Lohita Phooken
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Clean Slate Filmz
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India
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Movies, Videos, and Sound
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head - Content Development
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Sep 2022 - Present
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Netflix
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Creative Executive, International Original Series
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Nov 2018 - Jul 2022
Creative executive duties that include guiding shows from pitch to launch as a creative lead or creative second, reviewing and commissioning content, giving notes on scripts and cuts, maintaining relationships with showrunners, writers, directors, producers, and creating new relationships with creative partners. Manage alignment with all parties for prep, production, casting, PR, marketing, renewals, writer/director shortlists, deal negotiations, approvals, etc. Creative Exec on Scripted… Show more Creative executive duties that include guiding shows from pitch to launch as a creative lead or creative second, reviewing and commissioning content, giving notes on scripts and cuts, maintaining relationships with showrunners, writers, directors, producers, and creating new relationships with creative partners. Manage alignment with all parties for prep, production, casting, PR, marketing, renewals, writer/director shortlists, deal negotiations, approvals, etc. Creative Exec on Scripted Series through launch on various genres: Character Drama, YA, Action, Crime, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Dark Comedy. Evaluate IP, submissions and pitches to option and develop. Track IP, Authors and work closely with talent partners, rights holders (Life & IP) and consultants. Help execute and promote the vision of projects and creators. Helped Head of Region launch the first original slate for the streamer in India and build out teams. Help train creative teams to assess material/ write notes, communicate with externals, track and shepherd a title until launch. Set up efficient internal workflows. Train and on-board new hires. Netflix Titles worked on - Sacred Games S2, Delhi Crime S1, Little Things S3 & S4, Searching For Sheela, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives S1, Mai, Masaba Masaba S1 & S2, Delhi Crime S2, Mismatched S1 & S2, Guns & Gulaabs, Soup (upcoming). Show less Creative executive duties that include guiding shows from pitch to launch as a creative lead or creative second, reviewing and commissioning content, giving notes on scripts and cuts, maintaining relationships with showrunners, writers, directors, producers, and creating new relationships with creative partners. Manage alignment with all parties for prep, production, casting, PR, marketing, renewals, writer/director shortlists, deal negotiations, approvals, etc. Creative Exec on Scripted… Show more Creative executive duties that include guiding shows from pitch to launch as a creative lead or creative second, reviewing and commissioning content, giving notes on scripts and cuts, maintaining relationships with showrunners, writers, directors, producers, and creating new relationships with creative partners. Manage alignment with all parties for prep, production, casting, PR, marketing, renewals, writer/director shortlists, deal negotiations, approvals, etc. Creative Exec on Scripted Series through launch on various genres: Character Drama, YA, Action, Crime, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Dark Comedy. Evaluate IP, submissions and pitches to option and develop. Track IP, Authors and work closely with talent partners, rights holders (Life & IP) and consultants. Help execute and promote the vision of projects and creators. Helped Head of Region launch the first original slate for the streamer in India and build out teams. Help train creative teams to assess material/ write notes, communicate with externals, track and shepherd a title until launch. Set up efficient internal workflows. Train and on-board new hires. Netflix Titles worked on - Sacred Games S2, Delhi Crime S1, Little Things S3 & S4, Searching For Sheela, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives S1, Mai, Masaba Masaba S1 & S2, Delhi Crime S2, Mismatched S1 & S2, Guns & Gulaabs, Soup (upcoming). Show less
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Film and TV
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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Freelance Assistant Director/ Director's Assistant
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Feb 2014 - Oct 2018
Worked on Bollywood feature films and Netflix TV series including Rangoon, Bhavesh Joshi, Sacred Games S1, Katti Batti Worked on Bollywood feature films and Netflix TV series including Rangoon, Bhavesh Joshi, Sacred Games S1, Katti Batti
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Documentary Film Making
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New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Associate Director/ 2nd Unit DP/ Assistant Editor
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Sep 2012 - Sep 2013
Worked on Jagriti Express, a documentary film on a train journey that takes 450 young people on a journey across India in an attempt to understand India’s diversity, its problems and the possible solutions. Worked on Jagriti Express, a documentary film on a train journey that takes 450 young people on a journey across India in an attempt to understand India’s diversity, its problems and the possible solutions.
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NDTV
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India
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Production Assistant
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Jul 2009 - Dec 2009
Produced promos for NDTV GoodTimes Produced promos for NDTV GoodTimes
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Education
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Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia
Master of Arts (M.A.) - Gold Medallist, Mass Communication/Media Studies -
St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata
Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies