| Intro | Moroccan television producer | ||
| Is | Television producer | ||
| From | Morocco | ||
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth |
Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco |
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Driss Sekkat is an award-winning television executive and show creator working in cable news and new media.
Sekkat created over a dozen shows around the world.
Sekkat helped create and launch the first financial Over-The-Top (OTT) network of its kind, TD Ameritrade Network. As executive producer, he led the network’s launch of 8 hours of original programming.
In 2016, Sekkat was Executive Producer of a 3 part hard-hitting documentary series on violent extremism entitled The Invisible Enemy, filmed in Morocco. He also produced two investigative documentaries in Jakarta and Bourneo, Indonesia.
Sekkat created four seasons of the award winning investigative documentary Street Pulse . The flagship series won the 2015 Bronze Award at the New York Film Festival for its series on Cemetery Residents and was awarded the 2014 CINE Special Jury Award and the 2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award for its exclusive one hour documentary on El Minya quarry labor workers. The hit show was nominated in 2013 by the AIB International Media Excellence Awards for best documentary series.
In 2014 – 2015, Sekkat created and produced 2 seasons of Our Neighborhood – an 8 part docu-series on life inside Cairo’s neighborhoods.
His most notable experience includes his special coverage of President Obama’s visit to Cairo in 2009 and the 2012 U.S. elections.
Sekkat was presented with the 2016 Ohio Wesleyan University Young Alumni Award, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism.
Some of Driss Sekkat’s shows:
News
TD Ameritrade Townhall, TD Ameritrade Network (2020) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Market Overtime with Nicole Petallides, TD Ameritrade Network (2020) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
The Investigative Journal with Tal Heinrich, (2020) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
The Watchlist with Nicole Petallides, TD Ameritrade Network (2019) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
TD Ameritrade at the Nasdaq, Special Programming,TD Ameritrade Network (2018,2019) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Your Fast Trade, TD Ameritrade Network (2019) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Virtual Trade, TD Ameritrade Network (2018) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Morning Trade Live with Oliver Renick, TD Ameritrade Network (2018) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Market On Close with Oliver Renick, TD Ameritrade Network(2018) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Fast Market, TD Ameritrade Network (2018) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Weekend Trader, TD Ameritrade Network(2019) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
The Invisible Enemy, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, (2016) Launch, Creator, Executive Producer
Street Pulse, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, (2012) Launch, 4 seasons, Creator, Executive Producer
Our Neighborhood, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, (2012) Launch, 2 seasons, Creator, Executive Producer