Marco Chimenz, Co-CEO of Italy’s Cattleya the distinguished ITV-owned outfit behind “Gomorrah” and “ZeroZeroZero,” shall be leaving the corporate in January to hitch pan-European powerhouse Federation Studios.
At Federation Chimenz will function group co-managing director of the increasing manufacturing and distribution studio that at the moment contains 35 manufacturing firms, working carefully with founder and CEO Pascal Breton and Federation co-director Lionel Uzan.
Founded in 2013, Federation is a manufacturing, financing and distribution studio with subsidiaries and affiliate manufacturing firms primarily based in Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Cologne, London, Brussels and Tel Aviv. The group’s best-known titles embrace “The Bureau,” “In Treatment,” “Baby,” “Hostages,” “Marseille,” “Bad Banks,” “Your Honor,” and “Around the World in 80 Days.”
Chimenz will proceed to work with Cattleya’s Spanish affiliate on a number of productions till 2025. He will even proceed to function with longtime collaborator Joshua Berman, who’s at the moment head of enterprise affairs at Cattleya. Berman in January 2024 will develop into Federation’s worldwide enterprise advisor.
Chimenz, who’s a former president of the European Producers Club, has been a associate at Cattleya for greater than 20 years working with its founder Riccardo Tozzi and finance chief Giovanni Stabilini as they grew the corporate to develop into Italy’s high indie whereas veering from movie in direction of TV. They’ve shepherded high-end hit exhibits akin to “Gomorrah,” which is Italy’s high TV export, “ZeroZeroZero” and extra just lately “Django.” Chimenz’s duties at Cattleya in Italy and at its Spanish affiliate, Cattleya Producciones, encompass general technique, inside and exterior progress and administration of enterprise affairs.
“European gross sales firms are as soon as once more taking part in a giant function in giving worth to European product with agreements which can be a bit extra artistic, now that some streamers have gotten extra versatile as a consequence of the truth that they should include prices,” Chimez informed Variety, noting that streamers at the moment are extra “open to agreements with totally different territorial configurations.”
“This brings again to the forefront executives who know the best way to navigate these kinds of territorial configurations. So I’m glad to be working with Federation to create the situations for worldwide co-productions, which is what I’m specialised in,” he added.
“I’m so obsessed with becoming a member of Pascal and Lionel, two producers and entrepreneurs that I’ve identified for years and for whom I’ve the very best esteem as they lead an excellent group with such a robust worldwide drive,” Chimenz additionally acknowledged.
“Naturally, having labored with Riccardo Tozzi and Giovanni Stabilini for over half my life, transferring on from Cattleya and its formidable workforce appears like leaving household. I’m deeply grateful to all of them for the journey of a lifetime, as I’m to Julian Bellamy, Lisa Perrin, Duncan Walker and the group of nice executives at ITV Studios.”
Breton mentioned in an announcement that “welcoming Marco, one among Europe’s most proficient and appreciated producers, can solely strengthen Federation’s information and experience within the areas of pre-financing, co-production and gross sales of flicks and present” Breton added that the corporate’s “purpose stays the identical: to draw one of the best producers, present runners and administrators within the enterprise.”
Tozzi, in the meantime, mentioned Cattleya “shared a splendid journey with our buddy Marco for over twenty years.” “We want him nice success in his new enterprise. We know that he’ll do great issues with Federation whereas all that he has given to Cattleya shall be left with us and your entire workforce educated by him and Josh, to whom we additionally want all one of the best,” he added.
