Pitof
Director & Special effects specialist: Alien: Resurrection, Catwoman, Vidocq...
(USA / France)
Pitof entered the film industry in 1976 as an assistant director and film editor. He branched out into visual effects in 1986 when he co-founded Duran Duboi, a post-production studio. He continued working as a visual effects supervisor and assistant director until 2001, when his directorial debut, the supernatural thriller film Vidocq was released. The film was notable for being the first motion picture to be shot using entirely digital cinematography.
Caterina Murino
Actress: James Bond Casino Royale, The Corsican File, Antigang...
(France / Italy)
Caterina Murino is an Italian actress. She began her acting career in the production of the play Richard III in 1999 and later made her breakthrough with the French films “The Corsican File” (2004) and French ”Fried Vacation 3: Friends Forever” (2006). She then played a James Bond Girl in the first new James Bond with Daniel Craig “Casino Royale” (2006) and received a European Golden Globe at the Italian Golden Globe Awards (2008).
Sharon Farber
Film music composer: The Young and the Restless, They Call me Sirr, Children of the Fall
(USA / Israel)
Sharon Farber is a member of the Executives Committees of both the Motion Pictures and TV Academies, Four – time Emmy Award Nominated, ASCAP Board member, VP of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, Winner of the Society of Composers and Lyricists Award for “Outstanding work in the Art of Film Music”, winner of the Visionary Award In Music by The Women’s International Film & Television Showcase, winner of the Telly Award, an ASCAP Composer Choice Award and GRAMMY Award nominee, Sharon Farber is a celebrated Film, TV and concert music composer.
Carlo Siliotto
Film music composer: The Punisher, Nomad:The Warrior
(USA / Italy)
Carlo has written music for over a hundred projects, ranging from theatrical features to documentaries and television series. His ability to blend modern sonorities with the melodic traditions of Italian film music has been a passport for working alongside many established directors, such as Patricia Riggen, Eugenio Derbez, Jonathan Hensleigh, Robert Markowitz, Ricky Tognazzi, Carlos Saura-Medrano, Clive Donner, Sergev Bodrov, Ivan Passer, Joseph Sargent, Roger Young, Uli Edel, Sergio Sanchez Suarez, Robert Allan Ackermann, Carlo Carlei, Maurizio Nichetti and others.”
Tiziana De Carolis
Composer, pianist, President of the School of Music of Fourqueux
(Paris)
Tiziana de Carolis is a passionate and committed artist, pianist, composer and author, who composes for concerts as well as for theatre, dance and audio-visual. As a pianist, she has won numerous national and international piano competitions. As a composer, she unanimously won in 2002, the International Composition Competition of the Académies de Lutèce de Paris and in 2021, the International Call for Score of the Chaminade Association of Trento (Italy).
Yves Bigot
CEO of TV5 Monde, President of the Alliance Française Foundation, music specialist
(France)
Yves Bigot is one of the major players in the international media. He began with music on the radio (Europe 1, RTL) then on French television (France 2) where he also collaborated with Antoine de Caunes on the rock and pop program “Rapido”. In 2005, Yves Bigot became managing director of France 4 then of RTBF in Belgium and of Arte Belgium. He is now the managing director of TV5 world, representing 120 stations around the world.
Since his beginnings, Yves Bigot has always remained faithful to his musical roots.
Georges Christopoulos
Music Composers Agent, Founder & CEO of OTICONS Film
(Greece)
George Christopoulos, a passionate afficionado of film music from a young age, represented artists are, the celebrated composers Shigeru Umebayashi, Yann Tiersen (“Amelie”, “Goodbye Lenin”), Johnny Klimek (“Matrix 4”, “Cloud Atlas”), Jean-michel Bernard (“Science of Sleep”, “Be Kind Rewind”), Tuomas Kantelinen (“Mongol”, Legend of Hercules”) and also the legendary female composer Miriam Cutler (“RGB”, “A Plastic Ocean”) and one of the most in-demand young female composers, Kid Moxie (“Cyberpunk 2077”, Orion Pictures logo music).