Emilie Blezat 裴艾丽

CEO & Founder at DARK RIVIERA (Stockholm) & SCIAPODE (Paris) / Managing Director of WAR ROOM CONTENT / Founder & Former CEO at STUDIOCANAL CHINA (Beijing) / Member of the International Emmys

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

About

Member of the International Academy of Televion Arts and Sciences, I have been a film and TV producer and executive, and a strategy consultant, in Europe and China, working on films like Paddington, Non-Stop and The Commuter, Shaun the Sheep and Earlyman, with directors like Academy Award nominee Michael Roskam, Directors’ Guild of America award winner Wim Vandekeybus, Cannes favourite Sophie Fiennes, Variety's European Filmmakers to Watch David Dusa, African specialist Florent de la Tullaye, and with international artists like Grace Jones, Matthias Schoenaert, Birdy Nam Nam, Jan Lauwers, Feng XiaoYue, Anselm Kiefer, Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker etc. Experiences - 8 years of China film, TV, music, gaming, digital & media industry experience in strategy, government affairs, distribution, sales, licensing, business development and production, based in Beijing - 16 years of European & international film, TV series, digital & music production, distribution and sales experience - 10 years of strategy consulting experience Competences - Awarded production and writing skills, with a strong ability to develop international talents and deliver challenging content - Top strategic and analysis insight (for business and government affairs) - Expert in entrepreneurship, business development and growth management - Expert in project and team management, legal affairs, finance, budget and negotiation - Chinese and European extensive expertise and top-level network Short Biography I have been a film & TV producer as well as a strategy consutant since 2000. Focussing on creativity and strategy, I advise media and entertainment groups and create international IPs within my company Sciapode (Paris) and within Dark Riviera (Stockholm), partnering with Sylvain Runberg, David Dusa and Robert Bäckström. Founder of Studiocanal China (Canal+/Vivendi) in Beijing, I headed all activities for the group and turned China into one of the most profitable territory. I also advised the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on how to develop France-China film, TV, digital, gaming and music industries, both on a business and policy level, based in Beijing. Graduated from Hong Kong University in China Political Science, from MIT Blockchain Technologies master, from Paris School of Business (ESCP), from the MBA of Boston Olin Graduate School of Business in Entrepreneurship and Innovative Projects development, and with a BA in Philosophy from La Sorbonne and in Art History from L’Ecole du Louvre, I started my career as a strategy consultant at Roland Berger.

Experience

  • Managing Director at War Room Content
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    War Room Content is dedicated to create impactful entertainment (TV series, Films, graphic Novels and Videogames) for public interest. It is a consortium with Reporters Without Borders, with Pavla Holcova (Nobel Peace Prize nominee) and her center for investigative journalism Investigace.cz, member of OCCRP and IJCJ, involving many investigative journalists as Bellingcat chief editor Eoghan Macguire, KRIK founder Stevan Dojčinović, political commentator Arpád Soltész (Jan Kuciak Center founder), and Finnish media group YLE, TV conference Serial Killer, Gothenburg university reseach center the Segerstedt Institute etc.

  • Co-Founder & CEO at DARK RIVIERA AB
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

    An IP Boutique founded with graphic novel bestseller writer Sylvain Runberg, game producer Robert Bäckström and film & TV series writer director David Dusa to create and produce international original Intellectual Properties for Games, Graphic Novels, Podcasts, Music, TV series and Films. www.darkriviera.com

  • Founder & Producer at SCIAPODE
    Apr 2003 - Present · 23 yrs 3 mos

    Sciapode develops, produces and finances feature films and shows by European, international award winning artists: Academy Award nominee Michael Roskam, Directors’ Guild of America awarded Wim Vandekeybus, Cannes Film Festival 2010 Official Selection awarded director Sophie Fiennes, Variety 10 European Filmmakers to Watch David Dusa etc. www.sciapode.net Filmography (extract): - JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE : 2024 Feature by Laura Piani Toronto IFF - HIS MASTER'S VOICE: 2018 Feature by Györy Palfi (coproduction KMH Film) - GRACE JONES: 2017 Feature Documentary by Sophie Fiennes (Executive Producer) Official Selection Toronto IFF 2017 - GALLOPING MIND: 2015 Feature by Wim Vandekeybus (coproduction Savage Film) - FREE FALL: 2014 Feature by Györy Palfi (coproduction KMH Film) Best Director, Special Jury Prize & Cinema Europa Grand Prize at Karlovy Vary IFF - MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: 2013 Feature by Thomas Imbach International Competition, Locarno IFF / Official Selection, Toronto IFF Nominated for Best Film at the Swiss Film Award - RAIN: 2012 Feature Documentary by Rochette, Claes and De Keersmaeker Amsterdam IFF / Cinéma du Réel / FIFA Montréal - L'OISEAU SANS PATTES: 2012 Feature Documentary by Valérianne Poidevin Vision du Réel, International Competition 2012 - OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW: 2010 Feature Documentary by Sophie Fiennes Official Selection, Festival de Cannes / Official Selection, Toronto IFF - FLOWERS OF EVIL: 2010 Feature by David Dusa Cannes International Film Festival, France / «10 Directors to Watch» Award by Variety - OFF GROUND HE: 2009 Feature by Andrew Kötting Locarno IFF / Busan IFF - VICTOIRE TERMINUS: 2008 Feature Documentary by De La Tullaye & Barret Official Selection Berlinale 2008 - WILD BEAST, DISTANCES, AMIN: 2008, 3 shorts by David Dusa European Film Award, UIP Price - THE ONE THING TO DO: 2006 Film by Michael R. Roskam - BLUSH: 2005 Feature film by Vandekeybus...

  • Member & Juror at International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (International Emmy Awards)
    Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Consultant on China & Europe at China Bridge Content 中容桥
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    As a consultant I help companies worldwide to develop their strategy and their content for the Chinese market. - Mission for Ubisoft - Mission for The Smithsonian Institution, the world largest museum, education, and research complex.