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GIAN-ANDREA ALBIN

RESUME

Producer l Fixer l Location Scout

Date of Birth

Nationality

Driver's License

29 September 1979

Swiss

B1

Address

Honrainweg 13

8039 Zurich

Switzerland

Email

Phone

+41 79 781 70 64

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2002-2005

F+F SCHOOL OF ART AND MEDIA DESIGN

Bachelor`s Degree in June 2005

Zürich, Switzerland

Courses included: Camera technique, architectural photography, portrait photography, studio photography, developing, print, retouching, graphic design, branding, art history, media theory

1997-2001

LYCEUM ALPINUM ZUOZ (www.lyceum-alpinum.ch)

Business Diploma

Zuoz, Switzerland

LANGUAGES

MAC SKILLS

German

Rhaeto - Romanic

English

French

Italian

Native Language

Native Language

Fluent Spoken / Written

Fluent Spoken / Written

Fluent Spoken / Written

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Bynder

WORK EXPERIENCE

2009-Current

FREELANCE LINE PRODUCER

International

This is some production company's I have worked as producer on different projects:

and many more...​

Feature Films

2009-Current

FREELANCE LINE PRODUCER

Contra Service Productions (www.contra.cn)

Zürich, Switzerland

My responsibility as production manager covered:

  • Ensure photographers such as Mario Testino, Garry Simpson, Paul Ripke, Rüdiger Nehmzow etc. only have to concentrate on the essential.

  • Supervise and coordinate complex multi-territory photo shootings.

  • Assure a smooth production flow before, during and after the project.

  • Create estimates and work within budgets.

  • Location scouting and talent casting.

  • Recruit and supervise multilingual production teams.

  • Organize permits, rate negotiations, security issues.

  • Point out the most creative visual solutions.

  • Planning of travel arrangements and accommodation.

  • Coordinate photo shoot logistics, customs and shipping affairs.

  • Satisfy clients such as Allianz, BMW, British Airways, Bogner, DHL, D&G, Engelhorn Sports, IWC, Rolf Benz, Shell, Linde, REWE ect.

2008-2009

FIRST ASSISTANT

Emir Haveric (www.haveric.com)

Hamburg, Germany

My role as first assistant encompassed a wide range of responsibilities:

  • Ensure the photographer has only to concentrate on the essentials.

  • Supervision and initiation of the setup for the shooting.

  • Coordination of studio hire and rental equipment.

  • Organization of the set for a more practical work environment.

  • Maintenance and reorganization of the photo equipment.

  • On the job training and briefing of the set crew.

  • Lightning and camera.

  • Handling of customs and shipping affairs.

  • Research and pre-production

  • Maintenance of the webpage

2006-2008

FIRST ASSISTANT

Philippe Cometti (www.philippecometti.com)

Paris, France

My role as first assistant encompassed a wide range of responsibilities:

  • Location scouting and handling of permits.

  • Planning of travel arrangements and accomodation.

  • Arrange castings.

  • Supervision and initiation of the setup for the shooting.

  • Training of new crew members.

  • Translator function within different languages.

  • Set building and prop. scouting.

  • Lightning and camera.

2005-2006

INTERN AS STUDIO ASSISTANT

Pin-Up Studios Paris (www.pin-up.com)

Paris, France

My duties as a studio assistant included:

  • Assisting many great photographer such as:

Peter Lindbergh, John Rankin, Dominique Issermann, Ellen von Unwerth,   Michelangelo Di Battista, Paulo Zambaldi, Miles Aldrige and many more…​

2005-2008

DIRECT ASSISTANT (Freelance assistant)

New York, Paris Zürich, Hamburg, Engadin

Greg Williams

Mats Cordt

Alistair Taylor Young

Philipp Müller

Olaf Hausschulz

Michael Doster

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2000-CURRENT

JOINT FOUNDER OF A GUERILLA RESTAURANT

Restaurant Primo Piano (www.theprimopiano.com)

St. Moritz, Switzerland

Since good food and great wine is my passion, i founded with some friends a guerilla restaurant called Primo Piano. The project takes place once a year for only a short period during our winter holidays.

1999-2005

SNOWBOARD PROFESSIONAL

  • Well-grounded experience in sport photo shootings.

  • Large exposure to and with international sport brand, such as Burton, F2, Matador, Jet Set.

1999

INTERN AS ASSISTANT ON EDITORIAL

ZDF TV Station (www.zdf.de)

Mainz, Germany

Part of the business diploma at Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz

INTEREST

Art, Design, Culture, Travel, Snowboarding, Surfing, Outdoors

REFERENCES

HANS DORNSEIF, Producer

Cell: +49 172 24 55 804

Email: hans@contra.com

EMIR HAVERIC, Photographer

Cell: +49 404 31 83 255

Email: office@haveric.com

PHILIPPE COMETTI, Photographer

Cell: +33 673 87 26 62

Email: cometti01@mac.com

MICHAEL DOSTER, Photographer

Cell: +49 899 80 781

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