Thierry Bizot (born 12 May 1962) is a French television producer and Roman Catholic author. He co-produced ''

Fais pas ci, fais pas ça ''Fais pas ci, fais pas ça'' (; 'Don't do this, don't do that') is a French television series created by Anne Giafferi and Thierry Bizot for France Télévisions, starring Valérie Bonneton, Isabelle Gélinas, Bruno Salomone and Guillaume ...

'' with his wife, Anne Giafferi.

Biography

He is the grandson of Jean-Jacques Bizot, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, and the nephew of

Jacques de Larosière Jacques de Larosière de Champfeu (; born 12 November 1929) is a French former civil servant who served as the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1993 to 1998. He previously served as the governor of the Banque ...

, Governor of the Bank of France. He is married to film director and screenwriter Anne Giafferi. A student at the

Lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV () is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges ('' lycées'') in France. The school educates more ...

and a graduate of ESSEC in 1984, he joined L'Oréal in 1986, becoming Marketing Director and General Manager of L'Oréal Parfumerie in

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. In 1995, he joined M6 as director of entertainment and magazines. He launched several music programs, including Flashback, Graines de star, Fan de, Hit Machine, Plus vite que la musique..., as well as the

M6 Music M6 Music is a French music video television channel owned and operated by Groupe M6. Launched on 5 March 1998, it broadcasts mainly in France. History On 5 March 1998, M6 Music was launched by Groupe M6 as its second musical channel after F ...

channel. In 1999, together with Emmanuel Chain, he founded the production company Éléphant et Cie, of which he is Managing Director. He became joint managing director of Groupe Éléphant in 2006. He is a columnist on Ça balance à Paris. Converted to Catholicism in 2007, he published his autobiographical story Catholique anonyme in 2008, adapted for the screen by his wife Anne Giafferi under the title Qui a envie d'être aimé? in 2010.

Works

* ''Ambition & Cie'', Paris: Le grand livre du mois, 2002 * ''Nous n'irons plus chez elle'', Paris: éditions du Seuil, 1987 * ''Catholique anonyme'', Paris: éditions du Seuil, 2008 * ''Tout à coup, le silence'', Paris: éditions du Seuil, 2010 * ''Sauf miracle, bien sûr'', Paris: éditions du Seuil, 2013 * ''Premiers pas d'un apprenti chrétien'', Paris: éditions Bayard, 2013 * ''Par ordre d'apparition'', Paris: éditions du Seuil, 2016

References

Living people 1962 births French television producers French Roman Catholic writers {{RC-bio-stub