Experience

February **** – Present

Fremlin Books (Ontario, Canada)

Writer, Editor, Art Director

Producing and submitting a manuscript for a children’s book;

Developing theme, plot, characterization, psychological analysis, historical environment, action, dialogue, and literary style to create material;

Conducting research to obtain factual information and authentic detail;

Reviewing, submitting for approval, and revising written material;

Collaborating with client to select subjects or themes for the project;

Developing the visual concept of the book, and supervising the illustration process.

July 2015 – March 2017

Tangible Matter (Los Angeles, USA)

Freelance Writer

Creating characters, crafting dialogue and writing an engaging plot;

Researching plot-lines, places, themes and characters;

Conducting face-to-face, over the telephone and email interviews;

Writing, rewriting, adapting and submitting properly formatted drafts;

Liaising with script editors, producers and directors;

Conforming to tight deadlines.

March 2015 – June 2016

EuroLondon (London, UK)

Bilingual Translator

Rewriting source text in target language while ensuring that its meaning is retained;

Researching specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books for accurate terminology, as well as legal, technical and scientific phraseology;

Proofreading and editing final versions;

Prioritising work to meet deadlines.

October 2014 – April 2016

Hang In There Films (Lisbon, Portugal)

Director, Screenwriter (Freelance)

Identifying and selecting marketable projects;

Producing original scripts, synopsis, storyboards and shooting scripts;

Directing auditions, and hiring cast and crew;

Budget control and production design.

May 2015 - June 2015

Ninho de Víboras (Almada, Portugal)

Teacher, Creator of the "Film Lab" film production course

Introduction to film history and key filmmaking elements and procedures;

Basis of creative writing and screenwriting;

Classical narrative structures, plot and character development;

Supervising “Film Lab” students’ film productions.

November 2009 – February 2014

Melech Mechaya (Lisbon, Portugal)

Director, writer

Of the music videos Dance of Displeasure (2010), Los Bentos (2012) and Strange People (2014):

Producing original screenplays and storyboards;

Directing auditions and actors, and hiring cast and crew;

Film editing and special effects supervision.

December 2006 – May 2009

Film Connection (Lisbon, Portugal)

Writer

Developing theme, plot, characterization, psychological analysis, historical environment, action, dialogue, and literary style to create material;

Reviewing, submitting, revising written material while conforming to tight deadlines;

Liaising with script editors, producers and directors;

Conforming to tight deadlines.

Education

Universidade de Lisboa – Faculdade de Medicina Dentária (2009)

Master’s Degree, Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician

Additional studies

Psychology (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada)

Languages and Modern Literature (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

IT Skills

Word processing and E-mail: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice

Video & Image Editing: Adobe Suite (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Media Encoder), Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve

Screenwriting: Final Draft, Celtx,, Movie Magic Screenwriter

Sound Editing: Cubase, Presonus Studio One, Audacity

Translation: SDL Trados Studio

Languages

Portuguese (native – C2), English (bilingual – C2), French (fluent – C1), Spanish (fluent – C1).

Contact this candidate