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

ETTU - European Table Tennis Union (Federation)

Film Director - Producer

SCL - Strongman Champions League

Self - promotion Director - Producer

International Judo Federation

Local Director - Producer

Pokerstars & Full Tilt Poker

Head of Local Production & On Air Promotion

National Geographic Channel / National Geographic Wild Ro.

Independent Film & Video Production Company

Genres: sport, documentary, commercial, promotion, presentation, corporate and
special events, election campaign, outdoors expedition

Several Production and Executive Positions

PRO TV - Head of Sports, Head of Local Station, Head of Self Promotion, Director - Producer "Sport Extrem" (30'' weekly program), "Club Aventura" (30'' weekly program)

MASS – MEDIA MANAGEMENT

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

90 min social

Secret Cuba

90 min social

Coco

47 min: Seven Summits world record, 14 y.o. Coco Popoescu – Nat Geo

Everest

premiere Romanian expedition: producer, director, dop: live and edited, satellite broadcast: 8 weeks

Thailand, The Tourism Academy

40 min travel

Andreea live from Hollywood

12 x 30 min series

Kilimanjaro - Kenya and Tanzania

50 min adventure

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

50 min adventure

Through the desert in slippers

Bucharest-(Paris)-Dakar: 2x50 min – on road adventure

UNICEF - Pampers - Cote D'Ivoire

social

UNICEF - Pampers - Central African Rep.

social

Niger - UNICEF mission

social

Carpat Trophy Adventure Raid & Carpat Express Rally-Raid

40 min yearly series - European off-road competitions

Pokerstars

23 episode series - poker tutorial

Cantemir College 100 Years

docs, live show video

The Merry Cemetery

social - ethno

Nicu and Gabi

short doc: Unified Football – Special Olympics

100 Years Krippe

presentation

Dialog Balloons

30 min adventure

Anamaria Marinca - Germany

30 min art

Traian Vuia

100 years first flight anniversary - a National Geographic short

Dracula

a National Geographic - 50 min (p.a.)

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.

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Main programs as director, DOP, writer, usually in multi-cam large crew formats:

The Road to the Olympics

European Qualy – ETTU [CLICK for video]

Strongman Champions League

Essen & Freiburg – Germany – Eurosport

World Strongest Man

World Strongest Man

Efgheni Plushenco - Olympic and World Champion

Eurosport

The Invincibles

International extreme sports competition

Special Olympics European Youth Games

Rome – Italy

Romanian Extreme Adventure

7 Days off road international event

The Olympic Stars

series of shows with Romanian Gymnastic Team, Olympic and World Champion

Sports Galaxy

Year Sport Awards: live show

Romanian Auto-Rally Championship and Romanian Auto-Speed Championship

two seasons exclusive rights: 25 min TV programs & news

Master Rally 2000

World Cup Rally-Raid - Ro Stage

Swiss 4000

mountaineering series of programs: Rimpfishhorn, Breithhorn, Monte Rosa and Matterhorn

Romanian Mountaineering and Climbing Championships

three season rights, TV programs & news

Nanga Parbat

Expedition to Himalayas (Karakorum) – event. co-producer

Bulldog Rally

Ro. Ford KA team in UK Rally - on Pro TV

SELF-PROMOTION

International Judo Federation – IJF
European Table Tennis Union – ETTU
Strongman Champions League – SCL
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Wild
Pokerstars
VIASAT
Pro TV

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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