Rony Jazzar
CEO

Biography

Rony Jazzar Born in 1960, studied at College des frères Maristes Champville, graduate from Ecole Des Cadres Du Commerce des Affaires Economiques In Paris in International Marketing. Experimented the world of businesses from 1981 to 1985 in different innovative marketing fields.

Joined Antoine Choueiri group since day 1 of AVM (media representative of LBC) as account executive, then headed the company as of 1988 while AVM/LBC was leading the advertising market in Lebanon. Elected as President of the IAA Lebanon Chapter in 2003 for 2 terms. Rony established during his career in Advertising: the Phenix Awards (Lebanese Advertising Awards), produced and imposed the Miss Lebanon event as one of the major TV shows in the Arab world and played a major role in implementing the 1st and only TV meters in the region.

In 2005, Rony took a new start in the TV production field, he kept his perfect relations with the Choueiri Group. Today he is the CEO of the Imagic group of companies, leader in the TV production business in the MENA region, with several operations running over major Arab countries. Imagic Group is considered today as one of the major players in the production business in the MENA through several companies, Imagic Lebanon, Imagic Dubai, Imagic Overseas, Imagic Middle East, Khayal Productions, Wonderful Productions, Big Time Events, The Factory, Digital Network Arabia, in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Lebanon. On a parallel level, He made several investments outside his group, developing and complementing his business in the entertainment field.

He is the founder and main partner in iZen Group in the United kingdom, who established Chalkboard TV, a London based production house, producing for BBC, C5, ITV etc… Followed by the establishment of Storyboard in Scotland, producing for National Geographics and Netflix series and docu-dramas. He invested and in several Middle Eastern companies, supporting their business development in the region with Visuwalls, Visuwalls Design, Loolia TV.

Last but not least, following several years of exploration and planning, he Co-founded a new Scripted production company, specialized in TV Series and Feature films, with Mazen Fayad as co-founder and Content manager. 3 months after its launch, “The Big Picture Studios” has already started several productions for different clients… a story to be followed! Creating through his invetments a cataliser for the business in this fields.