Françoise Védrine

Formed in 1895, Gaumont is the first and oldest film company in the world, with offices in Paris and Los Angeles. In the past few years, the company’s release schedule has continued to increase across film and television production, in both the French and English languages. The film library now encompasses over 1100 titles including films from such prestigious directors as Luc Besson, Matthieu Kassovitz, Francis Veber, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Federico Fellini, Maurice Pialat and Jean-Luc Godard, and more recently Toledano and Nakache for The Intouchables, the highest-grossing French language movie ever with over $450 million in revenue to date. Key drama series include the award-winning Narcos for Netflix; currently in production for season 3; the critically acclaimed Hannibal; and the upcoming productions The Frozen Dead, The Art of Crime and Spy City, amongst many others. The animated catalog comprises over 800 half-hours, broadcast in over 130 countries. Current productions include F is for Family for Netflix; and for children, Noddy, co-produced with Dreamworks, Trulli Tales, Belle & Sebastian and Furry Wheels. In development is the series Do, Re & Mi with Kristen Bell.