Who Is She

Professions: 
Areas of expertise: 

Personal information

Producer, Director, Author, Scriptwriter
Maryanne Zéhil

Contact information / Work

MIA PRODUCTIONS
Cinema (Fiction) & Documentaries
Montreal
Canada
Phone: 
+1 514 526 6867

Education

Education: 
  • Professional diploma (Professional Training), Film & Television Management Program, 2008, TVA-HEC Montreal, Canada.
  • Professional diploma (Professional Training), Immersion in Production, 2006, INIS & Parlimage, Canada.
  • Professional diploma (Professional Training), Documentary Workshop, 2003, Office national du film du Canada, Canada.
  • Professional diploma (Professional Training), Course in Production/Cinema, 1999, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Canada.
  • Bachelor degree, Audiovisual Production, 1988 - 1990, Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (Académie Libanaise des Beaux - Arts - ALBA), Lebanon.

Areas of expertise

Expertise: 
  • Feature films (fiction)
  • Documentaries
  • TV Series (Fiction & Documentaries)
Languages: 
  • French
  • English
  • Arabic
  • German

Work history

Jobs: 
  • Producer, Director, Author, & Scriptwriter, 1997 - present, MIA PRODUCTIONS.

Honorary office and memberships

  • Evaluation Committee Member for SODEC (Scriptwriting, Jeunes Créateurs - Short & Medium-Length films), 2018.
  • Evaluation Committee Member for SODEC (Production - Short & Medium-Length films), 2018.
  • Consultant, external analyst for SODEC (Production – Feature Films), 2018.
  • Teaching Acting lessons, John F. Kennedy school, 2018
  • Movie Columnist, Radio-Canada International, 2018
  • Member of the Jury at the Film Festival "Vues d’Afrique" (international competition for feature films), 2008.
  • Member of the Jury of the Canada Council for the Arts (Literary and Art Magazines), 2008.
  • Member of the Jury of the Canada Council for the Arts (Media Arts), 2006.

Productions

Publications highlights: 

For Cinema:

  • Zéhil, M. (Director, Producer, Author, & Scriptwriter). (2019). La Face cachée du baklava [The Dark side of Baklava] [Feature film, fiction). Montreal: MIA Productions.
  • Zéhil, M. (Director, Producer, Author, & Scriptwriter). (2016). L’autre côté de novembre [The other side of november] [Feature film, fiction). Montreal: MIA Productions.
  • Zéhil, M. (Director, Producer, Author, & Scriptwriter). (2012). La vallée des larmes [The valley of tears] [Feature film, fiction). Montreal: MIA Productions.
  • Zéhil, M. (Director, Producer, Author, & Scriptwriter). (2006). De ma fenêtre, sans maison [From my window without a home] [Feature film, fiction]. Montreal: MIA Productions.
  • Zéhil, M. (Director, Producer, Author, & Scriptwriter). (2004). Le Prix [The prize] [Short film, fiction]. Montreal: MIA Productions.
Major achievements: 

For Television:

  • Many documentaries (Director, Scriptwriter, Researcher, Line Producer) that aired on Discovery Channel, Rai Sat, TV5, FR2, FR5, Planeta, CFI, Mezzo, La Cinquième, Télé-Québec, TFO, and TF1, 1997 - 2004.