Awards: • 2017 – ALTFF (USA) Best Documentary; • NOLLYWOOD Festival (Canada) – Finalist; • Documentary without Borders (USA)– awarded for the Best Direction. • AIPS Sport Media Awards(Switzerland) - Writing Best Column. My LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stage-film-director/ Summary of qualifications: • Over 10 years of video production including concept development, management, shooting, video - editing, writing and directing news, shows and documentaries for television, commercials and films. • Experienced in video editing project from capture to final edited project and music. • More than 8 years of digital theatrical background production for opera, ballet, and concerts. • Expert at telling an engaging story through creative and intelligent editing • Technical skills include: Green Screen; Professional lighting; HD Camera; Musical Production; Art Direction and Set Design • Cross-platform user MAC /PC: Final Cut Pro, Motion Graphic Design, MS Office (PowerPoint, Word etc). • More than 5 years working as an Opera Stage Director. Worked in different companies, managed festivals and produced art projects. Stage direction and stage techniques at the professional level; • More than 5 years of event photography; • Ability to work with different ethnic groups and co-workers with diverse cultural backgrounds. I have worked with different communities, for example, Chinese, Armenian, Irish, Jewish, Polish, Japanese, British and many others. • Excellent communication skills with an ability to express own creative vision while incorporating other team member’s vision • Prior to Canada, having worked in the journalism and advertising industry in Russia for more than 10 years. I have been writing articles for various magazines and newspapers since 2000 and have been working in the advertising industry since 2003. I’m good in translation (from English to Russian), editing, proof-reading, adaptation and copy-writing. My work as a journalist included gathering, writing and presenting analytical articles in Russian as well as translation from English to Russian. I also interviewed specialists, prepared news and photo reports about professional business events, trade shows and exhibitions in Russia and Europe. Membership: •Film Fatales (the USA and Canada) - an association of filmmakers. • WIFT-Toronto (Women of Film and Television) • APPLE Training Center (video production) • International Federation of Journalists (used to be from 2000 to 2014).