Brunello Cucinelli hosted a star-studded party this week!
04.10.2023 - 08:45 / variety.com
Marco Chimenz, Co-CEO of Italy’s Cattleya the prominent ITV-owned outfit behind “Gomorrah” and “ZeroZeroZero,” will be leaving the company in January to join pan-European powerhouse Federation Studios. At Federation Chimenz will serve as group co-managing director of the expanding production and distribution studio that currently comprises 35 production companies, working closely with founder and CEO Pascal Breton and Federation co-director Lionel Uzan.
Founded in 2013, Federation is a production, financing and distribution studio with subsidiaries and associate production companies based in Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Cologne, London, Brussels and Tel Aviv. The group’s best-known titles include “The Bureau,” “In Treatment,” “Baby,” “Hostages,” “Marseille,” “Bad Banks,” “Your Honor,” and “Around the World in 80 Days.” Chimenz will continue to work with Cattleya’s Spanish affiliate on several productions until 2025.
He will also continue to operate with longtime collaborator Joshua Berman, who is currently head of business affairs at Cattleya. Berman in January 2024 will become Federation’s international business advisor.
Chimenz, who is a former president of the European Producers Club, has been a partner at Cattleya for more than 20 years working with its founder Riccardo Tozzi and finance chief Giovanni Stabilini as they grew the company to become Italy’s top indie while veering from film towards TV. They’ve shepherded high-end hit shows such as “Gomorrah,” which is Italy’s top TV export, “ZeroZeroZero” and more recently “Django.” Chimenz’s duties at Cattleya in Italy and at its Spanish affiliate, Cattleya Producciones, consist of overall strategy, internal and external growth and management of business
.Brunello Cucinelli hosted a star-studded party this week!
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