Talents
Giorgio Ungania
Born in 1968 Giorgio Ungania comes from the music business where he has been working as a sound engineer / producer for various recording studios. Later he joined the broadcasting industry as audio post manager for Orbit Satellite TV and later Dubai Media Incorporated. Giorgio has also been running his specialized training company in Italy and has some major broadcasters national and international as clients. He also has experience in the movie industry having been working as soundtrack producer , visual effect supervisor and executive producer for various 35mm features. He has joined SAE in 2006 as Corporate Training and Marketing manager.
Najla Rizk
Mrs.Najla Rizk born in Cairo has been collaborating for a long time with Arabic broadcasters such as ART and Orbit and also with international production houses like Grenada and Endemol fro the Italian edition of Big Brother ; she carries a wide experience as a senior promo producer aside from being a documentary director with a wide experience in audiovisuals communications. She is a free lance journalist.
Nils Hartmann
Born in Hanover Mr. Hartmann is currently Creative Director for Sky Cinema Italy. He has a long curriculum vitae in media production in Europe and in North Africa. He has also managed successfully promotion departments for Studio Universal and Music Now. He has won several industry prizes during the past ten years.
Ahmed Issam
Born in 1956 Mr. Issam has over 15 years of experience in TV Journalism, Trade promotion and Translation ; he is currently official voice over artist for One TV , the English entertainment channel of the Dubai Media Incorporated network. Mr. Issam has also been English News producer , editor and reporter and Radio News presenter for Dubai Television , Channel 33, Dubai92FM radio. He is also an experienced translator specialized in media.
Eugenio Cappuccio
Born in 1961 in Rome Italy, Mr. Cappuccio is a renowned feature film director with a strong experience in TV production. Mr. Cappuccio has been assistant director to Federico Fellini on Ginger e Fred in 1990 and has produced and directed a documentary on the Maestro that won several prizes in Europe and in the United States. He has been collaborating with various Italian and international broadcasters.
Rateb Joudeh
Born in Amman Mr. Joudeth has been collaborating with many various broadcasters among which ART , Orbit, MBC , Al Arabya and NBC US as a promotion producer and a sport producer. He has a vast experience in all the aspects of TV making with a specialty in big sport events. He has been appointed by the Arabian Radio and TV satellite (ART) as head of sports production for the world cup coverage in Germany 2006.
Brian Shepherd
Born London 1967. Brian began his career on the bottom rung as a runner for a London post production company just over 20 years ago. By 1996 He was Senior Editor at "The Mill" London working on extensive high budget TV commercials, performing both online editing and intricate compositing work; As well as documentaries and shows for broadcast. After the transition phase from Linear to non linear he then turned his attention to Avid editing systems in particular DS Nitris. Leaving London for Dubai in 2001 Brian was to oversee post production at Filmworks, a field he concluded, needed help developing in the region. The chance to launch a TV station was to good to pass up and in 2003 left to brand Dubai's newest channel, One TV. Having accomplished his goal of working in all aspects of the industry, Brian now has ambitions plans to launch a Soho style Post facility, combining the best of talent with the latest technology right here in Dubai.
Claudio de Grazia
Born in Rome, 21/05/1961 Mr. de Grazia is a designer, illustrator and art director for different companies and satellite television networks, supervises and coordinates filming operations, production, editing and post-production in different languages and formats since 1984; strong experience in post-production for advertising, design and production of graphics, title sequences, animations for promotional and on-air programs for major international television networks.
Amin Sammakieh
Mr. Sammakieh is currently heading the promotions department for MBC2 in Dubai. He has been working for many broadcasters such as Showtime, BBC London and Evision. Amin has been awarded many times for his achievements in the industry and he won gold and silver awards at the Promax awards conference. Amino is an accomplished producer, director , editor and even a skilled sound engineer mixer. He holds a BA from the American College in London.
Faycal Hassairi
Mr. Hassairi, born in Tunis, is a producer director with experience in both the TV and movie industry. He has been collaborating for more than ten years with the Orbit Satellite Television and radio Network as a promotion producer for ; Faycal has also produced award winning documentaries such as “Jenin Jenin “ and “ Trespassers Will be severely Tortured. He is currently writing and producing “ Since you have Gone” a feature film starring Arabic celebrity Mohammed Bakri.
Gianpaolo Varani
Born in Italy, Mr. Varani has been working as Line producer and Unit Production Manager for more than 30 feature films around the globe. He has been working together with world known Hollywood directors such as Anthony Minghella ( Cold Mountain ) and Julie Taymour ( Titus ) . Gianpaolo has also a wide experience in the production of international TV commercial campaigns ; among his clients Toyota, Vodafone, Renault and Peugeot.