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JANUARY 2012 NEWSLETTER UPDATEÉCU wishes everyone a Happy New Year and we hope that everyone is energized, re-vitalized and ready to attack everything that 2012 is going to throw at us! Our FINAL, FINAL submission date is January 15th so, if there is anyone still out there with a great story and not already sent it to us now is the time. Our submission judges, over 60 of them hailing from all over the world, didn’t have a very long Christmas break and are screening films like crazy people as we work towards compiling a great Official Selection for ÉCU 2012. In this month’s newsletter you’ll find our new, and we think fun, series titled “ÉCU Office”. So far there have been two episodes released: “Ed Who?” and “First Day”. We hope that you enjoy our craziness. Oh, and just to let you know these clips ARE based on actual events. ☺ You’ll also will meet Faramarz Beheshti, the director of “Salam Rugby” which won Best Non-European Documentary at ÉCU 2011. We are honoured to welcome into the ECU Alumni. As always, ÉCU is traveling our award-winning films around the World and in January we are in Asia: first visiting International Children’s Film Festival of Bangladesh (January 21st-27th) continuing with Jaipur International Film Festival in India (January 27th-31st). By the way did you know that Jaipur is the world’s fastest growing film festival? We love the fact that we get a chance to show some of the World’s best indie films not just at our main event in Paris, but all over the planet 12 months a year. Thanks to our excellent partners who share our desire to show these great stories to as many people as we can! Thanks for reading and we hope to see you again next month – but if you can’t wait til then you can always keep up to date with all that’s going on here at the European Independent Film Festival by following us on Twitter and checking in at our Tumblr blog. Read the article in French, Italian or German here: http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/2012/01/january-2012-newsletter-update/ 11.01.2012 | ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival's blog Cat. : Asia CDATA cinema Contact Details ecu Écu ecu film festival ecufilmfestival Faramarz Beheshti http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/2012/01/january-2012-newsletter-update indie Jaipur newsletter paris Paris the european independent film festival the European Independent Film Festival XML FESTIVALS
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Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction.
He moved to New York City in 1998. He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France.
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