1. CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Name Abubakar Zirabamuzale
Date of Birth 22nd November 1989
Nationality Ugandan
Contact Address P.O Box 30895 Kampala [Uganda]
Telephone Contacts +256 701 543650
Email Address bakerufti2@gmail.com
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
YEAR INSTITUTE/SCHOOL AWARD
2008-2010 Uganda Film and Television Diploma in general Television
Institute (UFTI) and Radio production
2006-2007 Njeru S.S UACE Certificate
2002-2005 Namwezi High School UCE Certificate
2000-2001 Njeru Primary school P.L.E
SKILLS ATTAINED
Computer Skills using both Mac and Ms Drives.
Audio-Visual Productions
Editing
Camera Operations
WORKING EXPERIENCE
June 2012 to Date Nation Television- Uganda (NTVU)
Roles and responsibilities
I. Camera operation using Sony XDCAM PXW- W160, NXDCAM, JVC GY-HM650E, PD
170, PD 250, and HDVs.
II. Video editing using Final Cut pro 7.0, 6.69. and Adobe Premier pro Cs 3 - Cs 6.
III. Customer care relations.
IV. Assembling, preparing and setting up equipment prior to filming, which include
tripods, monitors, lighting, cables and headphones.
V. Working under Pressure and meeting Deadlines.

2. VI. Good at multi tasking under minimum supervision.
VII. Taking instructions from the director if any.
VIII. Being prepared to innovate and experiment with ideas.
IX. Good offering advice on how best to shoot a scene, explaining the visual
impact created by particular shots.
X. planning shots - when filming an expensive scene, such as an explosion, there
may be only one chance to get things right so shots need to be meticulously
planned beforehand.
practicing the camera moves required for pre-arranged shots
interacting and maintaining good working relationships with other members of the crew and
cast, including the director, producer, sound recordists, lighting technicians, actors,
presenters and interviewees.
Mach 2009 -June 2012 Editor and camera Operator, Uganda
Film &TV Institute
Roles and responsibilities
_ Video editing using Adobe premiere pro Cs5,Cs4,Cs3, 2.0, 1.5 and 7.0 software
_ Camera operation using PD 170, PD 250, and HDVs.
_ DVD writing using DVD studio pro 4.0, Encore
_ Customer care relations.
October2008-March 2009 Editor and Camera Operator, APT Media House
Roles and responsibilities
_ Video editing using Final-cut pro 5.1 software.
_ Camera operation using PD 170, PD 250, and HDVs.
_ DVD writing using DVD studio pro 4.0.
_ Customer care relations.
EDITING SOFTWARE KNOWN
_ FINAL CUT PRO 5.1. (for Macintosh)
_ ADOBE PREMIER PRO Cs5, Cs4, Cs3(for Both windows & Mac).
_ LIVE TYPE. (for Macintosh)
- POWER PRODUCER. (for Windows)

3. CAMERA PROFICIENCY
CAMERAS OPERATION
JVC Sony XDCAM PXW- W160, NXDCAM Excellent
JVC GY-HM650E Excellent
NXDCAM Excellent
PD 250 Broadcaster Excellent
PD 170 Excellent
HDVs Excellent
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
English Good
Luganda Fluent
Lusoga Good
HOBBIES
_ Camera work
_ Visual editing
_ Adventure.
- Swimming
WORK DONE
A tale of Bat-eating lamogi communities of guruguru hill.
Amuru district in Northern Uganda is known for millet and sorghum production. Residents
are striving to revive agriculture which had significantly declined due to insecurity caused
by the LRA war.
But in a remote part of this area of Acholiland lies a humble beautiful village called
Guruguru in Lamogi sub-county. To some of the residents here, bats are a delicacy yet
elsewhere fruit eating bats are known as vectors for the deadly Ebola and Marburg
viruses... https://youtu.be/nsjYBgfM0KM
Published on 22 Mar 2015
When the winds of change swept across the vast South Sudan, there was euphoria in all
the pockets of the country as the citizenry hoped for a new dawn.However, a political
dispute in December 2013, plunged the country into war. Thousands of civilians have
been killed and millions live in internally displaced camps. Yet there is no end in sight to
this conflict. Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, filed this special report on South Sudan........
https://youtu.be/3AISPvEor9w

4. How Uganda beat Ebola in 2000: How Gulu residents battled the outbreak
The year 2000 has no fond memories for many people in Gulu district. A deadly disease
that was later found to be Ebola, had taken root in the district killing over 200 people. In
the first of our series on Ebola, we look at the struggles the people of Gulu endured in
this trying period.
https://youtu.be/-SiYIjY6hCw
https://youtu.be/TmayFx2Gj_8
https://youtu.be/Ekl1WaADtpA
https://youtu.be/K53cGq8z1rgA
REFEREES
Mr. SENGENDO GEORGE
Course Director -Uganda Film and Television Institute
E-mail:sengeorg@yahoo.com
Telephone contact. +256-782552017
Mr. WILLIAMS KATO
Assignments News Editor- NTV-Uganda
E-mail:wkato@ntv.co.ug
Telephone contact. +256-772452658
Mr EMMANUEL MUTAIZIBWA
Political/Investigations Editor
Email: memmanuel@ntv.co.ug
Telephone Contact:+256-752532581