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Arte veteran joins Gedeon

French production outfit Gedeon Programmes has appointed a former Arte France and Tele Images executive to work on its international coproductions.

Nicolas Deschamps

Nicolas Deschamps

Nicolas Deschamps has landed the role of producer and head of international copros, working on shows and formats for primetime.

He is also in the market for ambitious documentary co-development deals and will be looking for projects from international producers and broadcasters at the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers in Vienna next month, with a €300,000 (US$318,000) investment fund available in 2016.

Deschamps started his career at broadcaster TV5 Monde before stints at France 3 and Télé Images, where he was head of acquisitions and oversaw the development of formats.

He worked at Arte France from 2003 to 2010 before moving to pubcaster France Télévisions as commissioning editor and later joined prodco Boréales as head of development. He was head of productions at ITV Studios in France before most recently joining producer MC4 as associate producer on documentary D-Day’s Sunken Secrets.

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