User:Ana Carril-Grumberg

Ana Carril-Grumberg is the proud single mother of Nathalie Carril-King aka Nathalie King, Ana is tri-lingual (French-English-Spanish) Executive Producer-Director-Camera Operator-Editor and is presently the CEO of GZIPUSA (The Ground Zero Incubator Project USA for small high-tech companies survivors of disaster's areas . Ana was born & raised in West Africa (Senegal, Ghana, Algeria) and spent her teens in South America in Santiago de Chile, and attended High-School @ The Colegio Nacional de Buenos-Aires (Argentina). Ana then returned to Paris France, where she became a student of Francis Huster, and studied direction, acting & writing. Ana immigrated to the United States of America in June 1981, and started her career in 1982 actin/directing when Denzel Washington recorded his voice-over for Ana's One Woman Show, called "You Must Always Tell..." that she performed @ The 1984 Art Festival that took place during the Los-Angeles Olympic Games, gathering rave reviews, actor John Shea, also recorded his voice-over, for the play. Ana started her career very young as camera operator, she was often the only woman camera operator in the early 80's from 1984 to 1987 she traveled the USA, producing stories as Independent producer for France 2, as well as ABC, NBC, CBS, assisting staff producers with research & data base. In 1986 Ana met Mike Tyson, along NY Post Columnist Micheal George, and started filming on a recurring basis interviews with Mike, it is in that environment that Ana met Boxing promoter Don King. In April of 1988 Ana met Eric King, Don King's eldest son, and they formed a production company, under which they produced an exclusive documentary for French TV France 2 Sports Division with Francis Maroto, on & with Mike Tyson, that aired to huge ratings in February 1990 on France 2, weeks after Mike Tyson first ever loss in Japan, and Interview filmed one week before he left America as the youngest heavyweight champion of all time.. On September 24, 1990 Nathalie Carril-King, daughter of Ana & Eric King was born, in the mist of a huge media circus, as Attorney Raoul L. Felder, agreed to assist Ana in proving paternity, which they did successfully in 1992. From 1991 to 1994 Ana worked as Independent producer @ Fox TV News, program "A Current Affair" as well as with Geraldo Rivera Latin Division, there she secured the exclusive interview with Cheyenne Brando in 1992. In April 1994 while working on a project in Los Angeles, Ana & Nathalie met Hollywood Legend Actor-Director Bill Duke, who has directed movies such as "Sister Act II", "Deep Cover", "A Rage In Harlem", and has acted in landmark films such as "American Gigolo" "Car Wash" "Predator I", "Commando", "Menace II Society", just to name a few...together Bill Duke & Ana Carril-Grumberg formed a production company DUKE/GRUMBERG (1994-1996). From 1996-1998 Ana worked with Willie Fry, Jr. In February of 1998 Ana's daughter Nathalie then 7 years old opened the 40th Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall dancing next to Will Smith in Men In Black. In 2000 Ana started working with Richard M. Levychin, CPA & the One Hundred Black Men, Inc. NYC Chapter, and along executive Producer/writer Richard Willis, Jr. Director/Editor Richard Scott Marshall, as well as Ana & S. A. Baron (list of names still to be added looking for spellings), they filmed video star studded tributes featuring Bill Duke, Richard Roundtree, Sean John Combs., Rev. Al Sharpton, to the honorees such as Sean Diddy Combs, Russell Simmons, Janet Jackson, Willie Randolph, Wynton Marsalis Ossie David & Ruby Dee, as well as Quincy Jones, Arthur Mittchel Founder of The Dance Theater of Harlem, and Willie Garry, Esq. as well as Uniworld Chairman Byron Lewis.

Khan Boyd Levychin, CPAs, is located on Wall Street & was deeply affected by the 9/11/01 attacks on Ground Zero.

GZIPUSA.com (Under re-construction) Ana presently is the CEO of The Ground Zero Incubator Loft Project USA, which is the search for an empty duplex loft in a high-rise around Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, and film while out fittingwith web cam live stream, all around the lofts, and organizing a nationwide competition to win the opportunity of coming to work and live, @ GZIPUSA, while the webcam & hand held location cameras following the principals of GZIPUSA the Internet series, the back bone of the series is the behind the scenes of what it takes to organize a huge televised live fundraising concert at an arena like MSG (Madison Square garden (still to be negotiated), on this project Ana is joined by her longtime friend Damaris Luz Mercado, daughter of legendary Ralph Mercado, with more then 35 years of family experience at producing huge live televised concert, as well as co-executive producer talent/coordinators Cheryl & Jimmy LUV Jenkins, formerly of UPTOWN RECORDS & MOTOWN RECORDS The Concert For The World will raise funds for global issues such as clean water, hunger, education, shelter, the greening of planet earth...

Nathalie graduated from the High School of Art & Design & is presently attending www.widener.edu

Ana & her team operate an extremely successful paid youth (college & up) training program in digital technologies, and mentor new directors, editors, producer, grip, DPs, etc... Ana is also returning to school to secure a certificate that will certify her as a "Apple Final Cut Pro Certified Instructor Degree" which will allow Ana to teach as well on College level. Ana has been mid-town manhattan since 1988, and her nephew director Colin Battiste works with her a lot, they have a dog they adore Mr. Snookums... Ana feels blessed to have a passion which is filming, editing, producing, and being able to make a living at it, and provide for her family in such a way...