Média-Participations Bolsters Audiovisual Production Team

The audiovisual production division of Média-Participations (Ellipsanime Productions, Dargaud Media, Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel and Ellipse Studio) has made two new hires.

Xavier Morelli will be 2D executive producer. Previously, he held roles at Ellipse, Xilam Animation, Futurikon, Cyber Group Studios and Ankama, with credits on titles such as Shuriken School, Benny Beer and Sadie Sparks.

Morelli joins the executive production team led by Fabien Coulon, currently 3D executive producer on the series The Smurfs (Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel) and executive producer of Yakari (Dargaud Media).

Laurent Panissier will be 3D general supervisor. Previously, he held supervisor roles at BUF and Mac Guff Ligne, where he supervised the animated feature Samsam.

Caroline Audebert, managing director of Ellipsanime, Dargaud Media, Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel and Ellipse Studio, said: “It was essential to strengthen and restructure the team to take on the challenges ahead of us. The fact that professionals such as Laurent and Xavier have joined us, after Lila [Hannou], gives me great confidence in our ability to speed up the studio’s transformation, which we started several months ago, and complete the ambitious productions that we are planning for the coming years.”