Endemol France Bolsters Senior Production Team

PARIS: Endemol France is reinforcing its senior production team with several new appointments, including Sophie Troadec, formerly the director of reality TV at Adventure Line Productions, being hired for the newly created position of program manager for entertainment, reality TV and docu-reality.

Prior to joining Adventure Line Productions, Troadec was executive producer at Studio 89, where she worked on entertainment shows including Top Chef and Kitchen Nightmares.

François Guillard has been named program manager for game shows. Guillard has worked as an artistic producer on Endemol France’s hit shows for TF1, Les 12 Coups De Midi and The Money Drop.

Artistic director Pierre-Antoine Boucly has been appointed as executive manager of productions, responsible for overseeing all productions excluding scripted programming.

All three will report directly to Nicolas Coppermann, the president of Endemol France. Coppermann commented: "I am thrilled to have Sophie joining us at Endemol France. Having her with us will add further creative drive and leadership to the company and many of our key brands. Sophie's talent and experience alongside that of François, Pierre-Antoine and all our teams, will be a major asset to our productions.”