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Dina Emam is an Egyptian-American film producer. She lives in Cairo and New York. She is the founder of Lotus Picture Co. (Egypt).

Education
She graduated from the Columbia University, where she studied Creative Producing Program and Film and Media Studies at master's degree level from the same institution.

Career
Emam previously worked at MTV Networks, New York City, in Television Market Research and Production Management.

In 2018, the film she produced titled, Yomeddine, was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France, where it won the Francois Chalais Prize. Both she and her partner, the film's director/writer, Abu Bakr (A.B.) Shawky were present earlier to graze the occasion. The film later became Egypt's official selection in the Best Foreign-Language Film category at the 2019 Academy Award. She also participated in the El-Gouna International Film Festival (GIFF) 2018 press conference.

She served in the 36th Cairo International Film Festival as the Assistant Artistic Director and as a moderator at the 2019 Cairo Film Festival Industry Days on the topic, "Is There Life After Co-Production?".

Personal life
Emam is married to Abu Bakr (A.B.) Shawky. She told reporters at the Cannes Film Festival that she and Shawky didn't start dating until after the production of their movie, Yomeddine, after which they later decided to get married.