Born in Germany and a Canadian citizen, Mass Abedi splits his time between Europe and Vancouver. Educated at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, he graduated in 1989 with a German Business Administration degree. Prior to that, he completed a two years bank internship with the Vereinsbank in Hamburg.
Pursuing his passion for the film business in Canada, he attended the Vancouver Film School, completed the Motion Picture Producer's Program at SAIT in Calgary, and became a member of the Directors Guild of Canada.
Returning to Germany, Mass went to work for Berlusconi's TELE 5 Network. He joined later Kirch Group's German SportsNetwork DSF and the Plaza Media Broadcast Center as Production Manager in live Outside Broadcasting (OB), eventually becoming Head of the Production Units. His qualifications also include corporate structuring and implementing of a production department as head of production of Helkon Media AG.
Mass has also been working as a Project Manager for RTL in Croatia, supervising the Big Brother weekly-live reality show, structuring the Entertainment Department and coaching producers in monitoring & controlling their projects.
He brought his skills, expertise and contacts to various committees & organizations in British Columbia, focussing on the Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver & Whistler and various World Cups since 2007.
Mass has passed the Project Management certificate program in continuing studies at the University of British Columbia UBC and Sauder School of Business Executive Education and is currently open for any inquiries re live TV Sports & Show production & coordination.
