Commonwild ยท Your independent creative producerBased in Dubai, collaborating worldwide

An untamed creative production practice.

A curiosity-led partnership with storytelling at its core, offering executive production leadership for creative projects rooted in culture and driven by social impact. Building local and international collaboration to expand creative frontiers. Empowering the process with emerging technologies when needed, with the story always at the centre.

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The Story

Nayla Chacra

Nayla Chacra

Executive Creative Producer & Founder

Growing up between so many places, each brought its own rhythms, language and idiosyncrasies. The only way to understand was to be curious. To immerse in the culture, the language, the nuances, and to see the subtleties, those unspoken details you can only discover by being there.

That curiosity became the way I navigate the world with an innate flair for connecting people. And from here grew the foundation of Commonwild.

Belgian-Lebanese, based in Dubai, I've spent two decades across New York, London, Singapore and the Middle East, working at the intersection of documentary and branded content. More recently, I played a key role in the expansion of Prodigious and Optix, the production and post arms of Publicis Production, bringing deep agency and brand relationships to every partnership, aligning strategy with emotional resonance, and connecting global craft to local context.

People. Relationships. Culture.

Stories rooted in culture create belonging.

What I Produce

Stories that matter.

Stories grounded in identity, heritage, and culture, always rooted in reality, and driven by social impact. From a single film to an original series, and everything in between that the story asks for.

The subjects that pull me in

Culture & heritageCraftsmanshipFashionTravel & tourismHospitalityFoodArts & architectureCommunitiesResponsible AIInnovationSustainabilityHealth & wellness

What I Bring

Production leadership, end to end.

Creative & Concept Advisory

Shaping ideas and creative direction from the first spark. IP curation and ideation, research, story development, creative partnerships and talent sourcing.

Production & Post-Production Leadership

Leading craft across the full pipeline, from idea to final delivery. Executive production, production leadership and post supervision.

AI Production Consultancy

Integrating emerging tools into real, working production.

The Practice

A collective, led with intent.

Commonwild is not a fixed shop. It is not a production house nor a creative agency. It is the link between both. For each project I bring together the right creative, production and post-production partners, and lead the workflow end to end.

Explore

Researching and understanding cultural narratives, communities and destinations to source unique and emerging ideas that best suit the brand, the platform or the message.

Create

Executive creative production expertise, bringing to the table local and global talent to create stories that bridge craftsmanship, emerging technologies and cultural awareness.

Connect

Building partnerships between local and international brands, creatives and communities, bringing stronger expertise to elevate the storytelling and production, always staying culturally relevant.

Deliver

Post-production expertise overseeing the entire process, holding quality to the higher standards that brands, platforms and networks require, all the way to final delivery.

The Collective

The strength is in who comes together.

In addition to the network of creatives, directors, photographers, writers, editors and AI artists, I value the strategic partnership with studios, agencies and innovators to expand creative frontiers.

A selection of current partnerships, not a fixed roster. The collective keeps growing as new stories call for new expertise.

Launching in 2027

Commonwild Journeys

Cultural travel curation.

Curated journeys where culture, storytelling and innovation reveal destinations in unexpected ways.

Travel has always been more than moving from one place to another. It's how I've learned, connected and found inspiration throughout my life. Commonwild Journeys is an extension of that belief.

Beginning in 2027, I'll be curating a small collection of intimate journeys each year, designed for curious travellers who value people over checklists, conversations over crowds, and meaningful experiences over bucket lists.

Together, we'll spend time with local communities, artists, makers and storytellers, discovering places through the people who shape them. Small by design, thoughtfully paced, and created to leave with a deeper understanding of a place, and perhaps of ourselves.

Culture, met from the inside.

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Contact

Let's build something wild

together@commonwildstudio.com