FILIPPOS MARINAKIS

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EDUCATION
 

Produced four short films, wrote one feature and two short scripts. Crewed in various positions for more than twenty AFI Productions.
  • Army service: MILITARY POLICE 

Through the hard training program of M.P.s I have learned to be disciplined, to respect the hierarchy, to communicate with all kind of cultures and most important that nothing is impossible.
  • University: ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

    • With the help of the best professors in Greece, I’ve learned to concentrate on the accomplishment of my tasks and to have a marketing-oriented way of thinking through my many university projects supervised by my professors. My degree is equivalent to a Master in.Business Administation (MBA).

    SPOKEN & WRITTEN LANGUAGES
     
    • Hellenic- English- French 

    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
     
    • October 2004- December 2005
      Lions Gate Films- Ithaka Entertainment
      Development Executive

      ITHAKA currently maintains the sole producing deal at Lions Gate Films--operating out of their offices and serving as one of Lions Gate’s primary sources for film properties.Braxton Pope’s and Andrew Weiner’s Development Assistant, Scripts Analysis & Notes, Internet Researches, Projects Development, Generating Cast’s Lists, working with writers.

    • March 2005- September 2005
      Funny Boy Films
      Scripts Analyst
    • February 2005- March 2005
      AGM(Feature)
      Producer’s Assistant

      Feature, Directed by Todd Stephens (EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, GYPSY 83). Jess Adam’s assistant in pre-production and on production. Researches, deals, contacting all vendors, memo deals, sponsorships, acquiring rights, running errands, scheduling, scouting, assisting all departments on set.

    • January 2004- November 2004
      KEEPER OF THE PAST- AFI Thesis (short)
      Producer

      Directed by the 2005 Golden Student Academy Award winner Alonso F. Mayo, starring Adam Rodriguez (MIAMI CSI) and Steven Bower (SCARFACE, TRAFFIC). Winner of Special Jury Award in Houston WorldFest, participated in many festivals, optioned by HBO.
    • October 2003- February 2004
      DAVID & DEE- AFI Thesis (short)
      Production Coordinator, Props Designer, Graphics Designer, Prop Master

    • October 2002- June 2005
      AFI SHORT FILMS & THESIS
      Various Crew Positions

      Crewed in more than twenty shorts in almost all positions: UPM, Location Manager, 1st AD, 2nd AD, Prop Master, Key PA, PA, Art Assistant, Script Supervisor, Sound Mixer and Booman.

    • March 2002
      I worked as an assistant producer for SUMMER LOVE, Greek short film sponsored by the National Film Center.

    • September 2001
      I worked for a production company (STEFI) as a second assistant director.

    • January- September 2001
      I worked for ComSys Information Technology. as a Commercial Manager for eshare solutions.

    • 1999-June 2000
      I worked for Lannet Telecommunications an Hellenic Telecommunications company as a telecommunications consultant. I also worked in the planing and designing of the company's Internet site & CD ROM presentation and in general accomplishing multiple projects.

    • December 1998
      I went to Saatchi & Saatchi world wide headquarters in London, Charlotte street for a three-week placement, as a part of the work experience program. Through out this program I had at once the opportunity to work for S & S international clients. I have learned how one of the top agencies in the world handle their clients and I have seen how it is to work with in an excessively competitive environment.

    • 1998-1999
      I worked for a Greek advertising agency      (Solid Advertising) as an account executive. Because of the medium size of this independent Greek agency I played an important role in presentations and in general, accomplishing our clients advertising needs. The clients I worked for represent various market areas. I also worked on Internet sites in behalf of the company’s clientele.

    • 1996-1998
    I worked for a Greek newspaper (Athinaiki) as a part-time junior assistant to the following departments: finance, art directing, research, public relations, articles processing. I’ve learned to work on many assignments simultaneously and be able to concentrate and complete each one separately.
    • 1991-1992

    I worked at McDonald’s restaurants as a waiter but 3 weeks later I was promoted to a manager. I left because I wanted to complete my studies. I’ve learned the structure of major multinational companies, their promotion system and the way they interact with different cultures (such as the Greek).

    AWARDS
     
    SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
     
    • 1998- now
      I own, produce, design, update and do the necessary programming of filippos.com. I have achieved personal recognition from about.com, poetry.com, and my site has been linked from more than 100 web sites around the world. From Greece to Korea. Yahoo! offered me in its search engine many top10 keyword positions, especially for my page concerning P. Greenaways film: "The Pillow Book". My site hosts about 200 visitors per day. Not bad if you consider that I made it during my free time and that it cost me a total of 120$.

    • 1990
      I played in a second league Basketball team (ILISIAKOS).

    • 1980- 1990
      I was my schools soccer captain for 10 years. I won several medals in track & field races inside my school and in races between schools in Greece.

    VOLUNTEER WORK
     
    • 1997-1998
      I worked as a researcher in a university statistical evaluation project, concerning the causes of death in Greece.
    COMPUTER LITERACY
     
    • Windows 2000, Microsoft office, Internet programming, Web design editors, Java script editors, Animation editors, Corel Draw 9, etc. 
    HOBBIES
     
    PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION
     
    • I'm focused on the international market and my goal is to create and Produce interesting film concepts which will offer an alternative life style to a mainstream audience.
    PROFESSIONAL MOTIVES
     
    • Interesting Market Area
    • Ambitious employees
    • Competitive,Friendly & Modern in all aspects environment
    • Salary & Promotions