Karine Halpern
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Professional StatusFreelancer
Job/Career Open to opportunities
Are you transmedia ready?
Effective strategies for crossmedia communications and production - Public & Press Relations - Social Media Editor – Writer and ghost writer - Project Management - Transmedia advocacy and lobbying - (I forgot I was a filmmaker ;-)Prepared to relocate. Available for missions in Europe and abroad.
ABOUT ME
http://about.me/KarineHalpern
SPEAK
www.slideshare.net/KHwork
KH FILMMAKER
www.youtube.com/user/KHGOBLOG
MEETUP NETWORK
www.meetup.com/TransmediaParisFrance/
CREATOR of the 7 Transmedia Families PRESS KIT ->
http://tinyurl.com/6372yh2
www.transmediaready.com
TRANSMEDIA EUROPE & ALLIANCE a LinkedIn group. Founder and curator
OPEN EVENT
http://barcamp.org/w/page/36408309/TransmediaCampMarseille
-> 6 years in Public Global Communications: International Institutions, Gov. Agencies, Think-Tanks, Nonprofit
-> 15 years in the International Film, TV & Creative industries
My Links
Professional Experience
Founder * Digital strategist * Social Media Editor * Producer * Facilitator
@TransmediaReady - Worldwide (Paris based)(Freelancer - Since September 2010)
- Community Manager. Crossmedia/Transmedia Creator
Moderator and speaker at round tables, conferences, workshops and international events.
Clients are production companies, public organizations and festivals in Europe and abroad.
Crossmedia Producer & Director
TAWAK PICTURES - Paris - France(Since January 2008)
- Writer, Filmmaker, Editor, Producer of digital and interactive commissioned content:
"GLOBAL PROJECT: MEASURING PROGRESS OF SOCIETIES".
E-learning and DVD programme for GIZ, former INWENT, agency of the German Ministry of Finance, in partnership with the OECD World Forum 2009 and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
(Geo-politics, data communications and international cooperation)
Consultant * Crossmedia Director & Producer
EUROPEAN COMMISSION & ADETEF France - Paris / Brussels / Luxembourg(August 2008 - June 2009)
- Consulted on digital strategy, produced and directed content and interactive App for data visualization and series of e-learning content in 3 languages (French, English and Arabic).
Production of crossmedia content for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership MEDSTAT, a Programme of the European Commission (EUROP'AID) with the French Ministry of Finance.
Data communication in international cooperation
Founder * Crossmedia Producer/Director
ENTHUZIASM - Paris (January 2003 - 2007)
- Founder and manager of the nonprofit association for the development of multimedia content
- Observer & filmmaker for the Think Tank COLLEGIUM INTERNATIONAL presided by former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard and UN Ambassador Stéphane Hessel. Geo-politics. 2007
- Created crossmedia content, an e-learning series for the German governmental agency GIZ (www.inwent.org) of the German Ministry of Finance: STATISTICS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
Geo-politics, data communications, international cooperation with Africa 2006-2007 - Produced and directed a transmedia experience with and for children: "10ème Semaine de la Francophonie" (French vocabulary) coproduced with the French Ministry of Culture and the Museum "Cité des Enfants” (workshops, drawings, creative writing, video, sound design, interactive web, local exhibition) 2004-2005
- Produced a series of interviews for the anniversary of the non-profit VILLES INTERNET 2008
and a DVD for the French governmental agency on sustainability in 2006
Personal Assistant to feature film Director
La Petite Reine & Ajoz Films - Paris / Spain(June 2002 - July 2003)
- Personal assisant to feature films director Jan Kounen, "Blueberry" aka 'Renegade' with Vincent Cassel, Michael Madsen, a UGC release (film shoot, post production, promotion)
Trainer: Film Marketing and Festival Organisation
Paris private schools - Paris - France(Freelancer - 2000 - 2004)
- Teached adult students in private schools CEFPF, Cinema, and IC-COM, Cultural Industries
Project Manager * Interactive Media Producer * Artistic Director
Le PASS: Museum (Parc d'Aventures Scientifiques) - Mons - Belgium(Full-time - 1999 - June 2000)
- Produced interactive and multilingual (French, English and Dutch) content for all the exhibitions of the scientific Museum. Artistic supervision. Line producer.
Press & Media assistant
UNITED NATIONS - Brussels - Belgium(Full-time - February 2001 - March 2001)
- Conference on the Least Advanced Countries with the European Commission
Public & Press Relations * Sales & Marketing * Special Events
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS & MARKETS - Cannes, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin(Freelancer - 1991 - 2005)
- Representative (liaison bureau), coordinator and P.R. person for the INDEPENDENTS SHOWCASE, a New York based agency for the promotion of independent films. Sales assistant, press, organizer for parties and screenings at film festivals and markets (Cannes, Berlin)
- Sales Assistant to feature films producers & distributors from France, Belgium and the USA at international film markets: MIP TV, MIPCOM, MIFED, IFP, AFM, LONDON, TORONTO:
Parabole & Parallèle Productions - Les Films du Village - La Sept / Arte - Transtel TV - Omnivision - Amazing Movies - Picture This - Filmwave Pictures - Atmosphere Entertainment - Initial Vidéo Distribution - Alizé Productions… - Parallèle & Polygone Productions in Belgium, in charge of:
- 1st HD catalogue of Documentary Films
- 1st Public Theater Screening Full HD documentary in Belgium with Barco and EVS - Development of features films, in charge on the relations between Europe and the USA
Festival Coordinator * Curator * P.R.
BRUSSELS International FILM FESTIVAL - Brussels - Belgium(Freelancer - January 1996 - May 1998)
- Head of Guests Service. Co-curation for the festival. Creator of the special programme “America Meets Europe" with Kinepolis. Moderator of round-tables.
Founder * President * Curator * Organiser
FENETRES SUR COURTS (non profit) - Paris - France(Temporary Replacement - 1991 - 1997)
- Events curator & organizer at the Cinémathèque Française (Presided by Ethnologist Jean Rouch).
Special screenings "Mosaïques" with Alliances Françaises, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Espace Kronenbourg Paris and private sponsors - FESTIVAL DU CINEMA AMERICAIN DE DEAUVILLE:
curator and organizer of the 1st short films section of the festival: «Courts Métrages sous les Etoiles», with sponsors Philips Morris, Radio Nova, Media Business Partners, Région Basse Normandie.
Co-Founder * Film Distributor
Plus en Plus Films - Paris - France(Temporary Replacement - January 1996 - December 1996)
- Curator of French films abroad and of American independent films in Europe. For instance the programme "The Long and the Short of French Cinema" at Bleecker Street Cinema, New York.
- Development of features films, in charge on the relations between Europe and the USA.
Line Producer * Production Manager * Assistant on Film, TV, Commercials
Production companies France Belgium - Paris, Brussels (Freelancer - 1990 - 2005)
- Commercials and commissioned films with:
Gédéon - Franco American - Planète Spot - Tea For Two - Cake - Milly Films - Quad - Son et Lumière - Foxtrot Productions - PHP - Puma - Tea For Two Productions - Feature films: Films Alain Sarde - Manitou Productions - Productions Desmichelle - Noé
- Documentary films: PBS - Alizé Films - Films du Village - Films d'Ici (Arte, France TV)- Polygone
Opening Night Gala Assistant
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - Cannes / Paris - France(Freelancer - 1992 - 1992)
- Preparation and backstage assistant/coordinator.
Education
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Various French and European (1995 - 2010)
- TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS * Transmedia Next * TV Markets * Pro Pitch (Media) * Creative Writing * Film Production * Film & TV Post Production * CINEDOC documentary filmmaking * Theater *
BAFA Brevet d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Animatrice
Académie de Nice (January 2012 - January 2012)
Baccalauréat : Sciences Sociales et Economiques
Lycée Bristol Cannes (January 2012 - January 2012)
Skills
Creative Achievements
- WRITER * DIRECTOR * PRODUCER
* Blogger since 2009
* Member French Writers Guild SCAM SGDL since 1990
* The 7 TRANSMEDIA FAMILIES, a card game for design thinking, a creative and educational tool 2011
* TRANSMEDIA LIVE STORM, online conference (artist residency in Paris) 2010
* TransmediaCamp 2011
* 10 MOTS+1 ('Dynamots')
Creative crossmedia series French Ministry of Culture 2005
* MENTAL HEALTH IN BELGIUM Creative documentary RTBF
* QUE DEMANDER DE PLUS ? Creative documentary (Cinéoc)
* MY WOODSTOCK
Creative documentary on the 25th anniversary of Woodstock
* RIDICULOUS KILLS!
Writer Filmmaker short fiction Grant from French Ministry of Youth. Released in theaters, televison and festivals. Prix Défi-Jeunes 1990
* Junior journalist for Cannes Radio and Cannes Film Festival on national TV in 1985
