Diana Yurinova

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT DIANA YURINOVA

Diana Yurinova as a media executive and animation producer, has been on the international film business scene for over 13 years. She began a content distribution career with TVIN, later joined Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs Film Studio as head of sales, overseeing domestic and international sales of the company. In 2013, Diana joined producer Yuri Moskvin to lead the global distribution of animation company Wizart animation, where she handled animated features such as Snow Queen and Sheep and Wolves and was a co-producer of Snow Queen 2. The studio also launched the Spanish-Russian co-production YOKO TV series under Diana’s supervision. In 2015 Diana launched a new animation department at leading Russian broadcaster CTC Media, where she produced now world-famous animated TV Series “Kid-E-Cats”. In 20••••20 she’s been a CEO of Hong Kong based joint-venture FUN Union, a company, which produces, distributes and promotes famous Russian animation brands “Kikoriki”, “BabyRiki” and “PINCODE” globally. Diana was also in charge of Russia’s largest animation holding Riki Group global development and distribution from 2016 until 2020. She closed several deals for Kikoriki feature films franchise, secured international distribution for Riki Group’s IP’s. In 2018 Diana spearheaded a strategic partnership, which includes co-production deals and CP distribution in China with Alibaba Group. In 2020 Diana joined National Media Group’s Art Pictures Distribution as a Vice President of Global distribution, and was leading the international monetization strategy of the group. In February 2022 Diana joined a Los Angeles based tech/media company OTTera as a Vice President of Global Operations, and is in charge of both operations and content/channels acquisitions. Diana is a member of International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (EMMY).