Former StudioCanal, Newen Exec Romain Bessi Joins Int’l Producers’ Alliance The Creatives as CEO

The Hollywood Reporter - Oct 15, 2024

He is charged by the nine member companies with "establishing a unique integrated structure for the international alliance and launching a first financing round for a new form of studio."

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