Pascal Breton is a French Producer & CEO especially known for creating the French Soap Opera Sous le soleil (aka St Tropez) and the first French Netflix Original Marseille.[1][2]
He is the former CEO & President of Marathon Media Group and the current CEO of Federation Entertainment.[3][4]
In 1990, Pascal Breton started his own production company, Marathon, in association with Olivier Brémond. In addition to managing the company, he worked on Marathon’s hit productions, including Saint Tropez (480 × 52 minutes), Babar & Dolmen (6 × 90 minutes) among others.[5][6]
At Zodiak, Pascal, acting as Senior Vice-President of Fiction, oversaw the distribution of Millennium as well as Versailles (Capa, Canal+).[7]
In 2013, Pascal Breton launched Federation Entertainment, a new production and distribution studio dedicated to premium French and international series.[8] There, he produced Netflix's first French series Marseille and co-produced the critically acclaimed French series The Bureau, an international success which was released on Amazon Prime UK & iTunes US, quickly reaching the Top 5 there.[9][10] He is also co-producing upcoming series such as The Collection - Amazon's first European original about a fashion house in post-war Paris - and the Finnish noir series Bordertown, along with many other projects.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Babar (TV Series) | Supervising Producer | Gemini Awards for Best Animated Program or Series (1989, 1990, 1992) |
| 1995 | The Mozart Band (TV Series) | Associate Producer | |
| Nancy Drew (1995 TV Series) | Executive Producer | ||
| 1996 | Berjac : Coup de maître (TV Movie) | Producer | |
| 1996–2008 | Sous le soleil (TV Series) | Creator Delegate Producer (12 Episodes) Producer (18 Episodes) |
Rose d'Or for Best Soap & Best Best Performance - Soap - Female (2004) |
| 1997 | Kassai and Leuk (TV Series) | Executive Producer | |
| The Secret World of Santa Claus (TV Series) | Executive Producer Series Concept |
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| 1998–2000 | Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend (TV Series) | Executive Producer | |
| 2000 | Marsupilami (2000 TV Series) | Executive Producer | |
| 2001 | Queenie in Love | Executive Producer | |
| 2002 | Ken Park | Executive Producer | |
| 2005 | Tokyo Dogs (TV Movie documentary) | Producer | |
| 15/Love (TV Series) | Producer | ||
| 2007 | Secrets (TV Mini-Series, original title: Suspectes) | Executive Producer | |
| 2008 | Pas de secrets entre nous (TV Series) | Producer & Creator | |
| L'aventure antibiotique: La revanche des microbes | Producer | ||
| Sisterhood (TV Series - Original Title: Cinq Soeurs) | Creator | ||
| 2010 | Millennium (Miniseries) | Producer | |
| 2014 | Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez (Spinoff from Sous le soleil) | Co-Producer | |
| 2015 | The Bureau | Co-Producer | Series Mania International Press Award for Best Actor - Mathieu Kassovitz) TV Series Audience Award and TV Series Jury Special Prize at the Colcoa Festival.[12] |
| Versailles (TV Series) | Producer | ||
| 2016 | Marseille (TV Series) | Producer | |
| The Collection | Co-Producer |
