31/01/2013 - The director takes over from Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre at the head of the agency for the promotion of French cinema abroad

For the first time in its history, Unifrance, the agency for the promotion of French cinema abroad, will be presided by an artist: director Jean-Paul Salomé was elected today with an absolute majority by the members of the management committee, in preference to producer Raphaël Berdugo. Salomé picks up the torch from Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, who completed two consecutive 2-year mandates, Margaret Ménégoz (2003-2009) and Daniel Toscan du Plantier (1988 to 2003). Régine Hatchondo remains as general delegate.

Born in 1960, Jean-Paul Salomé has directed six feature films: Les Braqueuses (1993), Restons groupés (1998), Belphégor, Phantom of the Louvre (2000), Arsène Lupin (2004), Female Agents [+see also:
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From 2004 to 2012, Jean-Paul Salomé presided over the very influential professional organization ARP (Société Civile des Auteurs Réalisateurs Producteurs), which has given him in-depth knowledge of all the stakes involved in the cinema industry, as witnessed by the interview he gave Cineuropa last October. 

(Translated from French)