Rodolphe Buet On Newen Connect Cinema Push & His Enduring Passion For Film: “I Watch ‘Apocalypse Now’ At Least Twice A Year To Refresh My Mind”
deadline.comNewen Connect CEO Rodolphe Buet is happy to be back in person at the Berlinale’s European Film Market after the three-year Covid-19 hiatus. “It’s fun to be in Berlin.
When I started in the industry in 2005, my first market was Berlin with Studiocanal,” he says. In the interim, Buet rose through the Studiocanal ranks to become president of distribution and marketing from 2015 to 2017, overseeing the rollout strategies for Paddington and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy among other major films.
He was appointed CEO of Paris-based Newen Connect in 2020, piloting its creation in the wake of TF1’s 100% acquisition of Newen Studios out of the merger of their distribution arms TF1 Studio, Newen Distribution and Reel One International.
He has spent the last three years steadily putting in place a structure in step with the convergence between the audiovisual and cinema worlds, appointing Leona Connell as Chief Commercial Officer last September in a role giving her oversight of international and French markets for both film and TV.
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