About Jonathan S.

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    I am a creative, enthusiastic, organised and hardworking individual that works well under pressure and enjoys being a working member of a team.My work experience and placements have enabled me to handle responsibility, targets and deadlines well. My job placement experience, has taught me how to work in an office environment, how to work with people both clients and colleagues.I have an excellent knowledge of feature films, actors and actresses.I am proficient with Computers (PC&Mac). I have strong experience and knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, outlook, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Final Draft and Movie Magic Budgeting.
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    Credits

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    Master Harold... And The Boys - Focus Films , United Kingdom
    2010 - Assistant Producer
    I was assistant Producer with The Head Producers on this project.

    Surviving Evil - Focus Films , United Kingdom
    2009 - Assistant Producer
    I assisted the Head producers on this project. In the UK and South Africa.
    I was also the production Coordinator for the pick up shoots in the UK. I also helped package this project.

    Chemical Wedding - Focus Films , United Kingdom
    2008 - Production Assistant
    I worked in the production office helping all the head of departments and producers both on set and offset.

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    Employment History

    Aug 2007 - Jan 2011 Focus Films Ltd.
    Assistant Producer, Assistant to the Head
    producer, Development Consultant,
    Production Coordinator

    I was lucky in that with a lot of hard work and commitment, that I was able to turn my one month work experience into a three year job. I assisted the CEO and Head Producer, David
    Pupkewitz. During my time at Focus Films, I worked on three completed feature films. I have a keen eye which allowed me to package our feature films for investors and sales
    agents. 

    In my role as development consultant, I helped with the development of 10 Scripts. I would say my key strengths at Focus Films were budgeting, script development, production coordination, packaging and selling film projects. I also assisted in the creation and set up of the Million Dollar Movie Company incentive film fund.

    Sept 2006 - Aug 2007 Bellwood Media (Product placement and
    Copyright clearance)
    Project Coordinator

    I learned the importance of product placement and copyright clearance to TV and feature films. My work focused on getting sponsorship for feature films through different brands. I learned a lot selling to the different companies. I worked with many big brands from Coca Cola, Nike, Nintendo, Nestle, Reebok, Apple, Dell, Blackberry, nokia, Sony, Heinz, Glaxo Smith & Klein just to name a few. Some of the companies I worked with were Working Title, Focus Features at Universal Studios, Channel 4, Ealing Studios, 20th Century Fox and many independent film productioncompanies. The Films I worked on were:-
    Fearless, Mr Bean 2, Hott Fuzz, Boogie Woogie, Britz(Channel 4 two-part Film), Dangerous Parking, Deaths of Iain Stone, Doomsday, Run Fatboy Run, Atonement, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Children of Men, Miss Potter, Incendiary, St Trinians, The Tournament, Clubbed, Death at a Funeral, Son of Rambow, Penelope and Control.July 13th 2006- Driver/Runner/Camera Assitant for Claire Spencer-Grasshopper Films

    March 2006- March 2006 Revolution Films- Office Assitant- Assited On Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross' The Road to Guantanamo

    Dec 2005 - Jan 2006 BBC Films- Assited David M. Thompson, Head Of BBC Films, Read and Reported on Film Scripts, Sat in on meetings for Script pitching and finalising posters for Four Last Songs, Assisted Director Richard Laxton for Life `n' Lyrics at Goldcrest Editing Suites

    for the rest of my employment history please refer to my CV.
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    Education

    New York Film Academy. 2005
    Directing Course (8 week)

    2001 -2004 The Davies, Laing and Dick College, London
    Completed A - Levels: Photography (C), Media (D), Film (D)

    1996 - 2001: North Bridge House School, Regents Park, London
    G.C.S.E's: Photography (A), English Language (C) English Literature (C), Media (C), Biology (C), Mathematics (C), French (C)

    1994 - 1996: King David High School, Linksfield, Johannesburg, South Africa

    1990 - 1994: North Bridge House, Junior School, London
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    Referees

    Renaissance Films-Katy Cundall, Claire Taylor

    BBC FIlms- Lucy Gaster, Kate Ownes, David M. Thompson

    Focus Films: David Pupkewitz

    Bellwood Media: Kellie Belle 




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    Skills

    I am an a keen Amateur photographer. I have done my GCSE and A-level in Photography.
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Film, 
    • TV

    Specialisms

    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Final Cut Pro, 
    • Football, 
    • Music, 
    • South Africa

    Languages

    • Afrikaans, 
    • English

    Permits

    • EU, 
    • South African

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG)
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