Al Williams
Specials Manager and Producers Liaison at ACE Producers- Claim this Profile
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French Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Italian Professional working proficiency
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Welsh Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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ACE Producers
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Netherlands
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Movies, Videos, and Sound
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1 - 100 Employee
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Specials Manager and Producers Liaison
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Apr 2020 - Present
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Producers Liaison and Head of Communications
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Jan 2017 - Apr 2020
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MIA - Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo
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Italy
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Movies, Videos, and Sound
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1 - 100 Employee
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Make it with Italy Coordinator
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Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
- In charge of hand-picking international projects looking for minority Italian co-producers for a new spin off section in the New Cinema Network co-production forum. - Working with the NCN team to set up the most interesting meetings possible for the attending producers during the forum. - Organisation of the EAVE on Demand in Rome workshop, held before the MIA, for 5 Italian producers and scriptwriters with projects under 1M euros. - Liaising with the juries of the Eurimages Co-Development Award and the MIA Awards for Fiction Features to organise the prize giving and prepare the jury motivations.
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Producers Liaison & Network Coordinator
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Feb 2013 - Jul 2015
- Point of reference for the over 200 producers of the ACE Network - Meeting producers throughout the year in festivals worldwide to discuss the ACE programme and help them to choose which project to apply with. - In charge of processing the applications for the ACE EU and non EU Workshops and Co-production Labs in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Miami. - Coordinating and forming part of the selection committee for each programme (reading applications and taking part in interviews - Keeping updated with the Network’s producers on their projects. - Assigning consultants for each producer and project - Preparing all documents for the ACE Workshops, Co-production Labs and Annual Reunion. - Direct contact with the consultants and trainers for the workshops - Editing of the yearly Network Book and booklets on participants and projects
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Galerie Michel Rein
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France
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Retail Art Dealers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Gallery Assistant – International Artist Liaison
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Apr 2010 - Aug 2012
- Daily contact with international institutions and museums (Centre Pompidou, MACBA, SFMoMA amongst others) for the loaning of works and the organisation of exhibitions. - Developing good relations with collectors as well as private and public institutions to implement the sale of artworks. - Building strong relationships with international artists and assisting them in the production of their work. - Logistical organisation of solo and collective exhibitions in the gallery as well as art fairs in Paris, Brussels, Turin and Miami. - Organising meetings and travel arrangements for the gallery's directors and artists. - Drafting press releases and maintaining direct communication with the press for the promotion of the artists and the gallery itself.
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Assistant in the Developement Office
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May 2009 - Dec 2009
Internship (5 months) followed by employment contract, - Assistance in the opening of the exhibition Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection and the inauguration of Punta della Dogana. - In charge of inaugural visits by international art museums and galleries. - Assistance in the coordination of the opening party sponsored by Vogue and Gucci Group. - Responsible for the launch and promotion of the museum’s new membership program. - Development of the museum brand by means of merchandising, including working with artists for the creation of limited edition objects.
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PicassoMio.com
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Movies, Videos, and Sound
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Director
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Jan 2008 - Jun 2008
-Selling a wide range of contemporary art works and design items for an international online art dealer. -Organising exhibitions in the Madrid gallery. -Liaising with artists and designers in order to achieve the best customer service possible without inhibiting the creators’ freedom of expression and imagination. -Maintaining communication with partner galleries all over the world and establishing new business partnerships. -Selling a wide range of contemporary art works and design items for an international online art dealer. -Organising exhibitions in the Madrid gallery. -Liaising with artists and designers in order to achieve the best customer service possible without inhibiting the creators’ freedom of expression and imagination. -Maintaining communication with partner galleries all over the world and establishing new business partnerships.
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Education
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University of York
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English and History -
Istituto Europeo di Design
Masters, Arts Management