DEMO REEL
MASTER OF SCIENCE – MASTER OF ART
I am a creative person with strong management abilities. Some would define me as an artist; but maybe I’m not.
A storyteller, which makes me a good documentary maker, I can successfully direct, shoot and produce almost any mass media genre including film, radio, live shows & sports and photography.
The main professional asset is the management of mass-media stations. Translated in audience figures and revenue, I have got substantial achievements as Sports Manager and later Self-Promotion Manager of a main EU TV station, General Manager of a local TV Station and Country Production Manager of the National Geographic Channels.
As Director-DOP, my portfolio counts more than 150 tv-programs, documentaries and shows, from the war in Iraq or expeditions in the Himalayas, or Caucasus, to TV-series with Academy Awarded stars at Hollywood; from World & Olympic champions in focus to spiritual quests in Cuba or Tibet. In the last 30 years I made factual films in more than 25 countries, from Mauritania or Nepal to Finland or Germany.
You can use my experience as an all-around film-maker: I write, shoot, direct, edit, produce; many of my programs were made in dynamic two member crews with only a host on camera.
You can assign me to the most difficult on location productions, from the Olympics to extreme expeditions, as taking unexpected tough challenges is my way of life.
I will direct and produce your corporate and industrial videos as well as your next successful election campaign.
As part of your large-scale productions as feature films, docu-dramas and commercials, I direct with creativity, smiling diplomacy and competence (that’s what they say).
You can rely on my eye as photographer for stills and video and you’ll find that taking pictures is the most rewarding craft I master.
CLIENTS
INTERNATIONAL BRANDS
National Geographic, UNICEF, Eurosport, Deutsche Welle, BBC, ETTU – European Table Tennis Union, IJF – International Judo Federation, World Strongest Man & Strongman Champions League, Special Olympics, CitiBank, Coca Cola, Procter & Gamble, Richter Gedeon, Berlin Chemie, Timken, Ford, Nissan, Citroen, Toyota, City Bank, Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker, Vodafone (aka Connex), Orange (aka Dialog), BRD – Group Societe Generale
LOCAL BRANDS
ICR – Romanian Cultural Institute, TVR – Romanian National Television, Ro. Tourism Department, Motivation, Ines, Aldis, Corint Publishing

PRESENTATION
Post – graduated in London
ex-resident in Vancouver, B.C., Canada
based in Tirol – Austria
worldwide assigned
SKILLS
Mass-media manager
Factual film director-producer, dop, editor
Photographer
Writter
Automotive engineer
STRENGTH
Followed by people as leader
Great stories teller, mainly with pictures and sound, also with words
PERSONALITY
Enthusiastic, motivated, focused and highly organized person
(true?)
Open and friendly
true
Manager, with the ability to quickly establish working relationship with others of all levels
true
Ready to take the challenges of the most difficult field production, including live sports, wars and extreme expeditions
true
SKILLS
Mass-media manager
Factual film director-producer, dop, editor
Photographer
Writter
Automotive engineer
STRENGTH
Followed by people as leader
Great stories teller, mainly with pictures and sound, also with words
PERSONALITY
Enthusiastic, motivated, focused and highly organized person
(true?)
Open and friendly
true
Manager, with the ability to quickly establish working relationship with others of all levels
true
Ready to take the challenges of the most difficult field production, including live sports, wars and extreme expeditions
true
EDUCATION
Master of Art
Middlesex University – London
Master of Science
Politechnical Institute – Bucharest
BBC Schools of Journalism, Television, Directing, Producing, Camera Work, Editing,
On Camera Talent
Film Director - Producer
Film Director - Producer
Self - promotion Director - Producer
Local Director - Producer
Head of Local Production & On Air Promotion
Independent Film & Video Production Company
special events, election campaign, outdoors expedition
Several Production and Executive Positions
SPORTS MANAGER – MAIN NATIONAL TV STATION
SELF-PROMOTION MANAGER – MAIN NATIONAL TV STATION
LOCAL TV-STATION MANAGER
COUNTRY DIRECTOR-PRODUCER – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
DIRECTOR – PRODUCER
The trendy title today would be “content maker”. However, I would stick to “director-producer”, mainly for non-feature genre (also trendy called “factual”).
My portfolio counts more than 150 main productions: documentaries, corporate, commercials and shows, covering from the war in Iraq or expeditions in the Himalayas or Caucasus, to TV-series with Oscar stars at Hollywood; from world & olympic champions in focus, to spiritual quests in Cuba or Tibet.
In the last three decades I directed productions in more than 25 countries, from Mauritania or Thailand to Finland or the U.K., face to face with huge personalities as Nadia Comaneci, Fidel Castro, Efheni Plushenco as well as other great champions, the funding members of Buena Vista Social Club, famous artists.
WRITER
SCRIPT WRITER – DOCUMENTARY, ADV. & PROMO
AUTO MOTOR & SPORT
ADVENTURE
BOOKS
Writer of more than 100 non-fiction video productions, copywriter for more than 1000 TV & radio commercials and promos, writer for several magazines as Auto Pro, Auto Motor & Sport, Indigo, writer of pro-video user reports, writer of a chapter of “Prețuiește viața” – book by Andreea Marin, writer, editor and publisher of the novel “Plutonul 4”.

DOCUMENTARY
Main docs, most of them as director, writer, dop, editor, executive producer.

Iraq 812 Battalion Carpathian Hawks

Secret Cuba

Coco

Everest

Thailand, The Tourism Academy

Andreea live from Hollywood

Kilimanjaro - Kenya and Tanzania

Africa - Kenya and Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Mt. Kenya, Massai Mara, Nakuru

Through the desert in slippers

UNICEF - Pampers - Cote D'Ivoire

UNICEF - Pampers - Central African Rep.

Niger - UNICEF mission

Carpat Trophy Adventure Raid & Carpat Express Rally-Raid

Pokerstars

Cantemir College 100 Years

The Merry Cemetery

Nicu and Gabi

100 Years Krippe

Dialog Balloons

Anamaria Marinca - Germany

Traian Vuia

Dracula
SPORTS
Personalities in focus:
Olympic & world champions
Nadia Comaneci, Andreea Raducanu, Lidia Simon, Elisabeta Lipa, Mihai Leu, Leonard Doroftei, Mihai Covaliu, Marius Urzica, Efgheni Plushenco.
Sport champions
Jean Louis Schlesser, Luc Alphand, Jutta Kleinschmidt, Ionut Iftimoaie.
.:.
Main programs as director, DOP, writer, usually in multi-cam large crew formats:

The Road to the Olympics

Strongman Champions League

World Strongest Man

Efgheni Plushenco - Olympic and World Champion

The Invincibles

Special Olympics European Youth Games

Romanian Extreme Adventure

The Olympic Stars

Sports Galaxy

Romanian Auto-Rally Championship and Romanian Auto-Speed Championship

Master Rally 2000

Swiss 4000

Romanian Mountaineering and Climbing Championships

Nanga Parbat

Bulldog Rally
PHOTOGRAPHER
Still Photographer
FASHION, SPORTS, ADVENTURE, JOURNALISM, PORTRAITURE, FAMILY, EVENT, OUTDOORS, CINE-VERITE, MAGAZINES
Director of photography
DOCUMENTARY, SPORTS, SELF-PROMOTION, COMMERCIAL, CORPORATE

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