To Hollywood, Christophe Lambert was best known as the colorful and outspoken right hand of EuropaCorp founder Luc Besson, the director behind “The Fifth Element” and “The Professional.”
But the spotlight turned to the CEO himself this week following his shocking departure from the Paris-based film and production company. In France and much of Europe, the news resonated even more loudly, echoing from the Berlin Film Festival to the office of the Cite du Cinema film complex in the French capitol.
Lambert is known in France as a successful advertising executive who transformed himself into a filmmaking force, an amateur bullfighter, husband of powerful women and confidant of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Lambert’s star still burned bright up until this week, when the L.A.-based CEO met with his bosses on the EuropaCorp board in Paris, and his reign came to an abrupt end six years after...
But the spotlight turned to the CEO himself this week following his shocking departure from the Paris-based film and production company. In France and much of Europe, the news resonated even more loudly, echoing from the Berlin Film Festival to the office of the Cite du Cinema film complex in the French capitol.
Lambert is known in France as a successful advertising executive who transformed himself into a filmmaking force, an amateur bullfighter, husband of powerful women and confidant of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Lambert’s star still burned bright up until this week, when the L.A.-based CEO met with his bosses on the EuropaCorp board in Paris, and his reign came to an abrupt end six years after...
- 2/13/2016
- by James Rainey and Brent Lang
- Variety - Film News
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