Romain Bessi takes over as CEO of The Creatives Alliance

Romain Bessi appointed CEO of The Creatives alliance, focusing on company consolidation and implementing financing for studio-based system.

Romain Bessi, who was previously at the head of Newen Studios, has been assigned the role of CEO of The Creatives, an international alliance of production companies. This is a newly created position in which Bessi will liaise with nine member companies in order to develop an ecosystem and commence a fundraising cycle for a new studio model designed for the producers, who will own it.

The Creatives comprises the top European production houses like Haut Et Court based in France, Lemming Film in the Netherlands, Maipo Film in Norway, Razor Film from Germany, Spiro in Israel, Unité in France, Good Chaos in the United Kingdom, Masha in the United States, and Komplizen Film in Germany. As a group, these companies have given rise to 330+ films and 50 television series.

Founded in 2021, The Creatives aims to enhance the synergies among its members’ companies by developing co-productions, strategic alliances, and consequently, sharing as many resources as possible. First, the alliance signed the deal about series production with Fremantle for two years on non-exclusive basis, this period has elapsed.

Introducing himself in this new capacity, he could boast a record of a former chairman as well as CEO at Newen Studios, another division of TF1 Group, and several other executive and operational positions such as COO of StudioCanal and other financial management roles with the Canal+ family of companies.

Bessi himself is excited about his new post. “All those years spent in this industry, it is hard to believe that I did not take that step earlier. I feel that it is the best possible step in my career. The companies that are part of The Creatives are exceptional, and the creative and business potential they bring is unique.”

Under Bessi’s leadership, there is no doubt that The Creatives will grow and effectively conquer all areas of global production.