Valetijn Weijdom   Agency and Production Company Producer General Extensive experience in advertising, both agency and production company side. Also experienced in television production work and promos. Developed own companies, first to service agencies as a freelance TV department and then set up own production companies with International network establishing contacts which I have since maintained. Became Executive producer to JWT Europe with responsibility for major European and worldwide campaigns and setting up Central and Eastern European production facilities for the agency. Experienced in production in Western Europe, Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and has produced extensively in the United States. Very familiar with the requirements of large Clients and Corporations and their systems having produced both as production company and agency representative on many projects. Much of my work has involved dealing directly with senior Client personnel in particular Rolex and Coca Cola. Extensive contacts with a wide range of production companies in UK, Western and Eastern Europe Australia South Africa and U.S. I also have direct access to a roster of directors who cover all aspects of work, including programming documentaries and promos as well as advertising. Languages: Fluent in 3 languages: German, English and Dutch. Conversant in French, Spanish andPortuguese. Summary of Experience:       Bates Holland and Bates Europe: Started as a junior producer in 1980 working on clients such as Clairol, Colgate, Mars, Warner Lambert, and Playtex: Many of their projects were produced in the UK. RTV Services:In 1982 I set up RTV, which was a freelance TV Department for Agencies and formed the basis of my company through which I have worked to the present. Initially I worked for such agencies as Y & R Holland and Y & R International, Grey International, Lintas. Their clients included:. Oil of Ulay, Vicks, P& G. Unilever, Van den Berg - Jurgens RTV Productions Amsterdam Established in 1985, a film production company, which launched award winning directors such as Boudewijn Neuteboom, Thed Lenssen, and Paul Meyer. RTV Productions, London followed in 1988, mainly to facilitate international production requirements, for both RTV Productions Amsterdam and other production companies, from overseas establishing production link ups with Spain, France, USA. ( New York and Los Angeles ) Australia and New Zealand. We worked for DDB Needham, JWT, BBDO. Mc Cann Erickson Int. and DMB & B New York. The clients included: Philips, Heineken, German Telecom, Coca-cola (World Wide) for two consecutive years, P&G (USA.) VW JWT Europe In 1990 I was contracted as international producer with European responsibility working on key blue chip clients. Also given a specific brief to set up production facilities for the agency in Central and Eastern Europe. In particular to facilitate the demand by large clients for high quality low cost production facility. In particular I worked closely with such clients as: Unilever (Elida Gibbs Faberge, Lux & Coral), Kraft Jacob Suchard, Kellogg's, Warner Lambert & Heineken Freelance International Agency and Production Company Producer, Budget Consultant and Production Co-ordinator trading through RTV. From 1995 I continued to work for JWT Europe, but also for Y & R N.Y. Grey, DMB&B (Europe), Levett O'Connell, St. Luke's AMV Advance, working with many of the same clients, including acting as line producer on large shoots for American production companies for Sprint US and BP AMOCO and for Coca cola, all shot in South Africa and U.K. The Production Companies included: The Mob UK, Rawi McCartney Cole, Union Pictures, La Casa Films NY, Flying Tiger Films LA, Coast London In particular in 2000/02/03 I was contracted to produce for Rolex the Worldwide campaigns: 'British Open' "Maxi Yacht Race", "Daytona 24 hours", "Grand Slam" (3 Day Eventing.) 'Wimbledon', which involved my directing as well as producing. During this time I also work for CNN, producing three documentaries one of which I directed myself: These were part of the series 'Personal Journeys'. Finally since 2003 I act as sole advertising producer for director/writer Mandie Fletcher for her advertising, and documentary work. (Known for TV Comedy Series Black Adder, Only Fools and Horses as well as award winning TV Commercials)