Anna Saracka

3rd Assistant Director in Features & TV Drama

Also available as a:
2nd AD
3rd AD

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A London-based Polish AD who is working predominantly as 2nd AD on commercials and 3rd AD on long forms. Anna is In the process of stepping up: confidently as 1st AD in short forms, corporate and music videos.
She is experienced working with high profile talent, children (from babies to teenagers), people with disabilities, dancers, selection of animals, crowds, stunts sequences, vehicles sequences, multi-camera and single-camera shoots.
holding an EU passport happy to work anywhere in the globe.

Selected credits

Features & TV Drama

Prod Co Title Type Director Producer 1st AD Role Vimeo / Youtube Link

Blackbox Multimedia LTD for Paramount+

Serial Killer's Wife

TV series

Laura Way

Francesco Paglioli Jonathan Philips Ivan D’Ambrosio

Irene Maffei

3rd AD

N/A

Parkville Pictures

Lollipop

feature film

Daisy May Hudson

Olivier Kaempfer, Cecilia Frugiuele

Kate Hartnoll

3rd AD

N/A

Parkville Pictures LTD

Lollipop

feature film

Daisy-May Hudson

Olivier Kaempfer Cecilia Frugiuele

Kate Hartnoll

3rd AD

N/A

Minnow Films for Channel 4

SAS: Who Dares Wins

reality TV

Ben Archard

Ruth Roden

Nick Gill

3rd AD

play clip

Emu Films

Silver Haze

feature film

Sacha Polak

Marleen Slot Mike Elliot

Peter Bromfield

3rd AD

N/A

Martyrs Lane Limited

Martyrs Lane

feature film

Ruth Platt

Katie Hodgkin

Peter Bromfield

3rd AD

play clip

Peripheral The Movie Ltd

Peripheral

feature film

Paul Hyett

Bill Kenwright, Tim Clayton, Craig Tuohy

Mark Chancellor

3rd AD

play clip

Apocalypse Pictures Ltd

REDCON-1

feature film

Chee Keung Cheung

Ioanna Karavela

Lukas Kudapcenka

3rd AD

play clip

TV Commercials / Branded Content

Prod Co / Agency Brand / Title Type Director Producer 1st AD Role Vimeo / Youtube Link

Tantrum TV

Wild Rift

Commercial

Bennet Jonhson

Stuart Wigglesworth

Aidan Quinn

3rd AD

N/A

Roughcut TV

Playstation: Zombie Onslaught Promo

Promo

Christopher Poole

Jemma Gershinson

Dom Davy

3rd AD

N/A

Irresistible Films

GHD/ Three Queens

Commercial

Remi Paringaux

Jake Hafer

Peter Bromfield

3rd AD

play clip

Corporate

Prod Co / Agency Brand / Title Director Producer 1st AD Role

Pukka Films

Lakeside Shopping Centre

Aubrey Reynolds

Aubrey Reynolds

Aidan Quinn

3rd AD

Shorts & Personal Projects

Prod Co Title Type Director Producer 1st AD Role

Story Films

The Puppet Asylum

short film

Otto Baxter

Daisy Allsop Peter Beard Bruce Fletcher

Irene Maffei

3rd AD

130 Elektra Films

An Evening With Taglioni

short film

Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple

Elettra Pizzi

Dom Davey

3rd AD

Countries Worked in

  • Ireland
  • Jordan
  • Scotland
  • Vietnam

Languages

  • French (conversational)
  • Polish (bilingual)
  • Russian (basic)
  • Spanish (communicative)

Education

  • University of Glasgow: Master of Science: Filmmaking and Media Arts: with Merit; University of Southampton: Bachelor of Arts: Film Studies (single honors): Second Class Honours (Upper Division); Semester on Jagiellonian University in Cracow: knowledge about international culture and comparing civilizations studies; University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński in Warsaw: Bachelor of Arts Culture Studies specializing in film and theatre

1st ADs Worked with as a Runner

  • Alex Oakley
  • Laura Jackson
  • Matt Randle
  • Tom Kelly
  • Tristan Hefele
  • Vivien Ackland-Snow

Celebrities Worked with

  • Helena Bonham Carter
  • Emilia Clarke
  • Mel B
  • Big Narstie
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Stephen Merchant
  • Craig David
  • Matt Hancock
  • Olly Alexander
  • Ella Henderson
  • Emeli Sande
  • MS Banks
  • James Bay
  • Jack Savoretti
  • Martine McCutcheon
  • Frankie Boyle
  • Dermot O'Leary
  • Evan Ross
  • Love Island cast

Technical Skills

  • Microsoft Office - advanced
  • Adobe Premiere Pro - intermediate

Additional Skills

  • Valid driving license
  • Passed APA Covid Assessment
  • Passed 1st Option Managing Covid-19 Risks