Melanie Hillmann

from Vechta, Niedersachsen, Germany

Journalist and Producer: headquartered in my office in Los Angeles, only 20 minutes from "LAX" (Los Angeles International Airport). Hot spots like Las Vegas, San Francisco or the Silicon Valley are just a few hours away. What I Can Do For You: Video shoots  Complete stories / edited TV segments / Specialized in field producing for breaking news - with live experience / Raw footage production for news, science and entertainment reports / (Line-) Producer / Production assistance / EPKs / Research / filming permits / Program tracking and analysis / Acquisition of materials from agencies or "freelance celebrity photographers" / Junket interviews / Interview requests for Hollywood celebrities / access to special Hollywood contact data / Coverage of premieres, people events and VIP trials

Languages

German (native speaker), French & English fluent, Spanish basic knowledge

Website

www.melevision.com

Professional Experience

2005
Washington, DC, USA: Producer at ZDF German TV, Studio Washington

2003
Munich/ Berlin: RTL 2, Germany's most popular youth-focused TV network. Freelance PR and reporter for The Dome, the major pop-music event on German television.

2002
Montpellier, France: Diagonal Cinema, a movie theater newspaper. Editor

(since 2002) Los Angeles, USA: Freelance correspondent, producer/ reporter

2001
Berlin/ Munich: SevenOne Media. Germany's biggest media sales company for Haim Saban's TV network group, ProSieben Sat.1 Media AG. Assistant to the CEO

1995
Berlin, Germany: Sat.1 Satellite TV, one of Germany's most successful national TV networks. Public Relations and Internal Communications

1994
Berlin, Germany: 104.6 RTL Radio Berlin, Berlin's most successful commercial radio station. Programming and Off-Air Promotion