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Smadar Sparrow Vaknin - Producer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Work Experience 2003 - 2004 Producer – Los Angeles Tim Fink Events & Media Inc. Cooperate video. Roll Communication Ltd. “Prigat” Commercial – South Africa Production Assistant – Los Angeles Biscuit Film works, Green Dot Films, Crossroads Films, MacGuffin Films, Radical Media, Anonymous, Reactor Films, Israfest - AIG, Macy’s, Volkswagen, Nike, Morgan Stanley, PDFA, Z Tel, GAP, Pillsbury, Quilted Northern, Advantix, Tums, Soy milk , Amex, “Prince” clip, JCpenny, Pepsi, Adidas etc.. 1991 – 2002 Producer - Israel Produced over 300 Television Commercials, (local and abroad – Israel, South Africa, Morocco, India, China, Hungary & Romania, 2 Drama’s, 6 Television Shows and 2 Election Campaigns. Skills & Abilities: • Responsible for business development & communications with leading ad agencies such as: BBDO, McCann Erickson, Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey, JWT, TBWA, Y&R and more • Generated new work and additional clients. • Read scripts and assigned the right director for each project. • Created, set and managed budgets. • Hired the production staff, crew and equip. • Line produced all shooting days. • Handled all contracts with agency’s and talents. • Hired & interfaced with local companies on international shoots. • Managed all the travel bookings for overseas productions. • Created archives and management system. • Managed confidentiality and security issues. • Created and managed a research department. • Oversaw and supervised each project in all its stages, including post production. • Assisted directors with creating shooting list and during shooting days. • 1st Ad’s in almost 100 commercials. • Signed final cassette for broadcasting. Companies: 4/2002-9/2002 - Ulpanot Productions Ltd (Company owned by McCann Erickson-Israel) Line Producer. 2000-2002 - Roll Communications Ltd. Executive Producer. 1991-2000 - P. O. V Productions, Diva Productions, Udi & Shoshi Productions, Kadishzon Productions, G. G. Studios Productions, Israeli Government Advertising agency, Tafnit Productions, Yom Tov Productions, Herzeliya Studios Ltd etc. Line Producer. 1996, 1999 – G.G Studios Productions - I served as an Executive Producer for the biggest party in Israel, the Likud Party election campaign. Under Arthur Finkelstein (American political consultant). Television Productions & Corporate Videos: • Quiz series “What’s My Line” (Line Producer) • Youth series “Torpedo” (Producer) • 9 eps of “The Traveling Story” (Producer) • 3 eps of “Figures in Judaism” (Producer) • A pilot of a cooking show (Line Producer) • 2 short dramas of 50 min (Producer). • Tnuva (Israeli dairy giant). (Line Producer) • Assaf Harofe Hospital. (Line Producer) • National Road Works Company. (Line Producer) • The Israeli Lottery. (Line Producer) • The Tourism Ministry. (Line Producer) Education 1987-1989 Bet Zvi- Film School, Tel Aviv- Israel – awarded merit based scholarship 1986-1987 Camera Obscura – Film & Photography School, Haifa- Israel. 1985 High School Graduate, Haifa – Israel. |
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My Info: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name: | Smadar Sparrow Vaknin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Email: | smadar@vaknin.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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