Marc Missonnier

Marc Missonnier born 1970 in Algeria is a French film producer He previously coheaded Fidelité Productions before launching his own production company Moana Films Missonnier first studied at Sciences Po in Paris where he was heavily involved in the film club Missonnier then studied in the production department of the prestigious Paris film school La Fémis from which he graduated in 1996 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 Ozons feature film debut Sitcom 1998 They comanaged Fidélité for nearly 20 years 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 In 2015 after nearly 20 years at Fidélité Missonnier created his own production company Moana Films As of 2021 Moana Films has produced 10 features including The Odyssey Django Knock Angel Face and Opération Portugal 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 In April 2023 Missonnier criticised the Cannes Film Festival for selecting Catherine Corsinis film Homecoming which was the subject of controversy due to allegations of onset misconduct and called for boycotting the festival on Twitter On 17 May he said he discovered after arriving in Cannes that his accreditation for the film market had been revoked in retaliation to his call for a boycott On 18 May the European Producers Club issued a statement denouncing the revocation saying it can be seen as a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 On 22 May Missonnier reported that his accreditation had been restored Source Article Marc Missonnier from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA