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Marc Missonnier

Marc Missonnier (born 1970 in Algeria)[1] is a French film producer.[2] He previously co-headed Fidelité Productions before launching his own production company Moana Films.

Marc Missonnier
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Algeria
Alma materSciences Po
La Fémis
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1995–present

Biography edit

Missonnier first studied at Sciences Po in Paris, where he was heavily involved in the film club.[3][4][5] Missonnier then studied in the production department of the prestigious Paris film school La Fémis, from which he graduated in 1996.[6] While at La Fémis, Missonnier met fellow production student Olivier Delbosc, with whom he launched the company Fidélité Productions. Missonnier and Delbosc got their start in the 1990s producing the short films of Francois Ozon, and produced Ozon's feature film debut Sitcom (1998). They co-managed Fidélité for nearly 20 years.[7][8]

In 2014, he was considered by Télérama, alongside Olivier Delbosc, among the "Top 50" people in French cinema who "have the power and the talent to raise money, create films, make them popular".[9]

In 2015, after nearly 20 years at Fidélité, Missonnier created his own production company Moana Films.[7][10] As of 2021, Moana Films has produced 10 features including The Odyssey, Django, Knock, Angel Face and Opération Portugal.[11] In 2021, Moana Films partnered with Sony Pictures Entertainment France to launch Parasomnia Productions, a new label dedicated to genre movies in France. Parasomnia will produce small budget features with strong concepts, a structure similar to that of Blumhouse Productions. With a special focus on fantasy, horror, supernatural and mock documentaries, each film will have a budget cap of 1 million euros.[12]

In April 2023, Missonnier criticised the Cannes Film Festival for selecting Catherine Corsini's film Homecoming, which was the subject of controversy due to allegations of on-set misconduct, and called for boycotting the festival on Twitter.[13] On 17 May, he said he discovered, after arriving in Cannes, that his accreditation for the film market had been revoked in retaliation to his call for a boycott.[14] On 18 May, the European Producers Club issued a statement denouncing the revocation, saying "it can be seen as a restriction on freedom of expression".[15] On 22 May, Missonnier reported that his accreditation had been restored.[16]

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Credits Director Notes Ref.
1995 La petite mort François Ozon Short film
1996 Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Alléluia Jon Carnoy Short film
Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Double mixte Jon Carnoy Short film
Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Mon prince charmant Jon Carnoy Short film
Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – La roue tourne Jon Carnoy Short film
Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Roulette russe Jon Carnoy Short film
1997 Lucas Jon Carnoy Short film
See the Sea Executive producer François Ozon Medium-length film
Les héros sont debout Rodolphe Pauly Short film
1998 Sitcom François Ozon
X2000 François Ozon Short film
1999 Criminal Lovers François Ozon
2000 Water Drops on Burning Rocks François Ozon
Deep in the Woods Lionel Delplanque
Under the Sand François Ozon
Guedin Freddy Busso Short film
2001 Un jeu d'enfants Laurent Tuel
Requiem Hervé Renoh
2002 La maîtresse en maillot de bain Lyèce Boukhitine
8 Women François Ozon
Les Frères Hélias Freddy Busso Short film
Novela Associate producer Cédric Anger Short film
No debes estar aquí Associate producer Jacobo Rispa
Samouraïs Giordano Gederlini
Bloody Mallory Julien Magnat
L'Idole Samantha Lang
Maléfique Éric Valette
2003 Utopía Associate producer María Ripoll
Swimming Pool François Ozon
Janis et John Samuel Benchetrit
2004 Podium Yann Moix
The Hook Thomas Vincent
Tout le plaisir est pour moi Associate producer Isabelle Broué
5x2 François Ozon
The Story of My Life Laurent Tirard
2005 Anthony Zimmer Jérôme Salle
Time to Leave François Ozon
L'Avion Cédric Kahn
How Much Do You Love Me? Bertrand Blier
2006 Four Stars Christian Vincent
Jean-Philippe Laurent Tuel
La Jungle Associate producer Matthieu Delaporte
My Best Friend Patrice Leconte
The Serpent Éric Barbier
2007 Molière Laurent Tirard
Angel François Ozon
Actrices Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Promise Me This Emir Kusturica
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster Samuel Benchetrit
2008 Maradona by Kusturica Co-producer Emir Kusturica Documentary
Dorothy Mills Agnès Merlet
Afterwards Gilles Bourdos
Kabuli Kid Barmak Akram
Anything for Her Fred Cavayé
De l'autre côté du lit Pascale Pouzadoux
2009 Enter the Void Gaspar Noé [17]
Little Nicholas Laurent Tirard
2010 Neds Peter Mullan
Toi, moi, les autres Audrey Estrougo
La chance de ma vie Nicolas Cuche
The Next Three Days Paul Haggis
2011 The Prodigies Co-producer Antoine Charreyron
Chez Gino Samuel Benchetrit
Hideaways Agnès Merlet
Playoff Eran Riklis
2012 Renoir Gilles Bourdos
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia Laurent Tirard
2013 On My Way Emmanuelle Bercot
La Grande Boucle Laurent Tuel
A Promise Patrice Leconte
2014 In the Name of My Daughter André Téchiné
French Women Audrey Dana
Nicholas on Holiday Laurent Tirard
Do Not Disturb Patrice Leconte
2015 The Final Lesson Pascale Pouzadoux
Marguerite Xavier Giannoli [18]
2016 The Odyssey Jérôme Salle [19]
Being 17 André Téchiné [20]
The African Doctor Julien Rambaldi
2017 If I Were a Boy Audrey Dana
Django Étienne Comar
Knock Lorraine Lévy [21]
2018 Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio Alexandre Coffre
Angel Face Vanessa Filho [22]
2019 Qu'un sang impur... Abdel Raouf Dafri [23]
2021 Opération Portugal Frank Cimière [24]
Le Trésor du Petit Nicolas Associate producer Julien Rappeneau
2023 La Marginale Frank Cimière
The Braid (La Tresse) Laetitia Colombani
Consent Vanessa Filho [25]
2024 Opération Portugal 2 - La vie de château Frank Cimière
TBA Dernier Signal Benjamin Busnel

Television edit

Year Title Credit Notes
2011 Les Beaux Mecs Executive producer Miniseries; 6 episodes
2013 La Croisière Delegate producer Miniseries; 6 episodes
2016 Beyond the Walls Executive producer Miniseries; 3 episodes
2018 HP Producer 10 episodes
2019 Ronde de nuit Executive producer TV movie
2020 Mirage Producer Miniseries; 6 episodes
Cheyenne & Lola Producer
2022 Neige Producer TV movie

Awards and nominations edit

Award Year Category Film Result Ref.
BAFTA Scotland 2011 Best Feature Film (shared with Olivier Delbosc and Alain de la Mata) Neds Nominated [26]
César Awards 2009 Best First Film (shared with Fred Cavayé, Olivier Delbosc and Eric Jehelmann) Anything for Her Nominated [27]
2016 Best Film (shared with Olivier Delbosc and Xavier Giannoli) Marguerite Nominated [28]
European Film Awards 2002 Best Film (shared with Olivier Delbosc) 8 Women Nominated [29]
2003 Swimming Pool Nominated [30]

References edit

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  2. ^ Lutuad, Léna (9 December 2013). "Le producteur d'Astérix au secours du cinéma français". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Marc Missonnier, producteur d'Astérix, et pas seulement". Le Point (in French). 1 March 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ Lutuad, Léna (13 May 2014). "Cannes 2014 : Marc Missonnier fait son festival". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. ^ James, Alison (13 October 2002). "'8 Women' cements career of two men". Variety. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  6. ^ "PROMOTION 1996 PRODUCTION" (in French). La Fémis. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  8. ^ Nesselson, Lisa (19 May 1998). "Sitcom". Variety. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  9. ^ Bénabent, Juliette; Ferenczi, Aurélien (9 January 2014). "Les 50 qui font tourner le cinéma français (2/2)". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  10. ^ "MOANA FILMS SAS (PARIS 9) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 811138213". www.societe.com (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  11. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (9 February 2021). "Sony Pictures International Productions Launches French Genre Label Parasomnia, Calls For Projects". Deadline. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  12. ^ Baronnet, Brigitte (27 January 2021). "Parasomnia : un Blumhouse français pour encourager le cinéma de genre". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  13. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (26 April 2023). "Catherine Corsini Publishes Open Letter Denying Wrongdoing On Set Of Film 'Le Retour' As Cannes Inclusion Divides French Industry". Deadline. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  14. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (17 May 2023). "Leading French Producer Says Cannes Revoked His Accreditation After He Criticized Inclusion Of Catherine Corsini Film". Deadline. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  15. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (18 May 2023). "European Producers Club Protests Revoking Of French Producer's Accreditation By Cannes: "It Can Be Seen As A Restriction On Freedom Of Expression"". Deadline. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  16. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (22 May 2023). "French Producer Stripped Of Cannes Accreditation For Publicly Criticizing Fest Gets A Badge". Deadline. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  17. ^ Dargis, Manohla (23 September 2010). "Altering Perceptions on an Astral Plane Trip". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  18. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (28 October 2014). "Xavier Giannoli shooting Marguerite in the Czech Republic". Cineuropa. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  19. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (17 December 2015). "Jérôme Salle and the epic shoot for The Odyssey". Cineuropa. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  20. ^ Romney, Jonathan (14 February 2016). "'Being 17': Berlin Review". Screen International. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  21. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (17 August 2016). "Lorraine Lévy filming Knock". Cineuropa. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  22. ^ McNary, Dave (26 June 2018). "Marion Cotillard's Drama 'Angel Face' Bought by Cinema Libre (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  23. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (29 January 2020). "'The Breitner Commando' ('Qu'un sang impur…'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  24. ^ "L'humoriste D'Jal en pleine "Opération Portugal" pour Sony". Le Film français (in French). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  25. ^ Leffler, Rebecca (3 February 2023). "SND boards 'Consent' based on Vanessa Springora's #MeToo bestseller (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  26. ^ "British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2011". BAFTA Scotland. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Les nominations complètes pour les César 2009". Première (in French). 23 January 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  28. ^ "Les César 2016". Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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  30. ^ "'Good Bye, Lenin!' a favorite at European Film Awards". Los Angeles Times. Berlin. 5 December 2003. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

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