Karan Makhija

FILMMAKER

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Lives in Mumbai

Hindi, English

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About me

I'm basically looking to tell stories, entertain people and I gain energy from audiences and their feedback. Everything else has been built around this motivation. From acting and producing for professional theatre in my teens to studying digital media, film making, acting in a couple of movies and supporting myself through voice overs, then emcee-ing and directing and producing corporate videos and going to work for a reality format in TV, writing books for publishers and finally getting some agency experience in the marketing communications space, its been a whirlwind ride. The profile below doesn't even reflect half the stuff I've done. My story-telling has been honed through all these filters. So has my experience at taking a project to its desired conclusion. Teamwork is everything. Alignment of stakeholders is key. Time management is of the essence.
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Experience

Director of Creative Services at Freelance, Media Production, Writing

Creative conceptualization, project management, production, direction, scripting.

Director

1^st Feb, 2015 - Present

Creative Supervisor, Concept and Scripting at Ripple Digital

Research, Conceptualizing and Scripting for brands and properties. Pitching creative campaigns and strategies. Co-ordinating the execution of media products.

Creative Supervisor

5^th Mar, 2014 - 31^th Jan, 2015

Executive Producer at Cineplay Digital Pvt. Ltd.

Helping to build the startup from scratch. It was a pretty flat organisation with a small team. I produced 2 feature length movies and scouted content from theatre producers. Apart from these core responsibilities I supervised legals and contributed to user experience design on the website.

Executive Producer

1^st Jun, 2013 - 31^th Dec, 2013

Executive Producer at Neo Television

Executive Producer

1^st Jan, 2010 - 1^st May, 2013

Creative Head, Proprietor at Mooshak

I produced/directed/designed everything that came my way... Multicam recordings of music events Corporate films Training Videos Archival recordings for the theatre Corporate presentations Video solutions for training and corporate exercises Communication related corporate training

Creative Head

1^st Apr, 2006 - 1^st Jan, 2010

Radio Jockey at WIN 94.6

Show concept, show script, audience interaction.

1^st Jan, 2003 - 1^st Jan, 2004

Partner at The Industrial Theatre Co

Produced theatrical productions Acted in theatrical productions

Partner

1^st Jan, 2002 - 1^st Jan, 2004

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Language

Hindi, English