Igor Savatovic

Director of Photography and Steadicam Operator / Owner based in Dubai/UAE

I have more than 20 years of experience in every field of Film and TV Production with all kinds of professional film or digital media.

As Director of Photography, I was in charge for cinematography in many documentaries, TVC's, Music Videos, and Short Feature Films. Very experienced as DOP for multi camera feature productions, as sitcoms, soap operas or "telenovellas" and fiction TV series in general. My work as DOP is pioneering in Drama Production, since I was one of first DOP’s in Eastern Europe to work on Teleneovellas. I was a Director of Photography on the first Pan Arab, Studio based, Telenovella, “2nd Chance - فرصة ثانية” . In my career as DoP, I filmed more than 500 episodes of different genres of Fiction TV series.

Owner of three complete camera stabilizing systems - steadicam's. Two are in Dubai with me, and the first one is still in Zagreb, for sentimental reasons! :))

While I was living in Croatia, I steadicam operated almost every LIVE TV show, broadcasted on main Croatian commercial TV stations. During the Production, I am always equipped with two steadicam rigs. There is no chance to stay without a backup rig, and loose unnecessary time for repair or replacement if some malfunction, unfortunately, happens during the production. In other words, a lot of experience with steadicam in TVC's, drama series, feature films,... you name it!!

I worked in Europe, Asia and MENA Region.

My credits are listed at: http://www.igorsavatovic.orka.hr/a2/resume.htm or at imdb.com