Ugc, the long-running French film studio whose biggest hits include “Amelie Poulain,” has successful branched into TV series by acquiring stakes in a flurry of talent-driven production companies such as Itineraire Productions (“Hpi”) and Headline Pictures (“Call My Agent!’s” British remake) in the U.K.
Opting for a different approach to Gaumont’s or large media groups like Mediawan, the company has been building its label Ugc Series as a coalition of independently-ran production companies under the leadership of Laurence Lenica, a veteran Ugc executive, and Franck Calderon, a well-known writer, producer and former boss of TF1 Productions.
So far, Ugc Series comprises six banners. Along with Headline Pictures and Itineraire Productions, these include Henri Debeurne’s Next Episode whose credits take in “Christmas Flow” for Netflix and “J’ai tué mon mari” for NBCU; Ugc Fiction, which Calderon is leading with Karine Evrard and Sophie Exbrayat, and which...
Opting for a different approach to Gaumont’s or large media groups like Mediawan, the company has been building its label Ugc Series as a coalition of independently-ran production companies under the leadership of Laurence Lenica, a veteran Ugc executive, and Franck Calderon, a well-known writer, producer and former boss of TF1 Productions.
So far, Ugc Series comprises six banners. Along with Headline Pictures and Itineraire Productions, these include Henri Debeurne’s Next Episode whose credits take in “Christmas Flow” for Netflix and “J’ai tué mon mari” for NBCU; Ugc Fiction, which Calderon is leading with Karine Evrard and Sophie Exbrayat, and which...
- 3/24/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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