Multilingual dynamic and creative Multilingual dynamic and creative recent NFTS graduate with extensive experience in the film, television and publishing industries. Passionate about exciting projects with strong international commercial appeal. Keen interest in sales, acquisitions and development. Excellent administration, research, communication and negotiation skills, as well as good experience in development, production, sales, acquisitions, marketing, project and event management, business development, translation and interpreting. Spanish, Catalan, English, French, and basic Danish and Portuguese speaker.
Projects
- The Raft of the MedusaDeveloped through an ongoing partnership between Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), BBC Radio Drama and Cast Iron, The Raft of the Medusa is an ambitious new multi-platform collaboration between writer Simon Armitage and filmmaker Richard Heslop, featuring music by Simon Fisher Turner. The Raft of the Medusa radio play was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Saturday 18 April 2015, with the full audiovisual work subsequently available to view online via the BBC Radio website and the BBC iP
- FLAMIN ProductionsFLAMIN Productions is a major commissioning scheme for artist filmmakers based in London. The scheme is committed to nurturing talent and supporting innovative artists in their professional growth. Production Credits - the following are the films Ester has worked on - supervising and coordinating the projects from development stage through to completion: Rachel Reupke, Wine & Spirits (2013) Sebastian Buerkner, The Chimera of M (2013) Grace Schwindt, Only a Free Individual Can Create a Free Society (2014) Zarina Bhimji, Jangbar (2015) Mark Leckey, Dream English Kid 1964-1999AD (2015) Gail Pickering, Near Real Time (2015) Simon Martin, UR Feeling (2015) Sarah Turner, Public House (2015) Beatrice Gibson, Crippled Symmetries (2015) Larissa Sansour, In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain (2016) (Photo 1: Dream English Kid 1964-1999AD, by Mark Leckey © Mark Leckey Photo 2: The Chimera of M, by Sebastian Buerkner @ Sebastian Buerkner Photo 3: In the Future, They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, by Larissa Sansour, @ Larissa Sansour http://flamin.filmlondon.org.uk/flamin_productions)
- Random ActsAs part of an ongoing partnership with Channel 4, a series of short form films are commissioned by FLAMIN for Channel 4’s Random Acts strand. Projects Ester has worked on, coordinating the production process and broadcast delivery, include: Charlotte Ginsborg, Opponent (2013) Esther Johnson, Chalk Trace (2013) Gillian Wearing, Your Views I, II, III (2013) Shezad Dawood, 7669 (2013) Nathaniel Mellors, TSNI, Sporgo (2013) James Richards, Side Wilt (2013) Brad Butler & Karen Mirza, The Committee (2013) Rachel Maclean, Eyes to Me (2014) Emma Hart, MUCH (2014) Ed Atkins, Happy Christmas!! (2014) John Smith, Dark Light (2014) Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth, Paradise Lost? (2015) Ursula Mayer, iBird (2015) Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, The Ocarina Man (2015) Sebastian Buerkner, Tosse Not My Soule (2015) (Photo 1: Side Wilt, by James Richards © James Richards Photo 2: Eyes to Me, by Rachel Maclean @ Rachel Maclean Photo 3: Opponent, by Charlotte Ginsborg @ Charlotte Ginsborg http://flamin.filmlondon.org.uk/random_acts)
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Work history
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Sales CoordinatorBanijay Rights
London, United KingdomFull Time
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FreelanceVarious
London, United KingdomFreelance
Key services include: script reading and coverage; script development; talent development; creative project development and production; research; proofreading; translation
www.estercatala.com
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Skills
- Film
- Marketing PR
- Publishing
- TV
- Visual Arts
- Pitching
- Project Management
- Research
- Event Management
- Creative Writing
- Flexible Efficient Confident Outgoing
- Sales Account Management
- Editing Proofreading
- Languages Multi-lingual Services
- International Sales
- Content Acquisition
Education
Script DevelopmentNational Film and Television School
- London, United Kingdom
Perfected script development skills, from script reporting and finding writing talent, to collaborating with screenwriters and handling development meetings.
For her final project, Ester worked with talented writer-director Andrea Niada, developing his psychological horror feature script.
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ProducingMet Film School
- London, United Kingdom
Gained good overview of how the global and UK film industry operates; as well as a good understanding of the different types of producers (creative, line and financial producer). The final project and pitch taught Ester how to market herself in the field. A short screenwriting course gave her an overview of the screenwriting craft.
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