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 as Assistant Project Manager & Production Controller. He joined later Kirch Group’s German SportsNetwork DSF and the Plaza Media Broadcast Center as Project Manager for 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, a former major "new market" feature film production & distribution company in Germany.
In 2001, Mass was contracted as Event Manager for the German-Canadian Co-production Exchange Forum in Munich, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, the Bavarian Government Funding Agency FFF-Bayern and the British Columbia Film Commission. Besides various other consulting jobs, Mass was later appointed as a Consultant to the HypoVereinsbank Consult (HVB-Consult), helping to evaluate the Kirch Group's film library -after the collapse of the TV empire.
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 brings his skills, expertise and contacts to various committees & organizations in British Columbia, focussing -amongst other projects- on the Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver & Whistler.
In Feb 2006, the MPPIA -a broad based industry association that has emerged as the "voice and vision" of the film and television industry in British Columbia- sponsored Mass' trip to Torino, Italy,to observe the Olympics 2006 from a broadcast production executive’s view.
Because of his experience in analyzing film production processes, Mass is also consulting MovieSet - a free innovative internet-based film tool that allows producers to promote their films through a very unique and safe social networking platform, targeting their specific audience from as soon as the project is green lit. You will be able to simultaneously streamline your production process while identifying, and engaging your core audience to maximize your marketing strategy.
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 Olympics, Broadcasting, Film & Video Gaming.
