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Impact of the Mega

MEGA PLUS has become a renowned and prestigious reference for any European audiovisual company. Around 200 professionals have attended MEGA and 90% of MEGA graduates have found employment in the audiovisual industry upon completion of the programme. Most of the former students have achieved successful professional positions.

To name a few:

UK-based sales company HanWay Films has hired Sofia Neves (MEGA 2004) as Director of Worldwide Sales and Distribution.

Phillip Kreuzer (MEGA 1999) is currently Vice President International and Co-Production at Bavaria Pictures as well as Managing Director of Bavaria’s Rome-based production and Distribution Company Bavaria Media Italia s.r.l.

Alex Marshall (MEGA 1999) is COO of Warp Films, a production company that has made Bafta winning This is England (Shane Meadows).

Daniel Baur (MEGA 2001), is the founder of K5 International, a sales company based in London and Munich.

Alexei Boltho (MEGA 2000) started working for the BBC immediately after finishing the Mega and is currently Director of Co-production and Acquisitions for Paramount Pictures UK.

Mark Denessen (MEGA 1999) is a European advisor of the Rotterdam Film Comission and owner of the consulting firm Denessen Media.

Benny Drechsel (MEGA 2005) is CEO of Rohfilms, Germany. He had two films selected for the Cannes Film Festival 2008, one film nominated for European Film Award “Discovery” (SNOW), one film in Locarno competition (YURI’S DAY), 3 films in Rotterdam 2009, two films at Berlinale 2009 (CATAPULT; SNOW).

David Fischer (MEGA 2000) is Managing Director of Internet power house MySpace.com.

Alberto Marini (MEGA 1999) is Executive Producer at Filmax International. He developed and produced the film “REC” which has been remade in the US under the title of “Quarantine”. He is also head of Coproductions and International Strategy for the Company.

Patrick O'Neill (MEGA 2004) became Industry Affairs Executive of the Irish Film Board in 2008.

Mads Peter Ole Olsen (MEGA 1998) is Head of Production at one of the leading Scandinavian distributors, Scanbox Entertainment. He has executive produced more than 20 films throughout Scandinavia, most recently the Nicolas Winding Refn English-language Viking film, Valhalla Rising.

Xavier Granada and Alberto Aranda (MEGA 2001) set up the production company A Contraluz Films, whose most recent film “Carmo (Hit the Road)” has been selected as the only Spanish entry for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Elisa Alvares (MEGA 2002) also received a producer credit on this film.

Beatriz Setuain (MEGA 2001) is Head of Film Sales at Spanish Imagina International Sales.

Jose Esteban Alenda (Mega 2003) founded Solita Films in 2004 and was awarded for the Goya, (Spanish Film Academy Award) for Best Animated Short in 2008.

 


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