Marc Missonnier

Marc Missonnier (born 1970 in Algeria) is a French film producer. He previously co-headed Fidelité Productions before launching his own production company Moana Films.

Biography Missonnier first studied at Sciences Po in Paris, where he was heavily involved in the film club. Missonnier then studied in the production department of the prestigious Paris film school La Fémis, from which he graduated in 1996. While at La Fémis, Missonnier met fellow production student Olivier Delbosc, with whom he launched the company Fidélité Productions. Missonnier and Delbosc got their start in the 1990s producing the short films of Francois Ozon, and produced Ozon's feature film debut Sitcom (1998). They co-managed Fidélité for nearly 20 years.

In 2014, he was considered by Télérama, alongside Olivier Delbosc, among the "Top 50" people in French cinema who "have the power and the talent to raise money, create films, make them popular".

In 2015, after nearly 20 years at Fidélité, Missonnier created his own production company Moana Films. As of 2021, Moana Films has produced 10 features including The Odyssey, Django, Knock, Angel Face and Opération Portugal. In 2021, Moana Films partnered with Sony Pictures Entertainment France to launch Parasomnia Productions, a new label dedicated to genre movies in France. Parasomnia will produce small budget features with strong concepts, a structure similar to that of Blumhouse Productions. With a special focus on fantasy, horror, supernatural and mock documentaries, each film will have a budget cap of 1 million euros.

In April 2023, Missonnier criticised the Cannes Film Festival for selecting Catherine Corsini's film Homecoming, which was the subject of controversy due to allegations of on-set misconduct, and called for boycotting the festival on Twitter. On 17 May, he said he discovered, after arriving in Cannes, that his accreditation for the film market had been revoked in retaliation to his call for a boycott. On 18 May, the European Producers Club issued a statement denouncing the revocation, saying "it can be seen as a restriction on freedom of expression". On 22 May, Missonnier reported that his accreditation had been restored.

Filmography

Film Year Title Credits Director Notes 1995 La petite mort François Ozon Short film 1996 Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Alléluia Jon Carnoy Short film Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Double mixte Jon Carnoy Short film Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Mon prince charmant Jon Carnoy Short film Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – La roue tourne Jon Carnoy Short film Les Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud – Roulette russe Jon Carnoy Short film 1997 Lucas Jon Carnoy Short film See the Sea Executive producer François Ozon Medium-length film Les héros sont debout Rodolphe Pauly Short film 1998 Sitcom François Ozon X2000 François Ozon Short film 1999 Criminal Lovers François Ozon 2000 Water Drops on Burning Rocks François Ozon Deep in the Woods Lionel Delplanque Under the Sand François Ozon Guedin Freddy Busso Short film 2001 Un jeu d'enfants Laurent Tuel Requiem Hervé Renoh 2002 La maîtresse en maillot de bain Lyèce Boukhitine 8 Women François Ozon Les Frères Hélias Freddy Busso Short film Novela Associate producer Cédric Anger Short film No debes estar aquí Associate producer Jacobo Rispa Samouraïs Giordano Gederlini Bloody Mallory Julien Magnat L'Idole Samantha Lang Maléfique Éric Valette 2003 Utopía Associate producer María Ripoll Swimming Pool François Ozon Janis et John Samuel Benchetrit 2004 Podium Yann Moix The Hook Thomas Vincent Tout le plaisir est pour moi Associate producer Isabelle Broué 5x2 François Ozon The Story of My Life Laurent Tirard 2005 Anthony Zimmer Jérôme Salle Time to Leave François Ozon L'Avion Cédric Kahn How Much Do You Love Me? Bertrand Blier 2006 Four Stars Christian Vincent Jean-Philippe Laurent Tuel La Jungle Associate producer Matthieu Delaporte My Best Friend Patrice Leconte The Serpent Éric Barbier 2007 Molière Laurent Tirard Angel François Ozon Actrices Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Promise Me This Emir Kusturica I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster Samuel Benchetrit 2008 Maradona by Kusturica Co-producer Emir Kusturica Documentary Dorothy Mills Agnès Merlet Afterwards Gilles Bourdos Kabuli Kid Barmak Akram Anything for Her Fred Cavayé De l'autre côté du lit Pascale Pouzadoux 2009 Enter the Void Gaspar Noé Little Nicholas Laurent Tirard 2010 Neds Peter Mullan Toi, moi, les autres Audrey Estrougo La Chance de ma vie Nicolas Cuche The Next Three Days Paul Haggis 2011 The Prodigies Co-producer Antoine Charreyron Chez Gino Samuel Benchetrit Hideaways Agnès Merlet Playoff Eran Riklis 2012 Renoir Gilles Bourdos Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia Laurent Tirard 2013 On My Way Emmanuelle Bercot La Grande Boucle Laurent Tuel A Promise Patrice Leconte 2014 In the Name of My Daughter André Téchiné French Women Audrey Dana Nicholas on Holiday Laurent Tirard Do Not Disturb Patrice Leconte 2015 The Final Lesson Pascale Pouzadoux Marguerite Xavier Giannoli 2016 The Odyssey Jérôme Salle Being 17 André Téchiné The African Doctor Julien Rambaldi 2017 If I Were a Boy Audrey Dana Django Étienne Comar Knock Lorraine Lévy 2018 Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio Alexandre Coffre Angel Face Vanessa Filho 2019 Qu'un sang impur... Abdel Raouf Dafri 2021 Opération Portugal Frank Cimière Little Nicholas' Treasure Associate producer Julien Rappeneau 2023 La Marginale Frank Cimière The Braid Laetitia Colombani Consent Vanessa Filho 2024 Opération Portugal 2 - La vie de château Frank Cimière 37 : L'Ombre et la Proie Arthur Môlard Christmas Balls Co-producer Alexandra Leclère 2025 La Malédiction des Tahu'a Benjamin Busnel Primavera Co-producer Damiano Michieletto 2026 Kyma, l'onde mystérieuse Romain Daudet-Jahan A Girl's Story Judith Godrèche Microstar Co-producer Léopold Kraus Jusqu'au bout Nawell Madani and Ludovic Colbeau-Justin

Television Year Title Credit Notes 2011 Les Beaux Mecs Executive producer Miniseries; 6 episodes 2013 La Croisière Delegate producer Miniseries; 6 episodes 2016 Beyond the Walls Executive producer Miniseries; 3 episodes 2018 HP Producer 10 episodes 2019 Ronde de nuit Executive producer TV movie 2020 Mirage Producer Miniseries; 6 episodes Cheyenne & Lola Producer 2022 Neige Producer TV movie 2024 Homejacking Producer Miniseries; 6 episodes

Awards and nominations Award Year Category Film Result BAFTA Scotland 2011 Best Feature Film (shared with Olivier Delbosc and Alain de la Mata) Neds César Awards 2009 Best First Film (shared with Fred Cavayé, Olivier Delbosc and Éric Jehelmann) Anything for Her 2016 Best Film (shared with Olivier Delbosc and Xavier Giannoli) Marguerite European Film Awards 2002 Best Film (shared with Olivier Delbosc) 8 Women 2003 Swimming Pool