Smadar Sparrow Vaknin - Producer
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.
My Info:
Name: Smadar Sparrow Vaknin
Email: smadar@vaknin.com