Curriculum Vitae
44E
The Grove
Isleworth,
Middlesex,
Tel: +44 (0)20 8847 5586
Dear Sir/Madam,
In
the past few years I have been working in the world of Conferences in Telecoms
and IT where I have been writing and managing major European events. I am also an
Author, Technical Adviser and Researcher for television and cinema. I have been
writing novels, essays, plays, documentaries, articles, reports, film and television
scripts.
After
my experience below, you will find some impressive comments I received from
directors, executive producers and professional screenwriters after they
realised how helpful I have been with developing their films and series. This
is not only from the science’s perspective, I would say even more so about the
stories and the human feel to it.
I
am a keen worker, extremely adaptable and quick to learn. I can work fluently in French and English. I am
very familiar with MS Office, marketing/database software and most of Adobe and
Macromedia applications.
Six
of my books are published in
If
you wish to get a better idea of who I am and what I am capable of, please
visit my website:
I
have a Masters degree in French Literature from the
I
have been deeply involved with the development and marketing of Telecoms &
IT, Multimedia and Broadcasting conferences. I have managed teams within
different departments and achieved great results. I was also a consultant with
a background in market research, and more recently I was managing teams
developing applications for corporate networks. I have personally created,
built, tested and maintained many professional and successful websites.
For
the last 8 years I have gained experience in research, marketing, sales,
administration, sponsorship, computers, databases, web design, content
development and web promotion whilst dealing with top level corporate
executives worldwide.
The
rest of my background is outlined in the enclosed CV. I look forward to hearing
from you in the near future.
Regards,
Roland Michel Tremblay
44E
The Grove
Isleworth,
Middlesex,
Tel: +44 (0)20 8847 5586
Date of Birth: 15/10/72 (Age: 32)
Nationality: Canadian
Working Status: Holder of a
renewable British visa with the right to work in the
Languages: Excellent French and English
Driving licence: Clean
Education
1997-1999:
Masters
Degree in Romance Languages and Literatures
(French)
1994-1995: Courses in French
Literature "Lettres Modernes"
La Sorbonne, Université de Paris IV, 75005
1991-1994: B.A. specialisation in
"Lettres Françaises" options Language, Literature and Philosophy,
1989-1991: College
Diploma in Sciences from
2505,
I was part of an advanced programme in high
school that includes more maths, physics and chemistry. In
Computer Skills
-Fast typist, 60 wpm in
English and French
-Windows NT, 98, 2000,
XP, MS Office XP - Excellent working knowledge
-Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage
-Final Draft 7,
Sophocles
-Microsoft Exchange,
Outlook, Various databases, Premiere, VideoWave
-Illustrator,
ImageReady, Dreamweaver, PhotoShop
-QuarkXPress, InDesign,
PageMaker, Paint Shop Pro, Corel Draw
-Most of Adobe and
Macromedia applications, ScanSoft Omnipage Pro
-Different applications
on Apple
New Media, Literature, TV and Films Experience
(Management in Telecoms and IT Experience follows)
iDLivre
Publisher (September
2000 until now)
Author of Novels, Essays and Poetry
41, rue
Contact:
I have four books published in French in
These six books, distributed in
Bio-Bibliography in English: www.themarginal.com/rolandmicheltremblay.htm
Webmaster, Web Designer, Web Promoter, Writer
Since I was 10 years
old I have been writing books, science reports and articles. Over the years I
have written 18 books that I feel could be published. In order to present this
huge amount of work - accomplished in parallel to work and studies - I
have built from scratch a very popular website called The Marginal: www.themarginal.com
Hopeland (December
2004 until now)
Scriptwriter, Development Producer www.hopeland.co.uk
For
Hopeland I am developing and writing a new 3D animated television series called
Jailed Atoms inspired by Isaac Asimov and involving robots. This new European
TV series for young adults is using state of the art technology and is pushing
further the boundaries of 3D animation. We are still at the development stage
but we already have an excellent creative team and reliable contacts in the
industry. It should be on TV all around
Maverick
Films, FTV, Anonymous Content (February 2004 to July
2004)
Script Writer, Development Producer www.maverick.com
As a freelance writer for
Maverick Films and Anonymous Content, I have written three film
scripts and several treatments, some of them with well known actors attached to
the projects. These films should go into production later this year. I also worked
as a Development Producer and have contributed to ideas for films and
television series, especially for the new G4tech TV Network. They are considering producing
projects I have worked on and two ideas I have had for television series. Both
of these can be found on my website: The
Virtual Universe and First
Planet. Although both these examples are science fiction, most of
the work I have done for Maverick Films and Anonymous Content had a variety of
subject matters.
Darlow
Smithson Productions Ltd & PBS
(US) (June 2003 to July 2003)
Development Producer/Researcher www.darlowsmithson.com
On this project I
worked closely with Kevin MacDonald (Academy Award and Emmy Award Winner) and
another researcher. I was responsible for researching a detailed treatment for
a documentary about E=mc2. The main topics were energy, mass, the
speed of light, relativity, nuclear weapons and the applications of E=mc2
in the Universe and in our day to day life. Of course extensive research has
been made into all the main players in these areas, more specifically Albert
Einstein.
Brewster
(Black Hole High) Productions inc. (April 2002 to October 2002)
Technical Adviser/Science Consultant/Writer
(working mainly from
We had 7 months to
write and research 13 episodes of a children’s television programme that is now
being broadcast all over
Many of my reports can be read online: http://www.themarginal.com/index.htm#science_fiction_helper_reports
Other related URLs: http://familyscreenscene.allinfoabout.com/tv/blackhole.html
www.nbc.com/nbc/Discovery_Kids_on_NBC
http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/bhhigh/bhhigh.html
Movie
Prometheus Rising (November 2002 to January 2003)
Technical Adviser/Science Consultant
(Contact details for
reference available on request.)
I was the technical
adviser to a big budget sci-fi film called Prometheus Rising. It will come out
next year in LA. My report online: www.themarginal.com/paralleluniverses.htm
Project Executive/Consultant
Contact: Greg Ward, Director
Products and Services, Faculties and Forums
Tel: +44 (0)20 7222
7000 gward@rics.org
The RICS has 110,000
members worldwide and works closely with the Governments to develop different
acts, rules and regulations in a wide range of domains like Land, Built
Environment and Property. I have been hired as a consultant to turn around
their Events department. I have written a conference manual and several reports
about how to produce more successful events and implement new departments like
Sponsorship and Exhibition, Internet Marketing and Telesales. I also went over
all their products and services to assess what has been done, what they are
doing now and also where they should be going in the future. I am also in
charge of their high profile conferences and congresses.
Events Organiser/Administrator
Karen House,
Contact: Beverlee Baptie, VP WW
Conference Administration
Tel: +44 (0)20 7250
0100 bbaptie@baptie.com
For Baptie & Co. I
organised major International IT events in English and French all over
Contact: Bruno François,
President & CEO bfrancois@bravespace.com, Tel:
+1 416 732 9969
Brave Space deals in
Wireless, Web Design, Intranet/Extranet implementation, E-commerce &
B2B/B2C. For them I helped build websites and with the implementation of Java
Beans applications into corporate networks. I was involved in the whole process
of web development. I assisted with the concept, the design, the
implementation, the testing and the maintenance of the websites of the company
and its clients.
I also became a
Consultant advising companies about the products and what they could do for
their organisation. I implemented a marketing plan and helped to build the
database. I also developed a market study about opening the European office in
Conference Researcher in Telecoms and IT
37-41 Mortimer House,
As the Conference Researcher, Writer and
Producer of large international European events, I was overseeing all the
departments involved with marketing and selling conferences: marketing,
sponsorship and exhibition, telemarketing, telesales, co-ordination, brochures
layout, etc. My main line of work was Internet Protocol, Optical Networks,
Network Management, Unified Messaging Services, Broadband Networks, SDH, ATM,
Wireless Office, Wireless LANs, Mobile Applications, 3G
ICM
Conferences Ltd (now Marcus Evans Conferences) (March 1998 to April
1999)
Conference Producer, then Conference Manager in Telecoms & IT
(including broadcasting and Internet).
I started as a
Conference Producer then became Conference Manager in the Telecommunications
& IT division. I was producing conferences, doing research on the internet
and in libraries, calling the industry to get information, writing the
programmes, building databases, inviting speakers (Telecoms and IT executives),
deciding on the brochures layout and colours, supervising the design, the
printing and the mailing. I supervised the whole of the products within all the
departments involved. I was producing a marketing brief, a sales brief, a
sponsorship brief and a research brief. I then had meetings with all these
departments to make sure we maximised the results of the overall conferences.
Marketing Administrator and PA (maternity
cover)
www.campbell-distillers.co.uk
As the marketing
administrator of the whole marketing department, I was in charge of ordering
promotional items, delivering merchandise from the warehouse to customers and
from manufacturers to the warehouse. I was using Access to order through a
modem, I was sending invoices, letters and anything else that arose. I was
filing all notes and papers, and I was doing some secretarial work for one of
the managers and building PowerPoint presentations for most of them. At the
quarter meeting in
IIR
Conferences Ltd (Institute for International Research) (May
1996 to July 1997)
Training new staff and
dealing with any day to day problems in research. Improvement of communication
skills especially on the telephone. Dealing with customers. Inputting
information into computer data programme and working with the database. In
marketing I was finding new ways to market the conferences, including work on
the Internet. I was also analysing data of past conferences, calculating
everything, doing deals with list brokers and other companies, working with
list of lists on the database. I was in charge of pre-mails, mailings and
re-mails of the brochures. I also used Microsoft Office, MS Word and Excel,
especially for mail-merges of direct mail and other marketing applications.
Working for IIR
Brussels Ltd for three months in
Bowdens Information
Services (June 1994 to
October 1994)
Tel: +1 (613) 789-7777 www.bowdens.com/index2.shtml
I performed transcription and translation of French
and English radio and television news broadcasts. Most of my work involved
different ministries of the Canadian government, especially the Private Council
Office and the Prime Minister’s Office where I was often in contact with the
secretary of the Prime Minister Mr. Jean Chrétien.
Comments about my work from Producers,
Directors & Writers
(Contact
details for reference available on request.)
Austen
Tayler, Executive Director of Talent & Development, FTV/Maverick Films (US)
I found you through a
search engine and you seem to be the most web-friendly writer with fantastic
ideas!!! I love your mind and think that we would be a good fit. You seem so
amazing to me! When searching around for a writer for my treatment, I was captured
by your elegant, sophisticated writing style. Most writers are not as
entertaining with their words as you are.
(…) I have no words to
properly express how absolutely flawlessly fantastic (I KNOW, grammatically
incorrect) you are! You have blown me away!!! I love the 4 different points of
view taped with the interviewer’s simple camera, I love the superimposing, I
love the layer's which belong to each twisted character and I love the
twist at the end! I LOVE IT ALL! It is truly amazing!!! YOU are sooooooo
talented!
(…) I CANNOT tell you
how impressed I am by you... most writers struggle with another concept
writer’s ideas, you are picking EVERYTHING up like the 2 of you are on the same
path. I have struggled with our freelance writers over so many issues and they
just never "get it". Something kept telling me to reach outside
the box. I sure am glad I followed the voice in my head! I look forward to
getting you signed on to our production company as our star staff writer. It
may not seem like much to you, but honestly Roland Michel, you make
communicating an idea so so so easy. Nice to work with someone who is brighter
than bright and CLEVER!
(…) I LOVE IT!!! Leave
it the way it is!!! THANK YOU for all of your hard work and devotion to the
project. It's GREAT!!! THANK YOU!!! I love ALL of your questions, they're all
really good ones! I love your intense style of writing, you made it come to
life!!!
Austen Tayler,
Executive Director of Talent & Development, Maverick Entertainment, Inc.,
Four Brothers Productions, FTV, http://www.maverick.com
Bruce
Kalish, Director, Writer and Producer (US)
(On the Jubilee
week-end, while I had 4 days off work, I wrote 8 episode synopses for the
series Black Hole High. The Executive Producer of the series Bruce Kalish was
so impressed he wrote back:)
Roland, you are so
prolific, you put everyone I know to shame... I think as our working
relationship continues I will give you some movie ideas I have been mottling
over and let you run with them if you want. Or if you have ideas I'd be glad to
listen to them and give you some input. In this first order I will not be able
to get you a script, however, if we get the pickup for the back half of the
season, hopefully by the end of this year, I will get you scripts, I can
promise that. Sorry I can't do more for you now with all the help you given...
other then get you paid for the research you're doing for me and seeing if I
can get you a technical advisor credit. Thanks so much for responding with the
speed and more importantly the intelligence that you communicate with the
writers. Thanks for your notes they are extremely helpful, I was inspired by
your hard work and finished off the piece. Thanks again for coming into my
life!
Credits: Black Hole High, The Famous Jett
Jackson (including the Movie), The Fall Guy, Incredible Hulk and Eight is
Enough http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0435888/
David
Garber (II), Director, Writer and Producer (US)
Thanks so much, Roland.
You are really something, and that's good. I can't believe you got into all of
this so quickly. I owe a great debt to you in your scientific analysis and
input. Together we'll make this show shine! Once again, it's a great pleasure
working with you. Believe me, I already let Bruce know how much I appreciated
your notes. I know he's always talking about you and your extensive research.
He's a very big fan of yours already.
I went over your notes
and found them perfect. You have some great suggestions. This episode is going
to be great! You sure are working hard. That's terrific. You can tell you
really love what you're doing.
(…) I speak to Bruce a
few times a day and always emphasize how much help you are. I just wanted to tell
you that the materials that you emailed me are most helpful. Evidently, from
what Bruce tells me, it's been received quite well by the network and
production company. Everyone's beyond pleased.
Credits: Black Hole High, Jett Jackson, Saved by
the
Lorianne
Overton (Tibbets), Professional Screenwriter (US)
Your forth solution to
the time loop conundrum is nothing short of genius. That's exactly the
type of information I needed. Thank you so much for taking the time to
think this through, and so thoroughly at that.
Credits: Black Hole High, The Zack Files, 18
Wheels of Justice, V.I.P.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0862543/
Taylor
Grant, Professional Screenwriter (US)
Good evening, Roland.
Thank you so much for your prompt response.
It's already clear that you have a very keen eye as your questions were
concise and well thought out. It's obvious to me that I've connected with the
right man! Thanks a million!
(…) Holy COW, Roland!
You weren't kidding around, were you? This is AMAZING! OK... give me some time
to sift through all of this information and cohesively reply. I can't thank you
enough for your diligence and professionalism.
(…) First of all,
believe me when I say that you've already gone beyond the call of duty. Please don't do any more research or I'm
going to start feeling guilty. I have to say that you've been a TREMENDOUS help
on this and have really assisted me with getting my head around some ideas. I
feel really good about your ideas, you really came through on the whole
Zero-Point Energy idea. You've been a tremendous asset.
Credits: Prometheus Rising (film in development), Beetlejuice
(Animation), Little Rosie, Monster Farm, Bad Dog, Beetleborgs,
Kevin
MacDonald, Director and Producer (
(Kevin MacDonald was
also impressed with me but as most of our communications were in person at his
house, we did not exchange that many e-mails. You will have to contact him and
I am sure he will tell you similar things as above. In person he was very
appreciative of my hard work. He did say one thing in his e-mails though:)
Thanks a lot for all
your help - and especially for the large folder/printout that you sent which is
most useful.
Credits: Touching the
Void (Bafta Best British Film), One Day in September (Oscar Best Documentary),
Being Mick, etc.
http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0531817