Omar Ragab

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About me

Third year student currently studying Film and Digital Media, with a concentration in Film/Video Production at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, which has made me easily adaptable, outgoing and openminded. Looking for a part-time or full-time job. I am keen to expand my skills and knowledge and prepared to work in a variety of roles as required.
Referees:
Available on request
Additional information:
- My short films have been selected by the University of California, Santa Cruz Film Production Coalition Film Festival to be shown to a wide audience of filmmakers.• Worked through winter following my high school graduation in marketing, at a below the line media and marketing company.
- My role was to meet with owners of large companies and help them launch campaigns for their new products.
- I would create slideshows and presentations for new ideas for branding numerous companies.
- Companies the we frequently collaborated with were: Pepsico, Mars, Sanita, Unilever, Al Marai, Beyti, Etisalat, Orange, Vodafone, Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, Sony, LG, Microsoft, Unionaire, Ghabbour Auto, Nissan, Bavarian Auto Group, Peugeot, Novartis, Nestle Health Science, Glaxo Smith Kline, Abbott Laboratories, Novo Nordisk, Optos, Vacsera, Hikma, Sanofi, Jumeira Golf Estates, Dubai Properties, Alex West, National Bank of Egypt, Telecom Egypt, British Petroleum, Ministry of higher education and the state of scientific research, Ministry of youth and sports and TEdata.
- Permanent member of the Film & Video Honor. Society at my previous school, Orange Coast College.
- Helped write and film short films during my time there.
-Commercial actor: Company: Lactalis Nestle, Dates Employed: 2011 – 2012 Employment Duration: 1 yr, Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, Président cheese commercial actor, billboard model, newspaper advertisement poster boy and face of the brand.Commercial Actor
_Company: Mondelēz International, Dates Employed: 2011 – 2012, Employment Duration: 1 yr, Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, Starred in a Trident Chewing Gum commercial

- Experience in acting in commercials.
- Experience in on set production.
- Experience in visual effects and green screen.
- Director and Executive Producer of 30-minute independent feature currently in production, and will be shown at Film Festivals internationally and will be completed in (August 2018)
- Director, Editor and Cinematographer for feature length documentary following a homeless student at UC Santa Cruz, completed and will be premiering at the Santa Cruz Film Festival in (October 2018)
- Director, Writer, Editor, & Cinematographer of four short films in ---Action, Banana Thugs, Sleepless, Leef (Winter 2018)
- Cinematographer/Assistant Director for 3 student short films in (Winter/Spring) 2018)
- Actor/Lead for 16 student short films in (Winter/Spring 2018)
- Lighting and Photography assistant for 14 short films in (Winter/Spring 2018)
- Film “Sleepless” selected for the Film Production Coalition Winter Film Festival and stills from “Sleepless” being selected to be published for the University of California, Santa Cruz academic film journal (EyeCandy).
- Film “Leef” selected for the Film Production Coalition Spring Film Festival.

APPLICATIONS
Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Davinci Resolve, Final Cut, Logic Pro, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Word.

Camera: Sony EA50, Sony A7SII, Sony FS100, Canon T6I.
Equipment: Tascam recorder, Roland Recorder, Sennheiser Lavaliers, Sennheiser Shotgun Condenser, Rode Video Pro Mic, Neewer 5 in 1 reflector, Manfrotto Tripod, Arri 650 and 1000 watt lights, Tota Lights, Spider Dolly.

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Producer/Director
Job Titles	Camera Operator, Post Production Assistant, Post Production Producer, Casting Assistant, Events Management / Support, Marketing / PR, Unit Production Manager, Key Grip, Gaffer / Lighting Director, Sound Assistant, Sound Operator / Engineer, Boom Operator, Camera Assistant, Director of Photography (DOP), Cinematographer, 1st Assistant Camera - Focus Puller, Video Editor, Production Support, Script Supervisor / Coordinator, 3rd AD (Assistant Director), 2nd AD (Assistant Director), 1st AD (Assistant Director), Studio Producer / Director, Production Assistant (PA), Line Producer, Producer, Director, Script Reader, Script Editor, Writer, Screenwriter
Years in industry	1 to 3 years