Head of cinema Nathalie Coste-Cerdan latest executive to be axed.
The French cinema world is reeling after a whirlwind round of executive firings and hirings at Canal Plus ordered by its new chairman Vincent Bolloré, the billionaire majority shareholder of its parent company Vivendi.
The pay-tv station’s head of cinema Nathalie Coste-Cerdan became the latest executive to be shown the door by Bolloré last Friday, following in the footsteps of Canal Plus Group chairman Bertrand Meheut, CEO Rodolphe Belmer and a dozen or so other heads of department.
“We were shocked to learn of the departure of Nathalie Coste-Cerdan,” said Juliette Prissard-Eltejaye, MD of France’s Independent Producers’ Syndicate, Le Spi.
The organisation, which represents 400 independent producers, was due to issue an official statement alongside a number of France’s other producer bodies this week.
“She was highly respected, a true cinephile and believer in ‘auteur cinema’,” added Prissard-Eltejaye.
“A lot of...
The French cinema world is reeling after a whirlwind round of executive firings and hirings at Canal Plus ordered by its new chairman Vincent Bolloré, the billionaire majority shareholder of its parent company Vivendi.
The pay-tv station’s head of cinema Nathalie Coste-Cerdan became the latest executive to be shown the door by Bolloré last Friday, following in the footsteps of Canal Plus Group chairman Bertrand Meheut, CEO Rodolphe Belmer and a dozen or so other heads of department.
“We were shocked to learn of the departure of Nathalie Coste-Cerdan,” said Juliette Prissard-Eltejaye, MD of France’s Independent Producers’ Syndicate, Le Spi.
The organisation, which represents 400 independent producers, was due to issue an official statement alongside a number of France’s other producer bodies this week.
“She was highly respected, a true cinephile and believer in ‘auteur cinema’,” added Prissard-Eltejaye.
“A lot of...
- 9/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
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