Darine El Khatib

Vice President - Film Productions

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  • Majid Al Futtaim Graphic

    Vice President - Film Productions

    Majid Al Futtaim

    - Present 1 year 7 months

    Dubai

  • OSN Graphic

    Senior Vice President - Original Productions & Arabic Services

    OSN

    - 1 year 5 months

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    The role oversees OSN’s new content umbrella dedicated to the production of regional content. With an emphasis on strengthening Arabic-language content on the platform, Darine leverages extensive technical skills and experience in Arabic productions and local content, fueling OSN’s vision to showcase Arabic content, acquisitions and Original productions.

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    Senior Director -Creative Strategy & Brand Development - MENA & Turkey

    WarnerMedia

    - 4 years 1 month

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    The role leads a cross-functional and multicultural team encompassing creative, marcomms, digital, marketing, production and Kids/GE program planning and presentation. As part of the regional executive team, it creates the local strategy and partners with the commercial functions and relevant departments within the region & with the wider WM organization. Responsible for strengthening WM presence and competitiveness in the region through the development of new services and products as well as…

    The role leads a cross-functional and multicultural team encompassing creative, marcomms, digital, marketing, production and Kids/GE program planning and presentation. As part of the regional executive team, it creates the local strategy and partners with the commercial functions and relevant departments within the region & with the wider WM organization. Responsible for strengthening WM presence and competitiveness in the region through the development of new services and products as well as further driving relationships with partners such as Pay-TV affiliates.
    Manages all local relationships with distributors and negotiates key deals with content providers; supports Content & Programming EMEA Team with content feedbacks and participates to Content Councils and International TV Markets.
    This role is in charge of building and maintaining internal networks that promote collaboration and achieving of common goals.

  • Discovery Inc

    Discovery Inc

    9 years 9 months

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      Channel Director- MENA

      Discovery Inc

      - 4 years 5 months

      Dubai, United Arab Emirates

      Leading the development of Discovery’s MENA channel brands, specifically Fatafeat, TLC, Dlife, Dkids, DMAX, Discovery Channel & Home&Health (Farsi). Driving the programming, marketing and digital strategy for the region. In charge of overseeing all local productions and developing new formats, as well as the management of Fatafeat’s on-screen talent.

      Since joining Takhayal Entertainment in 2006 (which was acquired by Discovery Networks in 2012), I held several positions in the company…

      Leading the development of Discovery’s MENA channel brands, specifically Fatafeat, TLC, Dlife, Dkids, DMAX, Discovery Channel & Home&Health (Farsi). Driving the programming, marketing and digital strategy for the region. In charge of overseeing all local productions and developing new formats, as well as the management of Fatafeat’s on-screen talent.

      Since joining Takhayal Entertainment in 2006 (which was acquired by Discovery Networks in 2012), I held several positions in the company, including Film Division Manager, Head of Production & Creative Services and Head of Channel for Fatafeat, before taking up the role of Channel Director in 2012.

      Being a creative person by nature, I also written, produced and hosted several of Fatafeat’s most successful series, such as the food travelogue My World to You, ratings winner Soups & Snacks, and the culinary competition series Star Chef.

      Aside from TV, I also directed & produced a mid-length film "Barriers of Time" that screened at the Monaco Film Festival; and was the lead actress in a feature film "Love's Improvisations" that screened at the Dubai Film Festival and was in competition for best feature film at the Madrid International Film Festival & St Tropez International Film Festival.

      I hold an MFA degree from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Film Directing.

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      Brand Ambassador/TV Host - Fatafeat TV

      Discovery Networks International

      - 9 years 7 months

      Dubai -UAE

  • Takhayal Entertainment - Fatafeat TV

    Takhayal Entertainment - Fatafeat TV

    6 years 5 months

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    - 5 years

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    Goodwill Ambassador - Zero Hunger

    FAO

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