New Managing Director for Method Animation

Katell France has been appointed managing director and chief content officer of Method Animation.

In her new role, France will design and implement the editorial strategy of Method Animation. She brings over 25 years of experience to the role, having begun her career at Gaumont in 1995. She held roles at Xilam and Studio 100 Animation before founding Onikiri in 2020.

Camille Oesch, head of originals (Petronix Defenders, Karters); Olivier Pérouze, head of classics (Robin Hood—Mischief in Sherwood, The enchanted village of Pinocchio, The Three Musketeers); and Raphaël Séjourné, head of adult animation and special projects (The Jungle, Ki & Hi) are now reporting to her. Also, Julien Borde has been promoted to president of Mediawan Kids & Family, while Aton Soumache takes on the honorary presidency of the division.

“We are happy to be able to build the Mediawan Kids & Family house of talents on the exceptional foundations of Method Animation, which Aton Soumache has brought to the highest level for more than 25 years, and to continue to benefit from his expertise and energy,” Borde said. “To support our new ambitions within the Mediawan group, I am particularly pleased to welcome Katell. Her passion for animation and her knowledge of creative development and production will be great assets in the future successes of Method Animation and Mediawan Kids & Family. We are approaching this new stage in the construction of the Mediawan Kids & Family house with great enthusiasm. I am delighted to be able to count on the know-how and the dynamism of the teams to imagine ever more singular and innovative universes to make children and families dream.”