eric drury - filmmaker & consultant





	2004 - 2009 - 2001 - 2004 - 1993 - 2001 - 1992 - 1993 - 1989 - 1992 - 1969 - 1988 - extra -	freelance creative & production consultant associate producer & marketing consultant for big head media producer, writer & director of "African Hoop Dreams" documentary film creative consultant & project manager for HRW publishing associate producer & editorial director for "Afrobasket" and "Afrogoals" pan-african TV shows translation & voice work for television documentaries freelance consultant for MV2 on projects for EADS and Japan's Ministry of Trade consultant & event director for Nike / Foot Locker & Tony Parker's 2005 summer visit to Paris currently producing 2 documentaries (in post-production) internet design & communications director of clientele for avence web agency and clients such as Dunhill, Häagen-Dazs, Bouygues Telecom, Cartier HRO and Aventis Pasteur sports marketing & events director of marketing & sponsor relations for basketball events in Europe with Street Hoops & NBA Europe project manager for Coca-Cola's World Cup 98 stadium marketing player-coach & traveler american football team "Les Anges Bleus" in Paris, France european backpacker yale university bachelor's degree in political science, international relations 3-year football letter winner, 1990 Ivy League champion all-Ivy selection as defensive back, Epson Ivy Bowl in Tokyo born & raised Dallas, Texas, 3rd of 7 children Woodrow Wilson high school academic honors football, basketball, track bi-lingual English & French, traveler, sports lover and amateur sportsman, music lover and amateur musician, married (to love of my life)
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November shall be a month to remember. Did you know that November starts on the same day of the week as February in common years and March every year. And that November 19 is International Men's Day? Thanks, Wikipedia. Looking forward to making the move back to Paris later in the year while keeping a foot in Cambridge.



		Since early 2009 I've been consulting for Big Head Media, a production company based in Cambridge, England. In addition to acting as Producer and Client Director on various projects, I've also assumed the role of Marketing & Sales Director of the corporate video branch of the company.


		Basketball in Africa? An intriguing image, and one which spurred me on to Senegal, Angola and South Africa, as well as Japan and the USA to document the game that is blossoming on the continent today. WATCH THE TRAILER for the documentary film, and be sure to follow the Angolans at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics!


		Every week in Africa, viewers tune in to AfroGoals and AfroBasket, half-hour sports television shows which cover the best in African football and basketball. Since 2004 I have produced the English version of the show, writing the scripts and adding the voice for American style sports commentary.


		In 2004 I accompanied three expatriated Cameroon artists (a dancer, Assiko guitarist and a balofonist) and a percussionist from the Ivory Coast as they traveled from Paris to their home continent on a re-juvenation tour. The musical voyage provided the inspiration for a new CD, and the resulting documentary - currently in post-production - is scheduled for release in 2009.


		In 2005-06 I acted as a creative consultant and general facilitator for American publishers Holt, Rinehart & Winston as they prepared their "Bien dit!" French textbooks. I coordinated location and talent scouting, shooting permits and authorization, as well as logistical and budgetary demands for 8 weeks of shooting over a one-year period in Paris, Rennes and Nice, France, and Dakar and St. Louis, Senegal.


		Inspiration hit my friend Yves Manga as he was on a motorcycle tour in Cameroon - he would use the attention that motorcycles attracted in the cities and villages to address the AIDS problem in Africa. The result is MotoAction, a not-for-profit organization of which I am treasurer and which began operating in Cameroon in 2005 with AIDS awareness campaigns, rallies, events, testing and education.


		As my contribution to the "Olympic Spirit", here's a brief introduction and pseudo-scouting report on the 2008 Angolan Men's National Basketball team and its players.