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Nanda S.

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

$150 - $400 / Day

About

an executive producer/ First AD, based in Rio de Janeiro, with an extensive experience on film, video and photo shooting productions, on organizing logistics and making researches all over Brazil, from the Amazon River to the extreme south, from the urban São Paulo, to the wild Pantanal. For 15 years, Nanda has been offering assistance to foreign journalists and documentary filmmakers who look for a story in Brazil, by connecting them to the local reality, liaising with the director/executive producer, in order to target the project for coverage based on its human stories or the ‘social issues’ that it touches, in the context of the national, local news agenda and local public opinion. After hearing about your project, I’ll be able to offer you good ideas about how to make it happen, by suggesting you the best locations, cast and crew. Main activities: Arranging local permits to obtain all the necessary clearance needed to shoot on location, Casting production, Content Research, Arranging visa permits for cast and crew, Analysing and breaking down the script, to work out a budget and schedule that suits the client Advising on any legal implications regarding laws, contracts with crew members and insurance, Organising all the shooting logistic, Hiring the best possible crew for the projects and negotiating good rates, Booking all the required equipment for clients and conducting discussions with suppliers, Coordinating all hotels and travel for the shooting, Clearing all shipment as well as the subsequent export out of the country, Arranging safe shipment of exposed stock if you need to process the film overseas, Organising the pos- production (if required) Main recent clients: VH1 Channel, BBC Channel, National Geographic, PBS Channel, Milwaukke Journal Sentinel, MNSBC News, Ushuaia TV Channel, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, TV3 Channel, Trace TV, MediaCorp Channel, Front Line Defenders, among many others

Top Services

Fixer
Line Producer / On-Location
Field Producer

Clients

Top Projects

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Production Support

  • Field Producer
  • Line Producer / On-Location
  • Production Assistant

Miscellaneous

  • Fixer