Ronnie Khalil is an acclaimed producer, writer, and director, boasting an impressive array of accomplishments in the film industry. He co-directed and co-wrote the feature film "You Can't Kill Stephen King!", a horror comedy set in Maine, which has garnered significant attention and sales both domestically and internationally.
In addition to his work on "You Can't Kill Stephen King!", Ronnie was also a contributing writer and co-producer of the feature film "From A to B", which opened the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival and received theatrical distribution in the Middle East. Furthermore, he recently completed filming the feature film "With a Kiss I Die", a dark love story starring Juliet Capulet, shot on location in Greece, on the islands of Santorini, Mykonos, and Samos, as well as Athens.
Ronnie's short film "The Meter Man of Le Moutrechon" won both Best Director and the Audience Award at the Miami International Film Festival's "Cinema Slam" competition. His screenplay "Seducing Leyla" was accepted to both the Cairo Film Festival and Dubai Film Festival as part of their film connections, as well as EAVE, one of the premiere European producers' film workshops.
As a prominent figure in the film industry, Ronnie has been featured on various news outlets, including ABC News, BBC, CNN, The World, NPR, FOX, the European News Channel, Air America, and Al Jazeera, and has written articles for CNN.com and CollegeHumor.com.
In addition to his film accomplishments, Ronnie co-founded the Middle Eastern Comedy Festival in Los Angeles and gained national attention as the first comedian to perform in Cairo after Egypt's revolution, tackling taboo subjects such as politics and sexual harassment.
Ronnie has also performed with notable comedy groups, including the Axis of Evil, Arabs Gone Wild, Sultans of Satire, and has taped two Friday Night Live Showtime Comedy specials in Dubai, including Minorities Rule and New World Order, as well as a stand-up show on Australia's Comedy Channel and the new Sirius XM special "Ronnie Khalil, Unveiled in Lebanon".
Beyond his stand-up comedy career, Ronnie earned his M.B.A. from the University of Miami and was an instructor at the University's film program. He has also lectured in colleges throughout the United States on success and motivation, his most popular lectures being Success through C.O.M.E.D.Y. and Networking: How to Avoid Really Hard Work. Prior to his career in comedy and film, Ronnie worked as an account executive at one of South Florida's largest public relations firms.
