3 weeks ago
EXCLUSIVE: Vendôme Group, nan Oscar-winning Paris and L.A.-based CODA/La Famille Bélier production banner headed by Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi, has announced a trio of promotions successful a restructuring of its guidance lines.
Under nan executive reshuffle, French movie producers and semipermanent partners Éric Jehelmann and Jonathan Blumental person been appointed Co-Chief Creative Officers of Vendôme Group’s French entities pinch contiguous effect.
Ninon Desplat, who has overseen accumulation and improvement of Vendôme Films since 2022, has been upped to Producer and Head of Productions and Development of Films and TV astatine nan company.
Rousselet and Gianfermi will proceed to oversee nan full group, but their shaper activity will now beryllium focused connected nan world driven slate they are processing nether caller institution Emotion Pictures.
Based retired of Vendôme Group’s Paris office, Jehelmann and Blumental will return work for overseeing nan improvement and accumulation of each French-speaking projects crossed nan group, while continuing their respective existing roles arsenic heads of Vendôme’s French-language accumulation companies Jerico Films and Prélude Films.
Jerico Films was down nan French deed La Famille Belier, which was past remade by nan group’s L.A.-based limb Vendôme Pictures into nan three-time Oscar-winner CODA, pinch different credits including Romain Gary’s adjustment Promise astatine Dawn starring Pierre Niney,
The credits of Prélude Films see Michel Hazanavicius’ The Lost Prince and precocious nan Prime Video bid Ourika respectively. Jehelmann will besides proceed to spearhead Jerico TV, together pinch Anne Voirin.
In her caller role, Ninon Desplat will proceed to oversee improvement and accumulation for French-language focused banner Vendôme Films. Recently launched, Vendôme Group’s Magma Productions explanation continues to beryllium led by Mallory Vabre and Anne-Charlotte Homasson.
Announced past week, Emotion Pictures is simply a partnership betwixt Vendôme Pictures, Pathé and Merit France pinch a attraction connected English-language commercialized films. It is presently successful accumulation connected Morten Tyldum’s Ibelin, starring Charlie Plummer, Stephen Graham, Toni Collette, Isabela Merced, Maisy Stella, and Bill Nighy, and has different 10 projects successful development.
Kathryn Thal will proceed her domiciled crossed Vendôme Pictures and Emotion Pictures arsenic Senior Vice President of Development and Production, alongside Ejiah Rousselet who precocious joined arsenic imaginative executive.
