Evrim Ersoy
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Evrim Ersoy is from Hatfield, England, United Kingdom. Evrim is currently Programmer at Imagine Film Festival, located in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Evrim also works as Co-Founder/Programmer at DukeFest, a job Evrim has held since Jun 2014. Another title Evrim currently holds is Head Of Programming at BeyondFest. In Evrim's previous role as a Programming Director at Fantastic Fest, Evrim worked in Austin, Texas Area until Jul 2020. Prior to joining Fantastic Fest, Evrim was a Creative Director at Fantastic Fest and held the position of Creative Director at Austin, Texas Area. Prior to that, Evrim was a Head Programmer at Fantastic Fest, based in Austin, Texas Area from Jul 2014 to Jul 2020. Evrim started working as QC Operator at Visual Data Media Services in White City, London in Jan 2014. From Mar 2013 to Jun 2015, Evrim was Columnist/ Contributor at Verite Magazine, based in London, United Kingdom.
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Evrim Ersoy's current jobs
A spin-off from 'The Duke Mitchell Film Club', 'DukeFest' is London's alternative film festival: bringing both brand new and rare experiences to London audiences over the course of four days, the festival has so far hosted the U.K and European premieres of titles such as 'Norway' and 'My Name Is Jonah' as well as retrospective screenings, events and more.
Beyond Fest is the highest attended genre film festival in the United States and exists to build the genre community in Los Angeles. Based out of Hollywood’s legendary Egyptian Theatre, Beyond Fest is built in partnership with the American Cinematheque, Meltdown Comics, Death Waltz Recording Co. and Alamo Drafthouse. Previous editions included guests such as Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Henry Rollins as well as premieres of films such as 'The Invitation' , 'Starry Eyes' , 'Bone Tomahawk' , 'February' and more. Working as part of the programming team, I'm responsible for all aspects of the festival including organizing events, scheduling, negotiating with sales companies and distributors as well as working on-ground during the festival itself.
Regularly contribute reviews of horror and genre films as well as festival coverage to Electric Sheep Magazine; a respected, independent film magazine focusing on the darker side of cinema,
For the past 4 years I've researched and written a detailed pre-festival report of Istanbul International Film Festival as well as picking my top 10 of the films playing there.
London's oldest alternative film night, 'The Duke Mitchell Film Club' is dedicated to unearthing lost cinematic treasures from all across the history of cinema - called 'London's best film club' by Time Out and 'Irressitably insane' by The Cultural Expose, the club continues to bring its very own brand of madness to London audiences.
Compile daily Film news, write film reviews, conduct interviews with directors,writers,actors, cover festivals around the U.K. and worldwide.
Evrim Ersoy's past jobs
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world with a guest roster has included such talent as Mel Gibson, Bill Murray, Dolph Lundgren, Jemaine Clement, Paul Rudd, Bill Pullman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kevin Smith, Jon Favreau, George Romero, Jess Franco, Darren Aronofsky, Mike Judge, Roger Corman, Elijah Wood, Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez and Tim Burton.
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world with a guest roster has included such talent as Mel Gibson, Bill Murray, Dolph Lundgren, Jemaine Clement, Paul Rudd, Bill Pullman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kevin Smith, Jon Favreau, George Romero, Jess Franco, Darren Aronofsky, Mike Judge, Roger Corman, Elijah Wood, Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez and Tim Burton.
Specific responsibilities include: Navigation testing of DVD and Blu-ray menus. Checking video runtimes of features, television shows, trailers and bonus material. Checking metadata for iTunes and Netflix deliveries. Testing all audio, subtitles and closed captioning for sync and positioning Reporting findings in a clear, concise and easy-to-read manner. Maintaining contact with the Head of QC and project co-ordinators regarding issues and status of projects. Collaborating with the rest of the QC department to review results and resolve problems.
Worked for Verite magazine contributing interviews, regular columns and a number of feature articles focusing on world cinema, genre cinema and lesser known directors.