Bilingual French Executive Assistant/Events Coordinator
Resume:
Gaelle Duchemin
New York, NY 10075
Cell phone: 347-***-****
Email: **************@*****.***
PROFILE:
• 12 years experience as Executive Assistant to Film Producer
• Native French, fluent in English
• Proficient in MS Office, able to work on both a Mac and PC
• Meet deadlines
• Highly organized work habits
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with high profile clientele (actors, film directors and government officials)
• Flexibility to work with an ever-changing schedule
WORK PERMITS:
• Green Card + European and French work permits
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations Jan. to May 2009
Assistant of three diplomats
Organization, budget and coordination of 2nd Committee: Economic and Social Affairs
LOGISTICS & ORGANIZATION OF EVENTS
Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations July to Dec. 2008
Administrative Assistant
Organization, budget and coordination of special events: Ministerial meetings at the United Nations, dinners and receptions during French Presidency of the European Union
Overseeing recruitment, catering and interpretation
FILM FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, New York, USA March 2007 & 2008
Coordinator: Unifrance USA
In charge of the schedules of actors and directors
Coordination between press interviews and screenings at the Walter Reade Theater and at the IFC Center.
Guests: Claude Lelouch, Claude Miller, Cedric Klapisch, Elsa Zylberstein, Sandrine Bonnaire...
French Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic Fall 2005 & Fall 2007
Coordinator & Programmer: French Embassy
Requesting film screeners and coordinating the film selection process
Selection of films, rights’ clearance and negotiating of screening fees with distributors
Shipping of press materials and prints
Hiring translators and managing the subtitles
Corresponding with filmmakers and distributors
Travel and accommodation booking
Overseeing festival programs and contracts
Coordinating co-presentation
Guests: Emmanuelle Cuau, Romain Duris, Claude Miller...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic 2006
Assistant Curator of the French Retrospective
Rights’ clearance, negotiating of screening fees, shipping of prints and press materials.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO PRODUCER
Executive Assistant: Shooting - Feature Film May to July 2007
“Sans état d’âme” by Vincenzo Marano, Les Films de l’Astre, Paris
Create the daily call sheet and coordinate the team
Validate credits and titles
Managing actors and agents contracts
Hiring of extra staff
Making budget for material and location
Purchasing orders and supplies
Actors: Helene de Fougerolles, Laurent Lucas, Thierry Fremont
Executive Assistant to Producer Martine Marignac 2006
Pierre Grise Productions, Paris
“The Duchess of Langeais” by Jacques Rivette
• Selection at Berlin & Toronto International Film Festival
Actors: Guillaume Depardieu, Jeanne Balibar, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier
Overseeing labs work, editing, mixing, sounds, music and printing
Managing titles and posters with the distributor
Shipment of press material and prints
Management of the subtitles
Submission to International Film Festival
North American Retrospective of Jacques Rivette’s films
Rights’ clearance, negotiating of screening fees, localisation and shipping of press materials and prints.
French release of “Gardens in Autumn” by Otar Iosseliani
• Selection at Film Festival of New York, London & Sofia
• Selection at International Film Festival of Rotterdam, Ljubljana, San Francisco, Vienne, Kiev, Goteborg & Hong Kong
Executive Assistant: Shooting - Feature Film and TV Show
“Gardens in Autumn” by Otar Iosseliani, Pierre Grise Productions 2005
Actor: Michel Piccoli
“Julie Lescaut” by Bernard Uzan, GMT Productions 2004
“Coup de vache” by Lou Jeunet, Scarlett Production
Actors: Gilbert Melki, Anne Brochet
“La Crim 6 bis” by Vincent Monnet, Fit Production 2003
“La Crim 6” by Dominique Guillo, Fit Production
“Sauveur Giordano” DEMD Production 2003
Actor: Pierre Arditi
“Brigade des mineurs” by Miguel Courtois, Tetra Media 2002
“Crimes en serie” by Patrick Dewolf, Expand Images 2001
“Dead Weight” by Alain Berberian, La Petite Reine 2000-2001
• Selection at French Film Festival of Seoul & Yokohama
Actors: Gerard Lanvin, Benoit Poelvoorde, Jose Garcia
“Les enquetes d’Eloise Rome” by Denis Granier Deferre, Escazal 2000
“Les oiseaux de passage” by Denis Amar, Escazal Films
Actor: Zabou Breitman
“A New Woman” by Didier Albert, ANFM Production
Actor: Michele Laroque
“The Beatniks” by Josee Dayan, GMT Production 1999-2000
Actors: Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Virginie Ledoyen, Asia Argento, Jeanne Moreau
“Maternity”, by Jean-Denis Robert, ANFM Production 1999
“Mr Naphtali” by Olivier Schatzky, Film par Film 1998
Actors: Eli Kakou, Gilbert Melki
“Workers for the Good Lord” by Jean-Claude Brisseau, Euripide Prod.
• Selection at Rotterdam International Film Festival
“The Snake has eaten the Frog” by Alain Guesnier, Agat Films 1997
Actors: Jean Rochefort, Marisa Paredes
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO POST PRODUCTION MANAGER
Post production assistant, Duran Duboi Labs 1997
“The Comte of Monte Cristo” by Josee Dayan, GMT Production
“Julie Lescaut”, GMT Production
Post production assistant, Flach Film 1996
“Marthe” by Jean-Loup Hubert
• Selection at French Film Festival of Acapulco
“Tout ce qui brille” by Lou Jeunet
CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYMENT:
Membership Sales Assistant
FNAC (Large video, DVD and music superstore) 1991-1996
DEGREE & DIPLOMA:
Master Degree in Film, University of Paris 8, France 2007
Film and Audiovisual Heritage: Preserving, Restoring and Promoting Cinematography.
Title of the Master thesis: “From Czechoslovak Films to Slovak Films and vice versa”
Education in Film Production Management 1996
University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3
Bachelor Degree in Film, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3 1994
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