MICHEL POIRIER (613) 797-1141 [email protected] www.creativetrail.ca CAPABILITIES PROFILE Leader, able to operate in any environment, organization or setting Over Twenty years of experience in Film, Television, Commercial and Corporate Video Eclectic range of skills in many categories CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS Completion of hundreds of projects with extensive logistics and equipment demands Producing Partner on internationally distributed feature film Accomplished in multiple categories in media production WORK HIGHLIGHTS 1st Assistant Director 4 x TV FEATURES – Mob Entertainment 2017 Production Manager 4 x TV FEATURES – Mob Entertainment 2016, Sound Venture 2008, 2010 2nd Assistant Director 3 x TV FEATURES – Mob Entertainment - 2015, 2016 Location Manager TV SERIES and 5 x FEATURES – 2011 - 2016 Production Manager – Television Features Titles “Precious Things” – Mob Entertainment – 2016 “Another Man’s Wife” & “The Stepson” – Sound Venture Productions – 2010 “A Sister’s Secret” – Lance Entertainment, Sound Venture Productions – 2008 Duties Creation and Maintenance of Highly Detailed Budgets of up to $750,000 Cost Coding and Expenditure controls Hiring and Management of Personnel Cast and Crew Payroll Overseeing bookings and expenditures Assistant Director – Film and Television 1st AD Titles “Mill Creek”, “Lethal Soccer Mom”, “The Sweetheart”, “Christmas Festival of Ice” – Mob Entertainment – 2017 2nd AD Titles “Love On A Limb”, “Rooftop Christmas Tree”, Eyewitness” – Mob Entertainment – 2015, 2016 Duties Creation and Maintenance of Highly Detailed Production Schedule affecting Cast, Vehicle, Location and Equipment use Overall administration of activities on set Location Manager – Film and Television Titles “Michael: Every Day” – (CBC TV Series) Rhombus Media – 2016 “The Monster” – Atlas Independent – 2015 “The Black Coat’s Daughter” – Travelling Picture Show Company – 2015 “Clara’s Deadly Secret” – Protocol Entertainment – 2013 “Penthouse North” – Lionsgate Productions – 2011-2012 “Her Mother’s Secret” – Lance Entertainment - 2011 Duties Creation and Maintenance of Detailed Location Budgets of up to $80,000 Negotiating with stakeholders of Private, Commercial, Public and Institutional facilities Scouting and Presentation of Locations Extensive Contract and Insurance Implementation Protecting the Location, restitution of damage Field Producer, Production/ Location Manager, Fixer – Corporate etc Often working in multiple categories and having multiple responsibilities Since 2008 Producers – Sound Venture Productions, Affinity Productions, Spy Films, McMillan, Insight Productions, Alphabet Creative, Rethink, CTV Clients – CATSA, Citizenship and Immigration, Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, NSERC, DND, Export Development Canada, CMHC, A & W Involved – Creation and Management of Budgets and Schedules Renting specialized equipment, vehicles and aircraft Hiring and Management of personnel locally, in other provinces, and in other countries Casting, coordinating travel, and accommodations, living and working on the road Managing expenditures, handling large quantities of cash and on-site logistics CAREER GEMS Production Manager /Location Manager Rethink, A & W Winter 2016 – commercial spots filmed on the Rideau Canal Involved scouting and negotiating with Heritage Canada and the NCC as well as the logistics of providing warm hamburgers and filming on the world’s longest skating rink Location Manager/ Fixer (Ottawa) Insight Productions, Toronto Amazing Race Canada Winter/Spring 2014 - Involved scouting and negotiating with prestigious locations such as Parliament Hill, The Rideau Locks and the National Gallery Of Canada. Field Producer / Location Manager Affinity Productions for Export Development Canada EDC Customer Profiles Fall 2013 - Involved scouting by airplane, difficult surface logistics in remote Ontario location, research and execution of camera drone technology over water. Also involved booking crew members in Washington DC and Nepal as well as filming permit applications for both locales. Crew Member On Hollywood Features Titles Include - Tommy Boy, Detroit Rock, The Virgin Suicides and Crash (David Cronenburg)