Lebanese Producer
Born in Lebanon and graduate of Notre Dame University with BAs in Advertising/Marketing and Radio/TV, Mattar received a MA in Film Production from ALBA School of the Arts jointly with INA and TV5 in Paris. He then line-produced an adaptation of the UK’s number one TV motor show, Top Gear, for the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation and served as Production Manager on The Influence of Europe on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, one of the Euro-Med series of documentaries about the Middle East.
CHADY ELI MATTAR
Mattar produced content for the MBC, O3 and Signature Productions throughout the Middle East and in Europe before moving to Los Angeles to attend the prestigious American Film Institute Conservatory where he earned a MFA in motion picture producing.
He was the first student from the Middle East to ever attend the AFI.
After graduating from the AFI, Mattar worked in various capacities for entertainment industry icons Mark Canton (300, Immortals, Letters to Juliet) and Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, The Truman Show, The Social Network) as well as for Relativity Media, Warner Bros and the Walt Disney Company.
In 2008, Mattar and fellow AFI alumnus Scott C. Silver founded Silvatar Media. Their first film, Removal, a psychological thriller was released by Lionsgate and was named one of the five scariest films of 2011 by MoreHorror.com. Their second project, The Pyramid was their first for a major Hollywood studio (20th Century Fox).
Chady Eli Mattar is Co-CEO of Kino Industries, LLC, a recently-formed company, founded in early 2017, which is at the forefront of the convergence of entertainment and cutting-edge technology.
Most recently, Mattar produced Danger One an action comedy starring Tom Everett Scott and Denis O’Hare, as well as the high-octane action film Wheelman for Netflix starring Frank Grillo.
His company recently teamed up with Oscar®-nominated Swiss newcomer director Timo von Guten (La Femme Et Le TGV) to produce The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower, the life story of the notorious international con man Victor Lustig.
Alfred S. Newman
President/CEO A.S. Newman & Company
"Chady Mattar is one of the most focused and intelligent young filmmakers that I’ve ever known. He understands every aspect of the business and his work ethic is beyond reproach. And he’s a nice guy too!"
Elias Doummar
Film Critic
"Hosting & meeting Chady for the first time in my cinematic TV show was a true delight to discover a brilliant Lebanese filmmaker with a powerful success-determination! His altruism is a rare gem to find in the film industry."
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