Gregoire Gensollen

COO of Tucker Tooley Entertainment where he oversees all aspects of film and television financing, strategic planning, business development and operations. He works hand in hand with producer and CEO Tucker Tooley, whose films have earned more than $2.3 billion at the worldwide box office (IMMORTALS, LIMITLESS, THE FIGHTER, WE’RE THE MILLERS, DEAR JOHN, DEN OF THIEVES…). Gregoire’s role includes structuring and overseeing first look and output deals with financiers, foreign and domestic partners, the structuring of finance plans for the company’s film and television productions, as well as establishing partnerships with new media companies to produce and finance virtual reality and digital series. Gregoire brings dual operational and strategic experience combined with an expertise in international co-productions and distribution, as well as relationships across all facets of the entertainment industry. Prior to Tucker Tooley Entertainment, Gensollen was SVP, International Distribution & Strategy at FilmNation where he worked hand in hand with founder/CEO Glen Basner and COO Milan Popelka. His responsibilities included running film finance, distribution and strategy. In particular, he oversaw all releases worldwide for more than 60 titles that earned $1.3 billion at the box office and numerous Oscar nominations; such films included THE KING’S SPEECH, THE IMITIATION GAME, NEBRASKA, ROOM, MUD, LOOPER and MAGIC MIKE. He closed loans and helped structure the financing for Denis Villeneuve’s ARRIVAL and John Lee Hancock’s THE FOUNDER. Prior to joining FilmNation in May 2011 in New York, he spent five years at Lionsgate in Los Angeles as VP of International Strategic & Sales Planning. For both Film and TV, he was in charge of international deal structuring. He managed this for Sales as well as Motion Picture Acquisitions & Co-Productions, on projects such as HUNGER GAMES, and Paul Haggis' NEXT THREE DAYS. During his tenure, he handled international pricing and distribution strategy of more than 50 feature film releases including the SAW franchise, KICK-ASS, IMMORTALS, LIMITLESS, DRAG ME TO HELL and 310 TO YUMA. He also was overseeing the Lionsgate UK acquisitions greenlight process and financing plan for local productions, in particular the financing of LGUK’s 1st local production BLITZ, and closed the funding of the LGUK-BBC co-production SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN. Gregoire graduated in 2006 from UCLA Anderson's MBA, with emphasis on Film Production through the UCLA Film Producers Program. He is a former Management Consultant and got his Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in 2000 from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Gregoire was recently featured in the 2019 Variety’s “10 Producers to Watch”: https://variety.com/gallery/10-producers-to-watch-2019-variety/#!4/xavier-gens-and-gregoire-gensollen following the selection of his latest production PAPICHA in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. He was also featured in the 2012 Variety's “Hollywood's New Leaders”: http://variety.com/2012/film/news/big-hopes-for-big-screen-2-1118061188/ Recent articles about his position at Tucker Tooley Entertainment: http://deadline.com/2017/09/gregoire-gensollen-new-chief-operating-officer-coo-tucker-tooleyentertainment-1202166225/ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tucker-tooley-hires-finance-executive-926950