Stefanovic Nikola
Mobile: +381 64 1837 749
Serbia
nikola.stefanovic@gmail.com

Nationality:
Serbian

Date of birth:
22. November 1975.

Gender:
Male

Occupational field:
Colorist, DI Supervisor, Editor, Compositor

Work experience

2007-today
Colorist, DI Supervisor
Colour correction of commercials, feature films, TV series and music videos, DI supervision
Cinebox 100, Belgrade, Serbia
High-end film and video postproduction facility with film lab

2003-2007
Compositor, Colorist
Postproduction of various commercials for domestic and international clients
Media Plus, Belgrade, Serbia
Video production

2002-2003
Video Editor, Compositor
Editing and postproduction of TV commercials, work with 3D department
Media System (part of Pink Media Group), Belgrade, Serbia
Full service agency with video production, 3D & motion graphics departments

2000-2002
Video Editor
Editing of TV shows, commercials, corporate and music videos
Magic Box Multimedia, Novi Sad, Serbia
Video Production and Postproduction

1998-2000
Motion Graphic Artist
Creating all kinds of animated graphics for various TV shows produced by Serbia Today
National Broadcast Corporation Of Serbia (RTS), Belgrade, Serbia
TV Broadcast

Education

1994-1998
Electro Technician
Basic knowledge of electronics and electro technical machinery maintenance
Technical School “Mihajlo Pupin”, Indjija

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue:
Serbian language

Other language(s:
English

Social skills and competences:
Excellent communicational and negotiation skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Used to work in multicultural teams and with persons from different background
Skilled in dialogue facilitation, conflict mitigation and non-violent communication.

Organisational skills and competences:
Strong prioritizing skills
Strategic planning and problem solving oriented
Used to work in fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets.

Technical skills and competences:
Conforming and color grading feature films, TV series, commercials and music videos in tape-to-tape based daVinci system, digital intermediate 2K and hi-definition color space for film finishing and high definition video release. My technical skills also include creation of the post production department, oversight and management of all post production including dallies creation, editing, data archiving, color correction, quality control and master delivery.

Computer skills and competences:
I use Apple Color and daVinci Renaissance 888 in my color correction studio. I also use Final Cut Pro for final conform 2K and high definition resolution footages. I am also familiar with Autodesk Lustre color corrector. Other programs that I use are Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Apple Shake, and Pixel Farm PF Clean for dust busting, etc.

Artistic skills and competences:
My chief artistic skills include hand drawings of portraits and anatomy inspired by Comics. I also play bass guitar with my band for recreation.
My main long term interest is Directing of short films with visual experiments in post production.

Other skills and competences:
I’m trained to use Cintel’s diTTo 2K, 4K film scanner and I’m familiar with Laser Graphics Producer+ film recorder. The facility where I currently work has a film lab with negative development.

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