Slobodan Milivojevic Bobansky

Director/DP/Editor

Manama, Bahrain
Freelance director/editor in the GCC (Arabian Gulf region).

Work Experience

Freelancer

Director/DP

Director/DP
Corporate and TVC work
October 2013 - United Arab Emirates

Freelance

Director, DP, Editor

October 2013 - Present Bahrain

B Media LLC

Co founder

CO founder at bMedia LLC UAE
September 2021 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

BMedia S.P.C.

Founder/Director

From coffee boy to executive producer.....
January 2017 - Manama, Bahrain

Saudi Aramco

Production director

Directing/Producing corporate, industrial, training, safety and CSR videos for internal and external usage.
March 2015 - December 2016 Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Talking Pictures Productions

Head of Video dept, Director, Editor, VFX

Working as Director/Postproduction producer/Postproduction generalist. I have developed full studio postproduction infrastructure, facility and workflow from almost zero to 3 Adobe CS workstations with BLACKMAGIC HD/Nvidia Quadro hardware for editing/post , 2 Intel I7 3d studio Max workstations and MAC PRO Final cut/Color workstation including professional networking, RAID arrays and with professional VIDEO and AUDIO monitoring, and also assembled a very good DSLR setup with CANON 5D MARK II with multiple rigs and variety of lenses with professional SDI monitoring output.
Also, I have directed many commercials, corporate films and live events, such as: THE GULF CUP,TAMKEEN, GULF AIR, E-GOV, FOULATH, GULF FINANCE HOUSE, BFX, YAOUMI KSA etc….

Apart from directing and managing jobs, I have been personally involved in editing/postproduction/scriptwriting of many projects including TV commercials / corporate films, and also cooperating directly with many GCC agencies like MEMAC OGILVY, JWT, PROMO SEVEN, GULF MARCOM and many clients like F1 BIC, GULF FINANCE HOUSE, FOULATH….
October 2009 - October 2013 Manama, Bahrain

Total Adv Doo

director/creative director/producer/editor/motion graphics designer

Self-employed - running my own production/postproduction studio TOTAL ADV (www.total-adv.com) with partner and working as director/creative director/producer/editor/motion graphics designer. I was running a team of 6 editors/animators/motion graphics designers. Studio is working everything from commercials, animations, corporate films, live events design and coverage… Most of my duties were from managing company and meeting with clients, taking briefs, providing creative ideas and organizing and working(editing, animating, compositing..) in postproduction from A-Z. During this 6 years I learned a lot of managing tips and tricks, and also I have mastered my postproduction and technical knowledge regarding production, postproduction and events coverage equipment – from grip, lights, switchers to workstations, networking, RAID arrays and also different video formats, signals (composite, component, SDI…) and codecs from DV, DVCPRO 25/50, DIGITAL BETACAM, DVCPRO HD, RED CODE, DSLR h264, video for WEB and streaming …. Last 3 years I profiled myself mostly as director/creative director/postproduction specialist.
September 2003 - September 2009 Kragujevac, Serbia

Promo Advertising

creative director/motion graphics designer/director

Working in PROMO ADVERTISING agency in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia as creative director/motion graphics designer/director. Also I was handling video production department as producer, too – from meeting with clients, taking briefs, organizing production crew and handling postproduction.
January 2001 - August 2003 Kragujevac, Serbia

Channel 9

Head of Motion Graphics and Animation Department

TV K9 in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia as head of Motion Graphics and Animation Department, and also freelancer for many clients.
November 1997 - December 2000 Kragujevac, Serbia

INTV,

animator/video editor

Working in TV IN in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia as animator/video editor, and also freelancer for many clients. My duties were to create TV visual identity and produce promo videos/bumpers for local clients.
June 1995 - December 1998 Kragujevac, Serbia

Education

Srednja Elektrotehnicka

High School, Computers Electrotechnics

September 1991 - June 1994 Kragujevac, Serbia

Languages

English (Fluent),
Serbo-Croatian (Native),
Serbian (Native),
Bosnian (Native),
Croatian (Native),

Skills

Adobe AfterEffects, 3dsmax, Adobe Premiere, Color Grading, Compositing, Creative Direction, DaVinci Resolve, Directing, Directing Live Events, Editing, Final Cut, Live Switching, Motion Graphics , Producing, Technical Direction, VRay,