I’m Anastasija, a freelance filmmaker based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I have experience in directing, cinematography and editing across a variety of artistic and commercial projects. I’m passionate about crafting compelling visual narratives across different formats, with a strong focus on composition, pacing, and visual storytelling. I collaborate closely with directors, designers, and actors to achieve precise and expressive performances, managing the full process from pre-production through post-production.…

Anastasija Pirozenko

I’m Anastasija, a freelance filmmaker based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I have experience in directing, cinematography and editing across a variety of artistic and commercial projects. I’m passionate about crafting compelling visual narratives across different formats, with a strong focus on composition, pacing, and visual storytelling. I collaborate closely with directors, designers, and actors to achieve precise and expressive performances, managing the full process from pre-production through post-production.…

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I’m Anastasija, a freelance filmmaker based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I have experience in directing, cinematography and editing across a variety of artistic and commercial projects.

I’m passionate about crafting compelling visual narratives across different formats, with a strong focus on composition, pacing, and visual storytelling. I collaborate closely with directors, designers, and actors to achieve precise and expressive performances, managing the full process from pre-production through post-production.

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Language

English
Advanced
Lithuanian
Fluent
Russian
Fluent
Dutch
Beginner

Work Experience

Freelance Cinematic Editor at Guerrilla (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
September 1, 2021 - February 28, 2023
Worked on the AAA video game Horizon Forbidden West and its DLC Burning Shores; collaborated closely with the cinematic director, designers, and animators to ensure a high-quality cinematic look across all cutscenes. Responsibilities included in-game camera animation in Decima Engine, conversation editing, cinematic scene reviews, and feedback preparation.
Freelance Mocap Director at Guerrilla (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
June 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022
Commissioned to direct actors during a motion capture production for the remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn. This fast-paced production required technical expertise with the mocap stage, careful attention to detail, script analysis, and close collaboration with actors to achieve precise and expressive performances.
Presentation Scheduler at Paramount Global
April 1, 2017 - February 28, 2019
After graduation from the Netherlands Film Academy, joined Paramount Global to work with several MTV channels. Created accurate transmission schedules within strict timelines; actively communicated with programming, media desk teams and executed promotional strategies.
Filmmaker at Self-emploied
October 18, 2013 - Present
I have been working as a freelance director, cinematographer, and editor on a range of artistic and commercial projects, including short documentaries, films, video games, aftermovies, and theater performances. On smaller-scale productions, I am often involved in all stages of the process—from pre-production to post-production. Clients include the Rijksmuseum, Nomobo, Guerrilla, Frascati, and Cinedans, among others.

Education

MA in Artistic Research in Film at The Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
BA Photography and Media Arts at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Gaming, Professional Services, Other
    uniE608 Forever Summer - Part 1 - by De Onkruidenier
    De Onkruidenier artist collective approached me to help them create a documentary, video installation on their project Forever Summer. More about the project: https://www.twine.net/signin Credits: Videography: Daniel Donato, Anastasija Pirozenko Sound design: Sergio Gonzales Cuervo Color grading: Daniel Donato Concept: De Onkruidenier…
    uniE608 Beyond the Sea - Trailer
    BEYOND THE SEA is a short fiction-documentary film about Emmen, one of the first planned cities in the Netherlands, and a home of the textile and metal industry workers. Emmen was built as a social experiment: it had to become the embodiment of a committed, happy and united society. But the planned idyll did not last long or perhaps never existed. In this poetic, sci-fi-like film journey, a speculative future intertwines with the present day narratives of the city, revealing a sometimes complex shift in the community, history and modernist’s dreams. The film is co-produced by ThankEve productions and EOdocs and realised in the context of Teledoc Campus, a collaboration between CoBO, NPO-fonds, Nederlands Filmfonds and de NPO. DIRECTOR Anastasija Pirozenko - PRODUCER Katja Sokolova - PHOTOGRAPHY Aziz Al-Dilaimi - SOUND Sergio González Cuervo - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ebba Stoppelenburg - CAMERA ASSISTANT Benjamin Sparschuh - VOICE Tania Theodorou - EDIT Stella van Voorst van Beest - SOUND DESIGN/FOLEY Ronnie van der Veer - SCRIPT COACH Aliona van der Hoorst - COLOR GRADING Michiel Rummens - FINISHING Jan Jaap Kuiper - SERBIAN TRANSLATION Irina Birger - EDITOR EODOCS Barbara Wiessing…