ZagaraFilms > an Italian-based, English-speaking, one-stop television production company

ZAGARAFILMS We Are Credits /Contact Details

THE PRINCIPALS
	Gareth Harvey > (producer/director/writer) has a background in newsmagazine production and documentary-making ranging over twenty-five years in every possible international location – covering everything from celebrity profiles to war-zones. His credit-list reads like a “who’s who” of prestige newsmagazine programs and documentary broadcasters, from the American & Australian “60 Minutes”, ABC News “20/20”, the SBS Network & Film Australia, through to blue-chip documentaries for National Geographic, the Discovery Channel & HD Net.

	Anna Ceraldi > (producer/director/writer/host & correspondent) has spent the past ten years producing and directing for more than a dozen documentary and reality shows in Canada and the United States. Anna helped launch Canada's first reality series, spent several years as a producer and writer on the long running, "Animal Miracles" and mastered the fine art of medical terminology as the head writer of Animal Planet's award-winning series "Campus Vets". Most recently, Anna was the Series Producer for Canada's award-winning documentary series, "Chef School". In addition to lifestyle television, Anna travelled to Israel and Gaza as a correspondent for UNICEF to report on the plight of women and children in the Gaza strip. Anna first honed her journalist and on-air skills as a television news reporter. She was on-air host of Canada's first national entertainment magazine.
	Lorella Muzi > (Italian producer/fixer/web specialist) has produced major news events in Italy and throughout Europe & North Africa since 1996. Fluent in English and Italian – like the rest of the team – Lorella also speaks French and some Japanese. She has covered everything from elections in Bosnia, terrorist attacks in Luxor, an earthquake in Umbria … and the death of Pope John-Paul II. She has also been involved in producing documentaries and cultural reports for a variety of international broadcasters (including CBS, ESPN, CBS Inside Edition, ChannelOne and HD Net). Lorella is Zagara Film’s expert in arranging film-permits for some of Italy’s most difficult to film locations – including the Colosseum and the Sistine Chapel – as well as being a specialist in video production for the web.

Nuala O’Halloran > (facilities/distribution/sales & marketing) has worked with major Hollywood studios on screenplay and project assessments. Most recently Nuala was Head of International Acquisitions at United International Pictures (UIP) – the international distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Dreamworks SKG.
Mark Brewer > (director of photography/cameraman/audio-engineer/editor/stills photographer) is a world-renown shooter-soundman with thirty years’ experience in a diverse range of professional situations - recording studios, film sets and most war zones of the last two decades. Mark ran location sound for NBC during their coverage of the Tora Bora bombing in Afghanistan.
Peter Zin > (director of photography/cameraman) has travelled the world in his 20 years as a cameraman. From war-torn Afghanistan, to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, Peter has been front and centre for some of the most pivotal events in world history. As part of a special documentary unit for Canada's CBC National for the past 12 years, Peter has gone beyond international breaking news coverage to shoot in-depth documentaries ranging from climate change in the Arctic to exposés on the Italian mafia. Peter has set up and shot one-on-one interviews with some of the world's most influential figures from former Pakistan President Musharraf to the Dalai Lama.
Stefano Ferri > (post-production engineer/equipment & facilities hire) is Zagara Film's technical expert & troubleshooter "whether it be post-production facilities or equipment hire" if Zagara doesn't have it, Stefano will source it at competitive rates. Hi-def and SD cameras; lighting; jibs, cranes, dollies; as well as tape stock & other consumables; format conversion and dubbing/DVD burning.