek Beyond (2016)
      Star Trek Beyond
      7.0
      • unit manager: Dubai
      • 2016
    • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
      Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
      7.7
      • facility manager Abu Dhabi
      • 2015
    • Jamie Kennedy and Michael Gross in Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)
      Tremors 5: Bloodlines
      5.2
      Video
      • basecamp manager (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in Blended (2014)
      Blended
      6.5
      • unit assistant
      • 2014
    • Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
      Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
      7.4
      • location assistant
      • unit assistant: Dubai
      • 2011
    • Lee-Anne Liebenberg and Rhona Mitra in Doomsday (2008)
      Doomsday
      5.9
      • unit assistant south africa
      • 2008

    Production Management

    • Anthony Mackie in Desert Warrior (2025)
      Desert Warrior
      4.1
      • unit manager
      • 2025
    • Vin Diesel in Bloodshot (2020)
      Bloodshot
      5.7
      • unit facility manager: South Africa Unit (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • Mummy Reborn (2019)
      Mummy Reborn
      2.1
      • unit manager
      • 2019
    • Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Sofia Boutella, and Chris Pine in Star Trek Beyond (2016)
      Star Trek Beyond
      7.0
      • unit manager (credit only)
      • 2016
    • Outlander (2016)
      Outlander
      6.6
      Short
      • Second unit manager: moonlighting productions (credit only)
      • 2016
    • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
      Star Trek Into Darkness
      7.7
      • unit manager (credit only)
      • 2013
    • Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds in Safe House (2012)
      Safe House
      6.7
      • unit manager
      • 2012

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Derick Appelcryn
    • Height
      • 6′ 4¾″ (1.95 m)
    • Spouse
      • Michelle Georgina AppelgrynSeptember 25, 1993 - present (1 child)
    • Children
      • Michael Erasmus Appelcryn

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