Christophe Riandee (born February 5, 1968) is a French film producer and entrepreneur, best known for the productions of crime drama series ''

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''. Riandee is the Vice CEO of French film company Gaumont. He lives in Paris and Los Angeles.

Career

Christophe Riandee graduated from the business school

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in Paris. His early career steps include service network

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, TV production company France Animation, where he was CEO and France Telecom (Orange S.A.) where he developed the Wanadoo theme channels. In 2003 Riandee joined French film studio Gaumont where he was named Vice CEO in 2004. Under his leadership, Gaumont International Television was created in 2010 to produce mainly US series for international markets. Subsequently the Los Angeles office was launched in 2011. Gaumont successfully entered the US American Market with the "straight-to-series" producing model. In 2016 Riandee received a

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nomination for ''Narcos'' as "Best Television Series - Drama".

Classical music

In 2002 Christophe Riandee founded the music school Jeune Choeur de Paris, a singing school for young singers. He is president of the classical music ensemble Ensemble Matheus in Paris.

Filmography

* 2010 - '' Last Night'' (executive producer) * 2010 - ''Twelve'' (executive producer) * 2013 - ''

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'' (executive producer) * 2013 - '' Only God Forgives'' (executive producer) * 2013 - 2015 - '' Hemlock Grove'' (executive producer) * 2013 - 2015 - ''

'' (executive producer) * 2014 - 2015 - ''Hotel de la Plage'' (producer) * 2015 - 2018 - ''

'' (producer) * 2016 - ''

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'' (executive producer) * 2016 - 2017 - '' Glacé'' (executive producer) * 2017 - 2021 - '' F is for Family'' (executive producer) * 2017 - ''

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'' (executive producer) * 2017 - ''L'art du Crime'' (executive producer) * 2018 - '' Narcos: Mexico'' (executive producer) * 2022 - present - '' Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles'' (executive producer) * 2023 - '' High in the Clouds'' (producer)

References

External links

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