UMESHA SHIMAL FERNANDO
EDITOR
8O KORALAWELLA, MORATUWA, SRI LANKA
PHONE (94) 771 673 677 • E-MAIL UMESHF@GMAIL.COM

Personal Details

Nationality : Sri Lankan
Date of birth : 25th of October 1983
Age : 25
Gender : Male
Civil status : Single

Experience

Head of Editing
Vanguard Management Services (PVT) Ltd. from 2005 up to date.

Editor
Worked under Sri Lankan film director Boodee Keerthisena 2003 - 2005

Responsibilities

Heading the editing team
Overseeing edits
Media management
Editing regular and special programs, trailer and slides
Managing the edit schedule
Maintaining Edit suites
Trailer and program conceptualizing
Directing shoots
Producing programs
Technical troubleshooting
Hardware maintenance

Professional Experience

Documentaries

• The Month of October – Editor ( AVID Xpress Pro )
Documentary for Colorado State University, USA.
Featured on the British Films Catalogue
http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=51844DD90533b167F1GsM133865E

• “RECOBOND” – Editor ( ADOBE Premier Pro )
Documentary for Global View Developers Ltd, Singapore

• “Srilankan Airlines “ induction Video – Editor ( ADOBE Premier pro )

• "More than for Moving" – Editor ( AVID Xpress Pro )
Documentary for SAVE the CHILDREN, Srilanka

• "ACTION AID - Tsunami” - Editor ( AVID Xpress Pro )
Documentary for Action AID

• “HEMAS Tsunami Documentary” – Editor ( AVID Xpress Pro)
Documentary for HEMAS Holdings

• “ MEEMURE “ – Editor (ADOBE Premier Pro )

• “Illegally Legal” – Editor (Adobe Premier Pro )

TV commercials

MICRO MVP / ICTA / Peoples Bank / Seylan Bank /Bajaj / Fashion Bug / Toshiba

Corporate Profiles

Srilankan Airlines / Trendy Garments / Tran screen (Pvt) Ltd / H&T / Jaqalanka Garments / Carrier AC / Global Housing Development (singapore) / Ceylon Electricity board / House of Fashion.

DRAMA

“SATHYA” Srilanka’s first DOGMA style TV series.

MUSIC VIDEOS

“Juliet” – JayaSri for Europe MTV
Editor/color corrector

“Womanizer” – JayaSri for Europe MTV
Editor/color corrector

“Sadaluthale” – Nalin Perera
Editor / color corrector

Skills

Editing ( Narrative style / Drama / EFX / dogma )
Compositing
Color Correction
Logging and Digitizing
Prep for Online
Prep for Final Mix
Encoding
Exporting OMF's and EDL's
Technical Troubleshooting
Audio Sweetening
Media Management and Organization
Continuity Updates
Programs
Avid Media Composer/Xpress Pro
Adobe Premier Pro
Media 100
Adobe Aftereffects
Discreet Combustion
Adobe Photoshop

Professional Education

Studied Directing / Acting / Editing / story telling / film language
Under Samy Pavel . French film Director / Actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667575/

Studied Editing / Directing / film theory / Film Language / Film styles
under Boodee Keerthisena . Film Director