Elio Zarmati

Publisher, Writer, Editor,
Director, Consultant, Entrepreneur

Elio Zarmati is a publisher, writer, editor, television director, and an entrepreneur who has achieved success in the fields of magazine publishing, motion picture directing and writing, and distribution of home video in a
multi-language environment.

In 2008, Elio Zarmati co-founded with Gary Seidler Recovery Living, a lifestyle magazine aimed at people in recovery and their loved ones. He served as editor-in-chief of the first issue, creating the prototype for the magazine that will launch in the spring of 2009.

In 2003, he co-founded and published with Thea Lignos and John Hargrove Your Wedding Day, a stylish magazine that shook the bridal industry by bringing national-quality style and elegance to a local publication.

YWD magazine is produced through Elio Zarmati's company, DMZ Studio, Inc., which also published an art book, Bruce Ditchfield’s Ojai. The company also owned and operated two bookstores in Ojai, California.

In 2005, Zarmati turned one of his bookstores into a successful restaurant, Feast Bistro, with partners Chef Susan Coulter and Beryl Schwartz. In 2008, he closed the second bookstore to devote all his time to publishing.

Prior to his work as publisher and editor, Elio Zarmati was an international dubbing and subtitling consultant, advising film studios and producers on the distribution of programs in foreign languages in movie theaters, home video, DVD, and streaming video.

From 2000 through 2003, Zarmati served as Acting CEO for Voxonic Technologies—a.k.a VoxWorks Technologies—a startup software company that developed ReelVoice™, a
voice-conversion process aimed at the multi-language dubbing industry. In that capacity, he Mr. Zarmati consulted on the software’s design and functionality, and developed strategies for the deployment and marketing of ReelVoice™.

Until July 2000, Mr. Zarmati was President and CEO of Gelula & Co., Inc., a small film subtitling company he purchased in 1992 and turned into the world's largest provider of subtitles and dubbing services for motion pictures, DVD and home video releases, with titles translated into some 34 languages.

By the time Mr. Zarmati sold the company to the SDI Media Group in mid-2000, annual revenue had gone from $475,000 to over $12 million and was growing at a very brisk pace.

During his tenure at Gelula & Co., Elio Zarmati was instrumental in developing industry-wide processes, standards and software for the release of subtitled and dubbed films in the theatrical and home video fields, particularly in the emerging DVD format.

Raised in Europe, Elio Zarmati received a bilingual education in English and French.
He is a graduate of the French Lycée in London, England, and of the University of Paris (Sorbonne).

While still at the Sorbonne, he joined the staff of the NBC News Paris Bureau as a reporter and covered the student uprisings all over Europe.

Upon graduation, Elio Zarmati went on to enjoy a successful career as a director, writer, producer and editor of motion pictures and television films in Europe and the United States. His credits include producing the award-winning feature film Winter, directing a Duke Ellington Special for television and several documentaries, and creating public affairs programs such as Washington Journal. He served as editor of the NBC miniseries A Woman Called Moses and as supervising editor of the CBS feature, Badge of the Assassin. He was also a contributing writer on TV Book: The Ultimate Television Book for Workman Publishing and reported for several film trade magazines such as Millimeter magazine.

Elio Zarmati is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West, and the Motion Pictures Editors Guild. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Levantine Cultural Center, a non-profit peace organization he co-founded, and has been active in several organizations such as the International Rescue Committee.