Ivan Castellano

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About me

IVAN CASTELLANO
PRODUCER - CREATIVE DIRECTOR
24 rue Morice - 92110 Clichy.
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portfolio: www.vimeo.com/ivancastellano
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivancastellano/


SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

- French, Spanish, English speaker.
- End to End Production Process: Initial briefing – completion.
- Editor on Adobe Premiere Pro – After Effects and Final Cut.
- SelfShooting - Camera operator handling DSLR, EOS Cameras (Canon C300, 5D/7D).
- Managing Production in chroma key environnement and VFX Post-production.
- Planning and budget management. Sorting out production agreements.
- Coordinating British and French production teams in shootings abroad: South America, Africa, Asia.
- Positive and “can do” attitude – enthusiastic and flexible worker. Like to travel.


WORK EXPERIENCE


(2012- 2017) Creative Director and Producer at Close Shot Productions Ltd - London

Producing, directing and editing adverts, corporate documentaries for the French Health Insurance Company: Mutuelle de la ville de Paris.
- TV Commercial for the French Health Insurance Company: Mutuelle Complémentaire de la Ville de Paris.

- Twelve promotional reports and two commercials adverts for the French Health Insurance Company: Mutuelle Complémentaire de la Ville de Paris.
- Institutional documentary on the History of the Mutuelle Complémentaire de la Ville de Paris (38 min): interviews – French National Stock Shots (I.N.A).
- “État de santé” (“Health Assessment”) (45 min): Documentary about the European institutional PRESST-NEXT survey on Stress and Burnout. Executive Production: Close Shot Productions LTD.

(2010 - 2011) Director for EPIC GLOBAL MEDIA –
(Projects in Equatorial Guinea).

Corporate video for SOMAGEC.
Corporate video for CCEI BANK GE.
**Portrait of a Nation: Equatorial Guinea. Broadcast on CNBC. (**As Camera Operator).

(2010) Creative Director for CTONFILM (Paris – FRANCE)
"Epilepsy" (43 min). Educational film about epilepsy for UCB Pharmaceuticals (France).
Executive Production: C ton Film Productions – Paris (France)

(2009 - 2011) Creative Director and Video Producer for DIDAXIS Production (Paris - FRANCE):

- “Au Coeur du combat” (“In the middle of the struggle”) – Full-length documentary about cancer theatrical release in France in 2012.

- “Une Plateforme - Une Aventure” (“A platform – An adventure): Corporate film for Roche Diagnostics presenting an analytical and pre-analytical Biochemistry platform. Executive Production: Didaxis Production.

- “Nos réussites collectives” ("Our collective successes"): Corporate film for Parisian Public Health Servce (APHP). Executive Production: Didaxis Production.

- Entre technique et humanité (52min), Documentary about Neurological Disorders.
Narrator: International actress Anouk Aimée. Executive Production: Didaxis Production.

- “La tomothérapie, une approche” (“Chemotherapy, an approach") (14min): Institutional film for Accuray. Executive Production: DIDAXIS Production.

(2008 – 2007) Assistant Producer for Bo Travail (France 5 TV):

- "Madagascar, the Red Island" (52min). Documentary. Director: Marc Mopty. Broadcast on National French TV France 5. Production: 2F Production.
- "Translatina, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso" (52min). Travel Documentary.
Director: Marc Mopty. Broadcast on National French TV France 5. Production: 2F Production.

- "Echappées Belles", a weekly travel magazine. Filming in Dominican Republic, Thailand,
Mauritius, Argentina, Chile, Greece, Netherlands, Spain and France.
Referees:
JAMES BROWN (Producer at EPIC GLOBAL MEDIA and James Brown Media)
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FRANÇOIS FEVRE (TV PRODUCER at Camera One)
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GUILLAUME CAIROU (CEO – DIDAXIS Production)
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EUDES DE VILLIERS (Communication Manager at ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS)
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BALDOMERO TOSCANO (TV Program’s Production Director at MEDIASET SPAIN)
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Additional information:
EDUCATION

(2012) After Effects Course - Morlley College - London
(2009) Video Journalism – Cifap – France
(2005/2004) First assistant director – Conservatoire libre du cinema francais (Paris)

(2000/2004) Master Audiovisual Communication - University of PARIS XIII and Seville (Paris – Seville)

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Creative Director
Job Titles	Director, Producer, Production Assistant (PA), 1st AD (Assistant Director), Production Coordinator, Camera Operator, Creative Director
Years in industry	3 to 6 years
Organisations / Memberships	Shooting People (UK)