Federation Studios co-managing director Marco Chimenz has left after nearly three years.
Chimenz joined in 2023 and had been helping run the Bureau and Around the World in 80 Days studio with Pascal Breton and Lionel Uzan. He left on April 8. Chimenz’s role will not be replaced and Uzan has become MD.
Breton said: “We warmly thank Marco for his valuable contribution to the group’s international growth and wish him every success in his future professional endeavors.”
Chimenz added:“These two and a half years have been a very interesting experience and a unique chance to work with a dynamic, young, and motivated team of executives and producers, to whom I wish all the best.”
Chimenz previously ran Gomorrah producer Cattleya. His time at Federation has coincided with a period of growth for one of Europe’s biggest studios and it has been pushing deeper into English language programing of late such as adaptations of Around the World in 80 Days, A Tale of Two Cities and Gulliver’s Travels.
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Federation bosses signaled last year to Deadline they were seeking a cash injection of hundreds of millions, although no news as of yet. Chimenz at that point had been focusing on growth in the U.S., where The Agency, the American version of Éric Rochant’s The Bureau, had been performing well.