Selected productions: El Khoury directed the Arabic version of
the Hunchback of Notre Dame by
Victor Hugo"الاخرس" (number of episodes:13) along with the TV series
"عليا وعصام" (number of episodes:13) which he also produced. Another big French novel that he has re-adapted to the Lebanese and Arab-speaking screens, is the French novel
Colomba by
Prosper Mérimée which he turned into a Lebanese TV series
"كولومبا" (number of episodes:7). El Khoury has also directed and produced
"حنين في الليل" a Lebanese TV series that won two awards for Best Director and Best Acting. (Haneen in the night). He has also directed a very big majority of the episodes of the famous Lebanese TV series
"ابو ملحم". (Abou Melhem) which, for many, is the best Lebanese production to ever be on the screen; But that was not his only contribution to the Lebanese blockbusters, he directed many episodes of the
TV series "ابو سليم". (Abou Saleem).
Professional occupations Other than his work at
Télé Liban as a Producer and Director between 1959 and 1980, El-Khoury also worked in the following sectors: • 1976-1984: El Khoury was a program supervisor at the
Voice of Lebanon. • 1984-1989: He became the CEO of the
Lebanese national radio. • 1994-1999: El Khoury was an advisor at the Ministry of Information for subject related to audiovisual. • 1999-2013: El Khoury was nominated as the new CEO and chairman of the Lebanese national TV channel,
Télé Liban. • 2003-2008: El Khoury taught audio-visual at the
Beirut Arab University.
Awards In November 2007, El Khoury was awarded the
National Order of the Cedar, given to him by the President at the time
Émile Lahoud.
Chairman position after 2013 After El Khoury's death on July 28, 2013, the position of chairman was very unclear, until now no permanent chairman has succeeded El Khoury; from 2014 to 2017 Talal Makdessi was a temporary head chief of the TV until a committee from the new Council of Ministers appointed a new board but before that, Makdessi was dismissed after judicial decision on May 26, 2017 == Personal life ==