Pascal Breton

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Pascal Breton
Occupation(s)TV & Film Producer, Writer,
Years active1981–present

Pascal Breton is a French Producer & CEO especially known for creating the French Soap Opera Sous le soleil (aka St Tropez) and the first French Netflix Original Marseille. [1] [2]

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He is the former CEO & President of Marathon Media Group and the current CEO of Federation Entertainment. [3] [4]

Biography

In 1990, Pascal Breton started his own production company, Marathon, in association with Olivier Brémond. In addition to managing the company, he worked on Marathon’s hit productions, including Saint Tropez (480 × 52 minutes), Babar & Dolmen (6 × 90 minutes) among others. [5] [6]

At Zodiak, Pascal, acting as Senior Vice-President of Fiction, oversaw the distribution of Millennium as well as Versailles (Capa, Canal+). [7]

In 2013, Pascal Breton launched Federation Entertainment, a new production and distribution studio dedicated to premium French and international series. [8] There, he produced Netflix's first French series Marseille and co-produced the critically acclaimed French series The Bureau , an international success which was released on Amazon Prime UK & iTunes US, quickly reaching the Top 5 there. [9] [10] He is also co-producing upcoming series such as The Collection - Amazon's first European original about a fashion house in post-war Paris - and the Finnish noir series Bordertown, along with many other projects. [11]

Filmography

List of Producing & Writing Credits in Film and Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Babar (TV Series) Supervising Producer Gemini Awards for Best Animated Program or Series (1989, 1990, 1992)
1995 The Mozart Band (TV Series) Associate Producer
Nancy Drew (1995 TV Series) Executive Producer
1996Berjac : Coup de maître (TV Movie)Producer
1996–2008 Sous le soleil (TV Series) Creator
Delegate Producer (12 Episodes)
Producer (18 Episodes)
Rose d'Or for Best Soap & Best Best Performance - Soap - Female (2004)
1997 Kassai and Leuk (TV Series) Executive Producer
The Secret World of Santa Claus (TV Series) Executive Producer
Series Concept
1998–2000 Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend (TV Series) Executive Producer
2000 Marsupilami (2000 TV Series) Executive Producer
2001 Queenie in Love Executive Producer
2002 Ken Park Executive Producer
2005Tokyo Dogs (TV Movie documentary)Producer
15/Love (TV Series) Producer
2007Secrets (TV Mini-Series, original title: Suspectes)Executive Producer
2008 Pas de secrets entre nous (TV Series)Producer & Creator
L'aventure antibiotique: La revanche des microbesProducer
Sisterhood (TV Series - Original Title: Cinq Soeurs)Creator
2010 Millennium (Miniseries) Producer
2014 Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez (Spinoff from Sous le soleil) Co-Producer
2015 The Bureau Co-ProducerSeries Mania International Press Award for Best Actor - Mathieu Kassovitz)
TV Series Audience Award and TV Series Jury Special Prize at the Colcoa Festival. [12]
Versailles (TV Series) Producer
2016 Marseille (TV Series) Producer
The CollectionCo-Producer

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