Maria-Nefeli Zygopoulou

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Email: acyvg8@r.postjobfree.com

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Experience

Development Producer

I Made it Films, January 2013 to Present

Feature film “Chasing Robert Barker” (2015)

Co-Producer / Co-writer

Sourced cast and crew talent.

Provided research material for script.

Developed the script alongside the director.

Assisted during production on set.

Assisted the producers on the sales process, liaising with distributors and sales agents. The film went on to secure distribution in four countries as of now.

Short film “Neighbourhood” (2016)

Producer

Developed and edited the script.

Sourced valuable crew members.

Responsible for budget, supervised production manager

Organized casting.

Supervised production on set.

Documentary “The journeys of Mário and Tzara” (2016)

Producer, Director, Writer

Developed and produced the documentary in parallel with my PhD research.

Organized location shoots and interviews in England, Brazil, Romania and France.

London Film School

July 2011- Short film - “If You Have No Place to Cry” (2011)

Assistant Producer

Education

PhD, Intercultural Studies, 2011 – 2016

University College London

‘Identity, Language, Militancy: the question of origins in the poetry and prose of Tristan Tzara and Mário de Andrade’ (supervised by Emeritus Professor Timothy Mathews and Professor Stephen Hart)

My thesis offers a comparison between specific works by Romanian Jewish poet, later naturalized French citizen, Tristan Tzara and Mário de Andrade, the Brazilian poet, writer and musicologist mixed in order to synthetize their contribution to oral language traditions and to the body of Modernism. Both researched oral language traditions and adapted ethnopoetics to their worktheir prose both were inspired by folk elements. Concurrently, prompted by the historical and sociopolitical events of the late 1930s, they went on to developed militant poetics. I show that their cultural backgrounds along with their cultural understanding led them to employ oral language narratives in their own work as well as active criticiscultural imperialism.

My PhD research is part of the Documentary-Track PhD programme of UCL and includes a documentary film entitled “The Journeys of Mário and Tzara”

MA, Comparative Literature, 2009 - 2010

University College London

MA Dissertation: comparison between George Bataille’s Histoire de l’œil and Cees Nooteboom’s All Souls Day, exploring the roots of Postmodernism in the Avant-garde: signifieds and signifiers, Eye and Rhythm

BA (1st Hons), Film Studies, Kingston University, 2006 - 2009

Kingston University

Languages

English-native proficiency

Greek-native

Portuguese-professional working proficiency

French-elementary proficiency

Volunteer Experience

Campaign Development

PAG (Protect Animals Greece), July 2016 – Present

Working with Dr Bruce Fogle in developing strategies for launching and promoting the animal charity PAG, video production, approaching talent for campaigning

Volunteer, dolphin and whale monitoring

OCEANOMARE DELPHIS ONLUS, July 2009

Assisting the marine biologists in monitoring cetaceans and maintaining sailing boat and equipment

Achievements and Awards

Best Action Film, Chasing Robert Barker

National Film Awards

March 2016

Nomination Accession Award Screenwriting

East End Film Festival

June 2016

Nomination Best Narrative Feature

San Diego Film Festival October 2016

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