Sidonie Dumas in the context of Léa Seydoux

⭐ Core Definition: Sidonie Dumas

Sidonie Dumas (née Sidonie Rebecca Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne; born 28 April 1967 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French film and television producer. She has been the CEO of Gaumont since 2004 and its majority shareholder through the family holding company Ciné Par since 2017. A member of the Seydoux family, she is the daughter Nicolas Seydoux, niece of Pathé chairman Jérôme Seydoux and cousin of actress Léa Seydoux.

In 2014, she was ranked first by Télérama on their list of the "Top 50" people in French cinema who "have the power and the talent to raise money, create films, make them popular". In 2024, she received the International Emmy Directorate Award.

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Sidonie Dumas in the context of Gaumont Film Company

Gaumont SA (French: [ɡomɔ̃]) is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912).

Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from the film division. The company is also a producer of TV series through Gaumont Télévision and animation through Gaumont Animation as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (chairman) and Sidonie Dumas (CEO).

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