Academic Education

Jul 2017 – 2018 BERLITZ LANGUAGES, Language Instructor teaching English, Spanish and French to children and adults.

2010 – 2017 SPIRAL DESIGN INNOVATION, Managing Director supervising the creation, development and production of transmedia formats for TV, multimedia content and advertising campaigns. As well as representing the company at some of the most important fairs of the audiovisual market such as MIPCOM, MIPTV and NATPE.

February 2015 Academy of the Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, 
Assistant Director for the live broadcast of the 2015 29th GOYA AWARDS Ceremony.

December 2014 Academy of the Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, Assistant Director for the television and film promotional campaign of the 2015 29th GOYA AWARDS Ceremony.

Jun – Oct 2010 FREELANCE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR for clients such as LOEWE and press conferences. 

Apr – May 2010 BOCA BOCA Producciones, “RAPHAEL” AssistantDirector in TV Movie for Antena 3 Films. 

Nov – Mar 2010 FREELANCE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR, for agents and casting agencies.

Aug – Oct 2009 SONY PICTURES TELEVISION, “DE REPENTE LOS GOMEZ”  
Assistant Director in weekly Prime Time TV series for TELECINCO.

April 2009 GLOBOMEDIA, “LA TIRA” Assistant Director in daily TV series for LA SEXTA

2008 – Mar 2009 20TH Century FOX Home Entertainment, Marketing Consultant R&D in new technologies and Anti-Piracy Management support.
Catalogue, Blu Ray and TV Series management
20th Century FOX Home Entertainment, Assistant to the Direction of the Operations Department Monitoring the Masters Transfer of Fox’s Catalogue from ODS to Sonopress.
Translation, Review and Approval of the interactive menus for DVD and Blu Ray releases.
Management Support for the Rating qualifications from the Ministry of Culture, corresponding legal deposits and sorting out duplication difficulties with suppliers.

2007 – 2008       VIDEOMEDIA, “HOSPITAL CENTRAL” Prime Time TV series for TELECINCO with a 35.5% Audience Record Share and over a dozen of awards including Best 2007 National Production (Premio TP de Oro) for its 16th season on air, Assistant Director.
VIDEOMEDIA, “M.I.R.” Second season Prime Time TV series for TELECINCO. Assistant Director.

2006 – 2007      CDP-Deporte, Screenwriter developing new TV formats and scripts for Sport and Health shows.
VIDEOMEDIA, “M.I.R.” First season Prime Time TV series for TELECINCO. Assistant Director.
BOCA BOCA Producciones, “AMISTADES PELIGROSAS”, Daily TV series of 130 episodes for CUATRO. Assistant Director.

2005       BOCA BOCA Producciones,“VALLTERRA”, Daily TV series of 208 episodes for IB3 Channel. First Assistant Director. 24 scenes shot daily with two simultaneous Units. Managed training for 2nd assistants.

2004 – 2005     BOCA BOCA Producciones,“SUITE HOTEL”, Prime Time Sitcom. First Assistant Director. Shot for IB3 Channel. Pre-production breakdown, scheduling, planning and organizational duties as well as carrying out the principal photography.

2003 – 2004      SPIRAL DESIGN INNOVATION, Creative Director of Advertising Campaigns for clients such as Reynolds, Bosch and KIA among others.

2002 – 2004      LINGUACENTER, Business English Teacher teaching business English as well as ESL in government organizations such as the Supreme Court, Treasury Department, Public Works Department, Agriculture and fisheries department and companies such as FCC and Telefónica.

2000 – 2003      BOCA BOCA Producciones, Script Consultant analyzing viability and development of Feature Films and TV shows within the framework of the company´s commercial strategy to target key distribution channels.

2002     ABCM, Creative Copywriter executing advertising campaigns and promotions for Barceló Viajes (travel agency). TRAMPANTOJOS, Director of the institutional campaign aimed at raising public awareness on road safety for the Spanish Driving Motor Vehicle Department, consisting on a series of three TV commercials.

2001      B.U.S. Producciones, Assistant Director, Finnish-Spanish co-production of TV commercials promoting the DNA brand.

2000      BOCA BOCA Producciones, Assistant Director in the thriller Feature Film entitled “X” by Director Luis Marias. KURANDA ManagementInternational, Castings for TV series such as “Queen of Swords” (Canadian production) and for the Feature Film “The Man Who Killed Don Quijote” by Director Terry Gilliam.
A to Z Productions, Director and Executive Producer of TV advertisement titled “Tarzan” for IKEA.

1999 – 2000   SAGE Entertainment, Screenwriter of the feature film “Pegaso”, based on a true story.

1999      SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES, Director of the commercials for the media presentation of the association.
SOVEREIGN PICTURES, Assistant Director in several Music Videos and TV series Pilots.
SOL CERVEZA, Art Director of two TV commercials, subsidized by ACCD corporate sponsorship program.

1998       MADMEN UNITED FILMS, Script Consultant developing concepts for TV series.
Director of the documentary “Dogs Gone Hollywood”, on the biography of “The Tracy Ullman Show”´s Art Director and Emmy award winner.
“PROMETHEUS”, Screenwriter and Storyboard Artist of this short film.
“LIVING TO BE A HUNDRED”, Assistant Director, in this independent feature.

1997    “EVERY CAN COUNTS”, Director, Editor and Screenwriter of this short film.

1993      DREAM FACTORY, Assistant to Colin H. Arthur, Special Effects Director of films like “The Never ending Story”, collaborations in projects such as “Cartuja 93”, TV series and commercials.

1992       CAMP KAWANHEE, Counselor for seven weeks at this summer camp for boys located by the Webb Lake in Maine, teaching and monitoring sports and outdoor activities such as archery, kayaking, range and hiking.

1991         CAMP KAWANHEE, Junior Counselor for seven weeks at this summer camp in Maine, monitoring archery and kayaking.

Driver License: American and European | 
Hobbies: Music, Theater and Adventure sports such as Rock Climbing, Hiking, Longboarding and Snowboarding.

Phone (786) 879-9621
mtarrisse@yahoo.com