BIO
[André Demony]
I studied Film first, then worked on TV while studying journalism and new media.
Work life has been divided between three passions: Writing, Photography and Cinema. Within this trinity
I have been a photojournalist, a news writer,
a documentarist, a media production company owner,
a commercial film director and editor.
I lived in Finland for 20 years.
I have studied Documentary in Aalto University in Helsinki. collaborated with workshops and critical texts for the Helsinki Film Festival and the Latin American Film Festival in Finland. During this time it has been a pleasure to participate in workshops and seminars with the likes of Peter Von Bagh, Fernando Solanas, Gaspar Noé and Jim Jarmusch.
I have in more recent years attended a programme Literature/Arts which made me a hobbyist in Art History.
WORK
Currently -
CEO, partner, Creative Director at Rear Window Oy.
2016
Freelance Producer/ Director.
2014 – 2016
Film and video Director of Hasan Motion. Creative and technical lead of the unit.
(clients include DNA, Valio, Fazer, Kone, Wärtsilä, Metso, Lumene, Saarioinen, Tallink Silja)
2012 - 2013
Video editor and motion designer at Hasan & Partners. Advertising agency. Helsinki.
2011 – 2012
Audiovisual producer and technical adviser for Ciberdúvidas. Portuguese language website providing online language services.
2005 – 2009
Freelance Journalist
Series of Radio reportages and a TV Documentary for editorial journalism surrounding the Independence declaration of Kosovo. Kosovo and Serbia.
Photo documentary. Long feature about the “Social Cuba” on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution for Finnish Media.
2006 – 2008
Freelance journalist both as writer and photographer for Portuguese and Finnish press.
Helsingin Sanomat, Amnesty International, Journalisti Lehti, Voima Lehti, Welcome to Finland Magazine, Publico (Portuguese newspaper). Helsinki.
2005
Teacher at Ak Tenamit, a Guatemalan NGO working with the Mayan Q'eqchi´people of Izabal region. Guatemala.
2002 – 2004
Founder, producer and Director at Trigital Portugal. A media company producing Television, and corporate films.
2002
Sigma agency – Photo editor and commissioned Photographer.
2001 - 2002
Video editor on sports news for Sport TV. Lisbon.
1999 – 2000.
Editorial writer – Daily press magazine about European issues for the Jean Monnet Center of the European Commission. Lisbon.
1999
World Youth Festival Portugal 1999 – Inter-governmental initiative. Audiovisual coordinator.
1996 – 1999
Technical coordinator and teacher assistant at Audiovisual and Multimedia Centre of Lisbon Polytechnic.
Event coordinator of bi-yearly galas of Art schools of Lisbon polytechnic 1997 and 1999.
1996
Production assistant for Broadcast TV entertainment shows. Sub-contractor for Endemol Portugal. Lisbon.
Academic
2011-2012
MA – Art, Literature and Humanities program of University of Lisbon
2005-2006
Documentary Lab - Aalto University, Helsinki.
1997.
Cinema Studies at École nationale supérieure Louis Lumière. Paris.
1994 – 1997. Lisbon.
Bachelor - TV and Multimedia studies at Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon