Corporate

Nicolas Atlan, former President of Gaumont Animation was promoted to President Gaumont, U.S. in July of 2020. In his elevated role, Atlan added the oversight of the U.S. and Latin American drama divisions to his remit as well as operational control of Gaumont U.S. across all divisions within the organization: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing. Prior to joining Gaumont in 2016, he served as co-CEO & Executive Chairman for MoonScoop in both the French and U.S. divisions as well as Splash Ent. (rebranded from MoonScoop). As President of Kabillion, Nicolas is credited with the success of the VOD platform for kids which reaches more than 52 million households in the U.S. Nicolas’ many credits include executive producer of the highly successful series Code Lyoko, Fantastic 4, Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch, Casper Scare School, Kulipari: An Army of Frogs. Recent credits the award-winning series, Stillwater, Samurai Rabbit, The Usagi Chronicles, Do, Re & Mi, Narcos , El Presidente, and the feature film, Norm of the North, currently sold in to more than 70 territories internationally.

Isabelle Degeorges graduated from the French university “La Sorbonne” in Paris. She has begun her career as a producer at Images et Compagnie in 2001 (Lagardere Group) where she produced TV Movies and series for ten years. She joined Gaumont in 2011 to work with Sidonie Dumas and Christophe Riandee and contribute to the creation of the French Television division. President of Gaumont Television France since 2013, she is specialized in producing local stories with global appeal. She surrounded herself with a strong team and oversees the development and the production of every series and documentaries. She recently produced : “Lupin” (10x45 - Netflix), “The Art of Crime” (6 seasons - France Televisions 2016-2022), “Off Season” (6x52 France Television), “Totems” (8x52 - Amazon Prime), , “What Pauline is not telling you” (4x52 - France Television), “Nona and her Daughters” (9x30 - Arte), “Lords of Scam” (Documentary - Netflix).

After completing a Law & Administration Specialized Graduate Diploma in Audiovisual Communication at the University of Paris I, Marine Forde began her career in 1996 with TF1 International (which later became TF1 Studio) in Business Affairs. She then went on to work in production, first as Legal Director of Xilam Animation in 2000 and then of Mandarin Cinéma in 2006.
She joined Gaumont in 2008 as Legal Director. She was later appointed Director of Film Production in January 2020 as part of the new organization of Gaumont in France. In this role, she is responsible for developing French film productions in-house. Gaumont produces and co-produces an average of ten feature films per year for theaters and more recently for streaming platforms.

Manuela Padoan joined Gaumont in 1982 and for many years was in charge of the Archives at the Cinémathèque Gaumont. She was entrusted with the conservation, restoration and marketing of the newsreel archives which consist of around 15,000 hours of 20th century history. Uploading the digitized archives online, computerizing the databases, restoring the nitrate supports, and conserving and marketing the material have all been important projects for the development and availability of this priceless collection.

Since 2003, Manuela Padoan has been the Director of GP Archives, an exceptional collection of footage dating from 1895 to the present day. Technological advances and investments now allow us to provide access to our archival materials in 4K online at gparchives.com. GP Archives also manages the silent film collection for Gaumont, a filmography of 7,000 titles that we are attempting to restore every day through the works of Alice Guy, Émile Cohl, Louis Feuillade, Léonce Perret, Jean Durand, Jacques Feyder and many others.

After studying Law and Political Science and as well as Art History, Jérôme Soulet began his career as a journalist specializing in electoral analysis and opinion polls. In 1998, he joined France Télécom to develop new services and was particularly involved in the 2003 launch of on-demand television and video for their fixed and mobile broadband networks. He continued his work with the Content Division of the company, which is now Orange, alongside Patricia Langrand and Hervé Payan. In 2007, he joined Gaumont to take charge of New Media. He also managed Gaumont Vidéo's French business units and television sales in France. Since 2019, Jérôme has been in charge of the Catalog department, which is responsible for marketing and managing Gaumont's audiovisual and cinematographic works in France and abroad.

After his studies at Dauphine, Sami Tritar began his professional career in 1992 as an auditor at EY in Paris and then internationally with the Schlumberger Group.
In 2002, he joined the TUI Group, where he served as CFO of Corsair, a subsidiary of Nouvelles Frontières. He contributed to the creation of TUI France in 2012, an entity grouping together all of the company’s operations and brands within France, of which he was the financial director.
Since 2018, he has been in charge of the administrative and financial management of Gaumont.