PROFILE MARCO KALANTARI
 		  

Marco Kalantari
www.marcokalantari.com
       
  Born 20.06.1974 in Vienna / Austria
Nationality: Austria /Europe
Father: doctor med, mother: nurse
Languages: German, English, Mandarin, basic knowlege of French, Russian, Croatian, Latin
Driving licence b (car)

1980-1984 Primary school Zwettl
1984-1992 Bundesgymnasium Zwettl (equals high school)

  
1991 - 1996 Founder and head of Y.E.P.Z, a group of young Austrian filmmakers
  1994-2002 Study at the Vienna Film Academy in the classes for
directing and production
1995 First job: Props assistent on the sequel of “9 1/2 Weeks”, starring
Mickey Rourke, shot in Vienna
1995 - 1997 Several jobs as an art department assistant


 1992-93 Austrian Army services (mandatory)

Summer 1995,1996 Work as an international volunteer on a life aid programm
(Care Austria) in Pakraz / Croatia during the Jugoslavian Civil War.

1997 - 2001 Work as assistant director for TV commercials in Austria
1998 First job as a director on TVC for “Nintendo"

2002 Graduation in “directing" and “production” at the Vienna Film Academy
Full start into the job as a director and screenwriter
  
       
  2003 Winner of a Silver Lion at the festival in Cannes 2003 for
TVC Medecins Sans Frontiers "Children"
Gold at the festival in Palermo for TVC “Children” / Medecins Sans Frontiers
     
2003 Shoot Medecins Sans Frontiers II "airport" in Kenya
 

2004 Finalisation of feature film AINOA
    






   
 

2004 - 2006 Work in Bombay / India on commercials for the Indian market

2006 Representation in India by Madfilms Entertainment (TV commercials)
 
2004 Shoot Nokia N-Gage
   

2005 Start of business relations with Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, China (Shanghai & Hongkong), Japan, Ukraine, Romania and Iceland 		  
  2005 Foundation of film production company “The Candle Shop” in Iceland
       
2005 Special jury award for Ainoa at the festival in Kiev 
       
2005 Moving permanent
residence to Iceland
       

2006 Representation in Europe by Sagafilm (TV commercials)
      Since 2006 based in both Shanghai and Reykjavik
       
2006 Release of movie “Ainoa” in Europe, distributed by Buena Vista International
 
       
2006 Year of records. 69 flights, travel to 19 countries, 14 TV commercials, 3 film festivals, 1 movie release.
   
2007 Worldwide distribution of movie “Ainoa” with Beta Film  
   
2007 Silver award for TVC Volvo “Balloon” + “Swing” at China Car Commercial 2006 Awards
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 2007 Representation in Singapore / Malaysia / Indonesia by Applebox Asia
       

2007 Shoot for the Citibank Hongkong campaign
       
2008 Shoot for Reliance Big TV India
The biggest TVC project ever produced in India. 7 shooting days, 1100 extras. Estimated 600 Million people will see it on TV and in cinema.
       
2008 Release of movie "Ainoa" in Japan 2008 Representation in Europe and Middle East by Stillking
(TV commercials)
   



2009 based in Beijing and Hongkong

 
2010 Shoot for PEPSI "The Game"
with Indian superstars
Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt

FILMOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM		    
The Circle Luther (1997, 30 mins)

TV COMMERCIALS

Nokia
Nokia N-Gage
Pepsi
Volvo
HSBC Bank
Siemens
Pudong Development Bank
Chinamobile
Airtel
Vodafone
Yamaha
HP
Nintendo
Mastercard
Citibank
Samsung
Reliance
Hitachi
Sprite
LG
Mountain Dew
Chevrolet
Dreynschlag (2003, 10 mins)
Ainoa (2005, 98 mins)
released by Buena Vista International