Kaja Zaloudek Executive Producer/Producer/Owner Kaja Zaloudek is a
veteran producer with a talent for getting things done, no matter how
daunting a project may be. She has worked on television programming
(both commercial and public), commercials, corporate and industrial
programs and several movies for the USA Network. Kaja learned the
business from the ground up, in numerous producing and project
management capacities including Producer, Line Producer, Associate
Producer, Production Manager, and Production Coordinator. Her
familiarity with every aspect of production gives her a wide base of
expertise. In all these positions, Kaja has demonstrated that she has
the discipline and organizational finesse to bring in a variety of
projects on schedule and on budget, and she uses that knowledge to
maximize resources on every project she takes on. Oregon has a
well-earned reputation as a great alternative to Hollywood for film and
video production, and Kaja has been an important a part of that
success. She served as a Project Manager at the Oregon Film and Video
Office for two years, where she worked on many of the film and video
projects shot in the Northwest. Zaloudek also served as Board President
for the Oregon Media Production Association for 1995 and 1997. As staff
Producer for David Poulshock Productions, she produced the children's
video, "The Wonderful World of the Wooleycat" and has worked on six of
the nine "Wee Sing" productions. At Millennium Pictures, Kaja was
Production Coordinator for "King Cole's Party" (1987), Assistant
Producer, and 2nd Assistant Director for Grandpa's Magical Toys" (1988)
-- also in the "Wee Sing" series. Kaja, along with Director/DP Kenneth
Luba, produced golightlyfilms first short film for Portland's Albertina
Kerr Centers entitled "My Way Home". The film received the prestigious
Worldfest Houston International Platinum Remi Award in 2003 and
continues to be shown at film festivals throughout the world. Kaja
produced a PSA for the Oregon Humane Society's "Autos for Animals"
program, which won a Gold Remi Award at the 2003 Worldfest Houston
International Film Festival. She co-directed and produced two
television spots for the Bend and Portland chapters of the Boys and
Girls Clubs of America, which won the Worldfest Houston International
Film Festival Silver Remi Award. In 2006 and 2007, Kaja produced a long
form documentary-style film titled "Listen to the Sounds of Life," used
for the Children's Cancer Association's ongoing marketing efforts
locally and nationally. "Listen to the Sounds of Life" was awarded The
"Worldfest" Houston International Film Festival Platinum Remi Award.
Kaja's producing also included a docudrama for the Lincoln County
Children's Advocacy Center. She lead a team loaded with talent: the
film's script was written by nationally renowned Tony award winning
Broadway playwright and lyricist William Luce, professionally acclaimed
composer Henry Mollicone wrote the original music score, and star of
film and television David Ogden Steirs hosted the film on camera. The
film won the "Worldfest" Houston International Film Festival Gold
Special Jury Award. In 2008/9 Producer Zaloudek and golightlyfilms
received has another top award for their work for the Children's Cancer
Association. The nonprofit fundraising film "A Journey to Joy" earned
the Remi Special Jury Award for Creative Excellence at the 42nd
"WorldFest" Houston Independent International Film Festival.
In the spring of 2010 Kaja produced three :30 TV commercials for The
State of Oregon. The spots for HAVA (Help America Vote Act) were
conceived by golightlyfilms Kenneth Luba, Kaja Zaloudek and freelance
writer Miriam Garcia. The spots target certain voter demographics by
creating a series of "video portraits". The creative concept that
generated the writing of the final scripts form a very distinct look
and feel of Oregon voters from around the state.
Kaja has produced long and short form infomercials, videos, films and
TV commercials for many local/national companies and agencies including
Big Shot Pictures, MIRA Creative Group, Euro RSCG DR TV,R2 Group Will
Vinton Studios, David Poulshock Productions, Inc./Red Door Films.
