London-based financier and producer Anton has tapped Cecile Gaget, a well-respected French film executive, as president of international production and distribution.Gaget, who will start at Anton on Oct.
1, has been a key executive at Gaumont for over a decade and has been a driving force behind the French studio’s international distribution and acquisitions.Gaget successfully shepherded the company’s international sales department for a number of years, before taking the helm of international production and distribution.
She was in charge of international acquisitions, English and local-language productions, as well as foreign remakes.During her tenure at Gaumont, the well-connected exec sold a flurry of movies around the world, notably “Intouchables,” and played a crucial role in raising the global profile of Gaumont with international movies by acclaimed talents attached, including Armando Iannucci’s “Death of Stalin,” the animated feature “Ballerina,” and Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Only God Forgive” and “Neon Demon.
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