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Alessandra Aucello

London,London, England

Summary

Passionate Producer with extensive expertise managing diverse production elements for high-profile, visually-stunning VFX & Animation projects. Coordinating internal and external teams to achieve cost, quality and timescale targets. Love working as a part of a team but also capable of challenging on my own and making decisions accordingly.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior Producer

Jellyfish Pictures LTD
London, London, England
2021.10 - Current
  • STRANGER THINGS - Season 4

Netflix, TV Series

  • ASTEROID CITY

Focus Features, Feature Film

  • I HATE SUZIE TOO

Sky, TV Series

  • INVASION - Season 2

Apple TV, TV Series

  • THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR

Netflix, Short Film

  • THE CREATOR

New Regency, Feature Film

  • LEE

Brouhaha Entertainment, Feature Film

Animation Line Producer

Warner Bros.
London
2021.04 - 2021.10
  • COYOTE vs ACME

WB Entertainment, ANIMATION - VFX Feature

Senior Animation Coordinator

Warner Bros., American Night Productions
London, London, England
2019.08 - 2020.04
  • TOM AND JERRY

WB Entertainment, ANIMATION - VFX Feature

VFX Line Producer - Production Manager

Cinesite
London
2018.02 - 2019.08
  • AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Marvel, VFX Feature

  • AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Marvel, VFX Feature

  • THE WITCHER

NETFLIX, TV Series

Production Supervisor

Mikros Image, Technicolor Group
London
2016.09 - 2018.02
  • SHERLOCK GNOMES

Paramount Picture, Feature Animation

- Work with show Leads/Supervisors to assign artist’s work

- Conceive, review, update and publish departmental schedule

- Manage team absence and reporting

- Report directly to Client and Head of Production (in house and overseas), on the progress of the residual scope of work,

on weekly basis

- Monitor department efficiency alongside Central Production

- Manage department’s immediate relationships up and down the pipeline

Production Coordinator

Arx Anima
Vienna , Austria
2014.11 - 2016.08
  • TALKING TOM AND FRIENDS - Season I

3D animated tv series, # 60 episodes

- Tracking the production work and regular coordination with the producers/line producers maintaining the production report to maximize the output every week.

- Ensuring schedules, tasking and project constraints are communicated to the artists and supervisors, working with them to define specific development and resource specifications needed to complete the project.

- Partners with the PM’s, Coordinators and CG Supervisors when resolving bottlenecks within their own show to maintain a studio-wide view and avoid creating additional downstream bottlenecks and resource issues to other shows.

- Knowing the skillset of the team to be able to pivot and re-task when challenges and work overload become apparent.

- Develops and maintains internal project schedule based on timelines given.

- Preparing notes in reviews, final shot deliveries and shot priorities.

- Ensuring departments scheduling and tracking methods within Shotgun, provide immediate data, tasking and status information that can be retrieved easily.

- Keeps a proactive view to creative and technical challenges that may impact schedule and budgets and informs the Line Producer, providing potential solutions.

- Responsible for managing outsource vendor relationships under the guidance of the Producer.

Production Coordinator

Rainbow CGI
Rome , Italy
2011.01 - 2014.09
  • WINX: THE MISTERY OF THE ABYSS

Animated Feature Film (2014)

  • WINX CLUB: BLOOMIX

2D/3D tv series, #10 episodes (2013-2014)

  • WINX CLUB: BEYOND BELIEVIX

2D/3D tv series, #14 episodes (2012 -2013)

  • GLADIATORS OF ROME

Animated Feature Film (2012)

- Cooperating closely with the Production Supervisors and Managers to the fulfilling of quotas and deadlines, ensuring departmental goals are consistently met.

- Maintaining a strong communication with the Show Coordinators and the Department Technical Directors, arranging the day-to-day operations of the deps assigned in agreement to their targets.

- Run dailies with department and rounds with the leads, updating departmental records and reports used to track elements for the entire production.

- Communicating to departmental personnel the day’s scheduled events affecting them, making sure they are clear about the feedback given by the leads and aware of the deadline established for any unit of work,

- Responsible for the organization and preparation of all the assets and the materials involved in the final delivery.

- Managing weekly target in line with the milestones set by the Show Production.

- Overseeing the process of quality control of shipping material to partner studios.

- Serving as minute contact for clients and preparing client approval sessions (ensuring the send and receipt of the material to and from the client as well).

- Entering and maintaining production data in the studio's production database to reflect scheduled, in-progress, and completed departmental work (assets and shots units).

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, FIRST AD SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

Film Industry
Rome/Naples/Milan, Italy
2008.06 - 2010.12
  • RUN COMUNICATION, Naples based Independent Company (May 2010) > short movie “La Colpa “directed by Francesco Prisco,

Script Supervisor

  • Italian Ministry of Interior – CNCPO Public Security division in association with NUCT ITALIA Cinecittà Studios, Rome (October 2009) > educational film “Codice Silenzioso“directed by Enzo G. Castellari , Second unit First AD
  • Merier Production, Rome based Company (august – september 2009) > movie “Dopo quella Notte“ directed by Giovanni Galletta, First AD, Executive Producer’s assistant
  • CINEGAND SRL, Rome (July 2009) > documentary “La vita accanto “ directed by Giuseppe Pizzo, Script Supervisor
  • NUCT ITALIA SRL, Cinecittà Studios Rome (October 2008 until July 2009) senior students’ final works as First AD: #4 short movies (digital), #4 shorts movie (super 16 film), #1 short movie (35 mm) as Line Producer: #4 short movies (super 16 film)

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Film

International School of Cinema and Television
Rome, Italy
2008.09 - 2009.05

Certificate of Higher Education - Science Education

Liceo Scientifico “B.Pascal “
Rome, Italy
1996.09 - 2001.07

Skills

  • Feature planning and delivery status
  • Project Management
  • Relationship building
  • Schedule Management
  • Video production oversight
  • Budgetary control
  • Outstanding organisation
  • Strong leadership
  • Cast and crew supervision
  • Written and interpersonal communication
  • Digital video production process

Languages

Italian
Native
English
Fluent

Timeline

Senior Producer

Jellyfish Pictures LTD
2021.10 - Current

Animation Line Producer

Warner Bros.
2021.04 - 2021.10

Senior Animation Coordinator

Warner Bros., American Night Productions
2019.08 - 2020.04

VFX Line Producer - Production Manager

Cinesite
2018.02 - 2019.08

Production Supervisor

Mikros Image, Technicolor Group
2016.09 - 2018.02

Production Coordinator

Arx Anima
2014.11 - 2016.08

Production Coordinator

Rainbow CGI
2011.01 - 2014.09

Post Graduate Diploma - Film

International School of Cinema and Television
2008.09 - 2009.05

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, FIRST AD SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

Film Industry
2008.06 - 2010.12

Certificate of Higher Education - Science Education

Liceo Scientifico “B.Pascal “
1996.09 - 2001.07
Alessandra Aucello