SHARPSHOOTER ///
A Life Dedicated to Shooting
NAME: Maggie Olkuska
AGE: 22 years
STAR SIGN: Aries
LANGUAGES: English, Danish, Polish, and some German
HOME TOWN: Cracow, Poland, but I live in Copenhagen, Denmark.
OCCUPATION: Cinematographer / Camera assistant
CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS: Actually, I am involved in quite a few exciting film projects. First of all, since January I began to work and film (B-cam) for a great and inspiring female film director, Phie Ambo, on her next documentary about an influential Danish Biodynamic farmer, who aims to restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony in every area of his work and life. Additionally, from time to time
I get to work on commercials /shorts as a camera assistant. I also often edit online videos for/ and hang out in the office of the funniest comedians in Denmark: Wulffmorgenthaler. In my spare time, I'm constantly looking for new projects and shooting a variety of videos.
HAVE YOU BEEN BUSY? Oh yeah, and who isn’t in this industry? I’m “aiming to get” my dream projects and I'm constantly practicing and improving my skills! This summer was insane, I worked on two feature movies as a 2AC, one after another----“Petit”, with Kim Basinger in Denmark/Germany, and Freistatt in Germany. (And) I
////////////////24
was working on few commercials in Europe. Anyways, despite working 12 hours a day in various conditions, I love what I do. Every day on a film set is full of challenges and experiences; meeting new people, traveling the world, seeing new places… and when the movie is finished, the feeling it priceless.
SHOOTING WHERE? The last 6 months I spent filming around Europe.
WHAT TYPES OF PRODUCTIONS HAVE YOU MOSTLY SHOT? Reportages (extreme sports and lifestyle), commercials, shorts, music videos, documentaries.
TV Technology Europe I December 2013/January 2014
WHICH DO YOU PREFER? At the moment, documentaries, which involve just a few people, since on those I am mostly working as a cinematographer. There is nothing more precious than experiencing someone's life, and trying to see the world through their eyes for the time of filming the movie. Nevertheless, I also love the film set lifestyle, and working on international feature productions.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST SHOOTING JOB? In the very beginning, I started to make movies about something that I was passionate about. In my case: extreme
sports! When I was 17, I got a film job on a Swiss glacier. I was filming short extreme sports videos, for a ski and snowboard camp for teens.
MOST RECENT, INTERESTING ASSIGNMENTS? Most of them are special and interesting, e.g. cooperating with 16 filmmakers to create one music video for a Norwegian band, filming carnivals and events in my city, or filming a chapter for a Danish Documentary called “Farmer and The Universe.” I am trying to capture the ideology of the whole universe in the micro elements, fauna and flora, people, on an ecological farm in
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28