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Calling All Crew - Booking Answering Service, Freelance Crew for Television

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Maria Karambelas (nee Stunt)

Maria KarambelasMaria's career began in 1973 working for Palings Music House, progressing to 2GB in 1974 and eventually graduated to the television sector in 1975.

She held various positions, including secretary at Radio 2GB, production assistant at ATN 7, co-producer, DA, co-ordinator and researcher at SBS TV, music aquisitioner for MTV and production manager/consultant for TV Personnel Australia, just to name a few.

In 1990 Maria started her own company, Calling All Crew which she still manages single-handedly today.

Calling All Crew has been going from strength to strength each year since its inception. In fact, CAC is one of the very few companies in NSW that has no competition in its specific field. Impeccable service, attention to detail and passion are the elements that motivate Maria in her daily quest to provide the best service.

But the real soul of CAC is the crew themselves. They all are top professionals in their fields with years of experience and wide recognition in the industry. Maria goes the extra mile in interviewing personally each individual so we maintain high quality standards.

Embracing the latest technology, (a scary step in Maria’s language), she designed the framework of a custom built software application which runs Calling All Crew today. She was one of the first in the industry to embrace the web and develop a dynamic web site in keeping with all the changes modern technology brings.

In 2004 Calling All Crew  was upgraded to new levels, extending the services 24/7 in a state of the art interactive, real time, web based engine where clients can log in and search for crew, skills and bookings.

Begining of 2007 CAC extends its services in the film industry  with the introduction of Calling All Film Crew, www.callingallfilmcrew.com .

One of Maria’s strong business attributes is her commitment to service, so she will always be accessible by phone, email or in person, no matter how busy she is.

 
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Bill Karambelas

  Bill joined Calling All Crew in the capacity of Marketing and Technical Manager five years ago. He brings in the expertise of four decades professional career in Sales and Marketing management, mainly in the multinational IT corporate sector.

His vision to blend aspects of the highly disciplined business practices of big corporations with the creative attitude of our industry is reflected in the way CAC operates today: Small, sleek, responsive, using cutting edge technology to automate procedures yet maintaining the all important human interaction with crew and clients.

Bill designed the current website, which is unique in our industry world wide and it is used as a tool by both clients and crew.

Working in the background and away from the day to day operations, Bill maintains a birds eye view of the various elements that affect and shape both CAC and the industry: New technologies, evolving requirements, new players and skills are some of the topics that he takes into account when discussing and making decisions with Maria about the future directions of the company.