Elena Andreicheva,Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

Elena Andreicheva

Producer/Director (Self-shooting), Producer

About Elena Andreicheva

I'm an Oscar® and BAFTA winning Producer and Filmmaker with a track record of making hard-hitting documentaries for British and American TV, as well as pursuing a variety of independent projects. I'm drawn to big drama at close quarters: exploring global human issues through intimate situations and great access. I have a wealth of experience working with government institutions, NGOs, fixers and contributors worldwide, and have

I'm an Oscar® and BAFTA winning Producer and Filmmaker with a track record of making hard-hitting documentaries for British and American TV, as well as pursuing a variety of independent projects. I'm drawn to big drama at close quarters: exploring global human issues through intimate situations and great access. I have a wealth of experience working with government institutions, NGOs, fixers and contributors worldwide, and have personally been able to secure extremely tough access. I'm technically sound, having shot and self-shot extensively (5D, C300) and often edit. My film "Polish Go Home" (2016) was selected for festivals worldwide including Aesthetica Film Festival & LSFF, winning Best Doc at London's Discover Film Fest. My latest film as Producer, "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)" (2019), won prizes at Tribeca & the IDAs; a BAFTA for Best British Short and an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Credits

Oil City

( Feb 2017 - Present )

Grain Media

Producer/Director (Self-shooting)

Swim to Freedom

( Jan 2020 - Present )

Chatterbox Media

Director

Deep Inside the Sex Toy Factory

( July 2019 - July 2019 )

Koska

DV Director

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you;'re a girl)

( Mar 2016 - Aug 2018 )

Grain Media

Producer

World's Most Dangerous Cities with Ben Zand

( Apr 2018 - Jun 2018 )

BBC Current Affairs

Producer

BBC's The Mind Set

( Feb 2018 - Apr 2018 )

Grain Media

Producer

Ayesha's Story

( Oct 2016 - Nov 2016 )

Grain Media

Producer

Burning Doors (WT)

( Apr 2016 - July 2016 )

Village 42

Assistant Director (1st)

WaterAid: "Help Them Do Their Business"

( July 2016 - July 2016 )

Grain Media

Producer

Polish Go Home

( Jun 2014 - Apr 2016 )

N/A

Director (Self Shooting)

Equipment

Full Canon 5D Mark III rig (incl. kit lens, 50mm prime, EVF, Zoom & radio mic set; powered by V-lock batteries)

Additional Information

Industries

TV

Programme Types

Arts, Current Affairs, Documentary, Health, Investigative, Observational Documentary, Science

Specialisms

Africa, Arts, Crime, Current Affairs, Drugs, Ecology, Environment, Ethnic, Health, Human Rights, International Affairs, Journalism, Location Filming, News & Current Affairs, People Finding, Science, USA

Employment History

I got my first taste of research at Mentorn Media, working within the dynamic development team (July 2006, unpaid internship). I developed and researched ideas, wrote proposal drafts, chose images and designed the overall visual style of treatments. With pitches for Nat Geo and Discovery, I was able to provide advice to the team on communicating difficult concepts to a scientifically-interested but not necessarily scientifically-literate

I got my first taste of research at Mentorn Media, working within the dynamic development team (July 2006, unpaid internship). I developed and researched ideas, wrote proposal drafts, chose images and designed the overall visual style of treatments. With pitches for Nat Geo and Discovery, I was able to provide advice to the team on communicating difficult concepts to a scientifically-interested but not necessarily scientifically-literate audience

I went on to work with award-winning producer and writer Nick Rosen, spending 6 months working alongside him at Vivum Intelligent Media (Nov 2006 - June 2007) as a Development Researcher/ Assistant. I researched ideas on current affairs subjects which included: preparing for the smoking ban, impact of golf courses on the environment and carbon monoxide safety in the home. For Nick's book "How to Live Off Grid" (Doubleday, 04/2007), I drew together information from newspaper archives, interviews and internet resources to provide corroborating evidence for key arguments in the book, which focuses on people living without mains water or power, the problems they face and the ingenious solutions they find.

Since then, I have worked with many major UK production companies on a wide variety of content. I've produced programmes for major broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, National Geographic and Discovery. Please see the Credits section for more details.

Equipment

Full Canon 5D Mark III rig (incl. kit lens, 50mm prime, EVF, Zoom & radio mic set; powered by V-lock batteries)

Additional Information

Industries

TV

Programme Types

Arts, Current Affairs, Documentary, Health, Investigative, Observational Documentary, Science

Specialisms

Africa, Arts, Crime, Current Affairs, Drugs, Ecology, Environment, Ethnic, Health, Human Rights, International Affairs, Journalism, Location Filming, News & Current Affairs, People Finding, Science, USA