Andi Reiss
Filmmaker, Self Shooting PD,DV Director,Photographer, Editor, Writer, Educator and Artist.
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- Member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB)
- Associate member of the British Film Editors (BFE)
- Education: Masters (with Distinction); 21st Century Media Practice
- Awards
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- PUBLIC LIABILITY CERTIFICATE 2021-2022
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Andi Reiss is a UK based independent multidisciplinary creative working as a film and documentary maker and educator; a producer, self-shooting PD and video artist, sound designer, painter, digital artist, photographer, writer, researcher editor and associate lecturer.
He aspires to create content that influences audiences educationally, politically, artistically and spiritually, and over the past twenty years he has made all kinds of content for broadcast and online including international festival award-winning documentaries. In his reportage work he likes to remain in the background recording those that which simply plays out.
He has written, produced, directed and edited ten independent festival award-winning documentaries and has screened at many international events including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, New York IFF, Telluride Film Festival, Taormina Film Festival and Queens World Film Festival.
With research interest in documentary, experimental and immersive storytelling, having written and taught a range of modules in film and television studies, new media and critical theory, he is currently looking to undertake a PhD or PhD by Practice.
Andi always had an interest in the arts, especially painting, and in his youth would also make films on his Super 8 camera as well as spend time in the evenings storyboarding graphic novels. After a Fine Arts foundation, he graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 1992, and went on to study film at the NFTS and Raindance. In the 1990s he worked on a variety of productions in numerous roles, eventually going freelance as a documentary producer/director, photographer, editor and media artist. His first low budget feature drama opened the Taormina Film Festival in 2004. He then spent ten years travelling extensively, working on documentary, video and media content in Hong Kong, Australasia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America.
He is currently based in Oxford (UK) and in New York (USA), and courtesy of his wife he has the ability to work in the United States, with a Permanent Resident Card, also known as a Green Card.
Andi’s experience and skills include:-
- shooting – confident with most standard industry equipment (F55, FS7, C300, Panasonic GH5s, BM Ursa Mini, PMW200-300, XF305, Canon 5D etc) to a broadcast level, and also on high grade cinematic lenses and in 4K.
- research – precise, with a strong mixed methodology for extensive investigation.
- producing – experienced and versatile in finance development, proposal writing, production management, casting, location management, storyboarding, budgeting and scheduling.
- editing – an associate member of the BFE (British Film Editors Guild) and has a studio with Avid, Adobe Creative Suite, Da Vinci Resolve, Audition and all graphics software.
- photography – focusses mainly of street photography, portraiture, behind-the-scenes and events.
- concept art – able to create storyboards & mood boards, animated graphics, posters, flyers online banners and digital art.
- doodler of cartoons and caricatures – sometimes painting and occasionally doing graffiti, all legally of course.
- VR – skilled in augmented and virtual reality development.
- teaching – keen to share knowledge and experience with aspiring talent, as a University Associate Lecturer (BNU) and freelance course writer and tutor at Film Oxford.
He is also…
- a documentary judge on the jury of the Queens World Film Festival in New York.
- a Trustee for the mental health charity Oxfordshire Mind.
- a team member of ScreenTalk Oxfordshire.
Studio and Annex
Andi has a functional post production and vo recording studio in Oxford with a self-contained Annex apartment available so you can stay whilst editing. The studio (with editing) is charged at £180 per day or £700 per week, with the Annex at £70 per night or £300 per week.
As an Editor, Andi is confident on platforms including Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro. He is also fluent in Adobe Audition, After FX, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Logic Pro and Pro Tools.
If statistics are to be believed, 43 percent of hirers said they “spend less than 60 seconds looking at a resume or reading a biography”. You’ve come this far and I am most grateful. Thank you for visiting my site and I hope enjoy delving through my adventures. If you’d like to book me or discuss any other professional matter, please get in touch.
73 St Luke’s Road, Oxford, OX4 3JF
210 Lafayette St, New York, New York, 10012
Contact:- UK: +44 (0) 777 571 3363
US: +1 718 316 3359
Email Skype: andireiss
Public Liability Insurance
Andi has PLI up to £5,000,000, Professional Indemnity up to £1,000,000, and a clean, 2019 DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check certificate that can be viewed online upon request. He has a driving licence, drone licence and also has the right work in the United States, with a Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card).
Kit ‘n Kaboodle:-
“Andi is a brilliant producer, director, filmmaker and editor who will give you the edge you want for production. He’ll also bring a good work understanding too as a creative artist.” Immunity Resource Foundation
