CLIENTS

"I LOVE AFRICA DEUX" Celebrity Activist & Charity Runner Suzanne "Africa" Engo's Part II Worldwide Ultra-Marathon Race to spread awareness of the Millenium Development Goal 6: HIV/AIDS.
Pre-production coordination, Field Production Management & promotional & PR coordination for entire documentary shoot/run in Italy & The Principality of Monaco. 
 
“Lidia’s Italy” on Lifestyle Food Network, Tavola Productions, New York, NY / Italy
Pre-production coordination & Production Management: organize all logistics, transportation, accommodations, permits, hire Italian crew, set-up interviews/guests for Italian shoot of renown TV cooking host Lidia Bastianich and her weekly cooking show “Lidia’s Italy”.
 
Vista Higher Learning, Boston, MA / Italy
Pre-production coordination & Production Management: organized all logistics, transportation, accommodations, casting, permits, hiring Italian crew for Italian educational language video. Vista’s 1st in-house production for an educational language editor leader in their field.
 
Goliath Media, Boston, MA
Production Coordinator for 1 day shoot in Boston for 2 original made for TV movies to be aired on Lifetime, for Canadian production company.
 
Berry Pond Productions, Pre-production research & scouting for independent feature originally to be shot in MA (was shot in June/July ’09 in Maine)
 
Magic Stone Productions, LA, CA
Translation/transcribing, interpreting & consulting for/on the "Best Worst Movie" documentary.
 
Limbo Film - independent Italian production company, Rome, Italy
Production Manager/Coordinator: pre-production, research & production management of Italian & American political investigative TV programs; research, transportation, location search, transcriptions, translations, et.al.
 
“Sarenco”, artist/founder of the movement “Visual Poetry”
Executive Production of docu-video presented @ International Contemporary Art Biennial of Seville 2004

Movieweb – film production & distribution, Rome, Italy
Consecutive Interpreter/Translator for Joshua Jackson and director Brad Mirman during the Golden Graal Student’s Choice Award 2006 and for Italian launch of film “Shadows in the Sun”; live-presenter of Joshua Jackson & Brad Mirman, and the film, at the Warner Village Cinemas Parco de Medici (Italy’s largest movie theatre) in Rome.
 
Associated Producers – Canadian Documentary Production Company
Pre-production coordination/Field Production Manager (Rome, Italy)  for Tomb Series investigative documentaries aired on The Discovery Channel & national Canadian TV; on-air consecutive interpreter.

Zen Zero Production, Rome, Italy / Nice, France
Various translations/re-writing on synopsis, screenplays, director’s notes.

BQ Productions –
Documentary Production Company, Rome, Italy
Sr. Researcher/Production Coordinator: research for development of new ideas/stories on Peru to propose to Discovery Channel, research of main characters to interview; telephone screenings/interviews; various translations.
 
“Move! Italy” & “Move! USA”, feature film, Rome, Italy
Collaboration on production & casting including permits, locations, main protagonist for Italian episode, extras.
 
“Skateboard Confidential”, feature film on American skateboarder/artist Ed Templeton, Rome, Italy
Transcription/various translations/preparation subtitles (in collaboration with LIMBO FILM).
 
TV Ad & Corporate Video, Grapes Communications, Rome, Italy
Executive production, casting, organization and location search.

Golden Graal – Student’s Choice Awards,
2005-2007, Rome, Italy
Organization/Communications Director on 1st three editions of this newly formed awards ceremony, coordinating all talent participation, logistics, interns, post-party. Was the Talent/Guest Hostess/Greeter on Red Carpet for the 2007 edition, which was transmitted in prime time on RAIUNO, Italy’s premier TV station.

International Exhibition of New Cinema - Pesaro Film Festival, 41st ed. 2005, Rome, Italy
Organization, sponsorship research, contact with international Festivals and organizations. Coordinated all talent (directors & actors) participation (Italian & Foreign). Acted as Guest Hostess/Interpreter/Presenter during presentation of foreign films.
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QdA (Quartieri dell’Arte), International New Writing Festival, Rome/Viterbo, Italy
Organization, communication, artistic consulting, sponsorship research.
 
Rome Jazz Festival, 2005, 29th Edition
Production Manager of 1-month long jazz festival in collaboration with Auditorium Parco della Musica. Coordinated all talent (musicians/bands) participation (Italian & Foreign). Acted as Guest Hostess/Interpreter throughout the festival.
 
RIFF, Rome Independent Film Festival, 4th ed. 2005
Sponsorship research, artistic consulting for American event.
 
“Transiti” – Visual Arts Festival (theater, dance, music, visual arts, performance, installations)
Complete organization of 1-mth long festival/review including press representation, PR, promotion, organization of all talent participation (Italian & Foreign).

IED - Istituto Europeo di Design (European Design Institute), Rome/Milan, Italy
Management of partnerships for various didactic projects; taught “Professional Organization” course to designers at both Milan & Rome locations.

French Embassy in Italy, BCLA Cultural Service - Serramarrocco Vineyards - Altran Italia, Rome, Italy
Organization of various cultural events re. contemporary French drama & literature.
 
“Star Beach”, TV screenplay, Rome, Italy
Translation of Pilot Episode from Italian to English for presentation to distribution/backers.
 
“Al Pacino”, by Pierpaolo Palladino, theatrical screenplay translation
 
Il Battello Ebbro, Experimental Theater Company, theatrical promotional activities, Rome, Italy
 
CST Cultural Association – Sala 1 Theater, theatrical promotional activities, Rome, Italy

“Il Globo” Cultural Association, Rome, Italy, Press rep & PR for theatrical production “Cara Nannarella”

VOLUNTEER / NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROJECTS

  • Democrats Abroad Rome - Program Chair for Roman branch of Democrats Abroad Italy: responsible for creation, organization & promotion/PR of all events of not-for-profit political organization, Sept. 2005 – June 2006.
  • “Stop The War On Iraq, All Troops Out Now!” – collaboration for foreign press representation, promotion, organization for the “Demonstration Against the War in Iraq”, 24 September 2005, via Veneto, in front of US Embassy, Rome.
  • “International Community Fair” organized by the AICR American International Club of Rome & Rome Village c/o John Cabot University, promotion and reception, 17/09/05.
  • “USA Presidential Election Night Party November 2004” - organization, location, research of sponsors & volunteers, promotion & press rep, hostess & catering.
  • “Americans for Kerry at the Coliseum” - Press representation, promotion & assistant to the organizer for the three events to encourage people to vote “Tell an American to Vote”,  26, 27 & 31 October 2004, via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome (directly in front of the Coliseum!).