Sidonie Dumas

Sidonie Dumas
Born
Sidonie Rebecca Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne

(1967-04-28) 28 April 1967
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • television producer
  • businesswoman
Years active1999–present
FamilySeydoux

Sidonie Dumas (née Sidonie Rebecca Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne;[1] born 28 April 1967 in Boulogne-Billancourt)[2] is a French film and television producer. She has been the CEO of Gaumont since 2004 and its majority shareholder through the family holding company Ciné Par since 2017.[3] A member of the Seydoux family, she is the daughter Nicolas Seydoux, niece of Pathé chairman Jérôme Seydoux and cousin of actress Léa Seydoux.[4]

In 2014, she was ranked first by Télérama on their list of the "Top 50" people in French cinema who "have the power and the talent to raise money, create films, make them popular".[5] In 2024, she received the International Emmy Directorate Award.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Credits Director Notes
1999 Mille bornes Alain Beigel
2000 Épouse-moi Associate producer Harriet Marin
2003 Father and Sons Michel Boujenah
Qui perd gagne ! Laurent Bénégui
2005 Virgil Executive producer Mabrouk El Mechri
2008 JCVD Line producer Mabrouk El Mechri
2009 Splice Executive producer Vincenzo Natali
The Last Flight Karim Dridi
2010 Twelve Joel Schumacher
Last Night Massy Tadjedin
2012 The Chef Daniel Cohen
2013 Adore Executive producer Anne Fontaine
Only God Forgives Nicolas Winding Refn
Turning Tide Christophe Offenstein
Love Is the Perfect Crime Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu
The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet Executive producer Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2014 Libre et assoupi Benjamin Guedj
Mea culpa Fred Cavayé
Gemma Bovery Anne Fontaine
The Gate Régis Wargnier
2015 I Kissed a Girl Noémie Saglio and Maxime Govare
Through the Air Fred Grivois
The Parisian Bitch, Princess of Hearts Éloïse Lang and Noémie Saglio
On voulait tout casser Philippe Guillard
Floride Co-producer Philippe Le Guay
Courted Christian Vincent
Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues Christian Duguay
Vicky Denis Imbert
2016 The Visitors: Bastille Day Jean-Marie Poiré
Up for Love Laurent Tirard
The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn
Hibou Ramzy Bedia
Odd Job Pascal Chaumeil
Heartstrings Michel Boujenah
Ares Jean-Patrick Benes
Patients Co-producer Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir
2017 Return to Montauk Volker Schlöndorff
Le Manoir Tony Datis
Demain et tous les autres jours Noémie Lvovsky
Maryline Guillaume Gallienne
Belle and Sebastien: Friends for Life Clovis Cornillac
2018 Rolling to You Franck Dubosc
Monsieur je-sais-tout Stéphan Archinard and François Prévôt-Leygonie
Raising Colors Hélène Fillières
Edmond Co-producer Alexis Michalik
2019 Chamboultout Éric Lavaine
School Life Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir
Ibiza Executive producer Arnaud Lemort
Point Blank Joe Lynch
Trois Jours et une vie Nicolas Boukhrief
#Iamhere Éric Lartigau
2020 Papi Sitter Philippe Guillard
Tout simplement noir Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax
Aline Valérie Lemercier
Rogue City Olivier Marchal
2021 Le petit piaf Co-producer Gérard Jugnot
Lost Illusions Xavier Giannoli
Kung Fu Zohra Co-producer Mabrouk El Mechri
Lords of Scam Line producer Guillaume Nicloux
2022 Rumba la vie Franck Dubosc
The Biggest Fan Philippe Guillard
Neneh Superstar Ramzi Ben Sliman
Menteur Olivier Baroux
Belle et Sébastien : Nouvelle Génération Pierre Coré
Couleurs de l'incendie Clovis Cornillac
Overdose Olivier Marchal
2023 Un homme heureux Tristan Séguéla
The Edge of the Blade Vincent Perez
Yo Mama Leïla Sy and Amadou Mariko
Out of Season Stéphane Brizé
Noël joyeux Clément Michel
Wingwomen Mélanie Laurent
2024 Black Tea Co-producer Abderrahmane Sissako
Almost Legal Max Mauroux
À toute allure Lucas Bernard
Un ours dans le Jura Franck Dubosc
C'est le monde à l'envers ! Nicolas Vanier
2025 Squad 36 Olivier Marchal
Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan Ken Scott
Moon le panda Executive producer Gilles de Maistre
The Biggest Fan Maria Torres
Le Grand Déplacement Jean-Pascal Zadi

Television

Year Title Credit Notes
2013 Love Is Dead Executive producer Pilot
2013–2015 Hannibal 39 episodes
2013–2015 Hemlock Grove 33 episodes
2014 Resistance Delegate producer 6 episodes
2014–2015 Hôtel de la plage Producer 12 episodes
2014 Interventions Executive producer / delegate producer 4 episodes
La trouvaille de Juliette Executive producer TV movie
2015 Narcos Producer 10 episodes
2015–2021 F Is for Family Executive producer 25 episodes
2017 The Frozen Dead 6 episodes
2017 Belle and Sebastian
2017–2025 L'Art du crime 24 episodes
2018–2021 Narcos: Mexico 21 episodes
2019 Les Ombres de Lisieux TV movie
2020–2022 El Presidente 16 episodes
2020–2022 Barbarians 2 episodes
2020–2021 Stillwater 11 episodes
2021–2023 Lupin Producer 8 episodes
2021 Plan B Executive producer 6 episodes
Nona and Her Daughters Producer 9 episodes
2022 Do, Re & Mi 5 episodes
Ce que Pauline ne vous dit pas Executive producer Miniseries; 4 episodes
Hors Saison Miniseries; 6 episodes
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles 20 episodes
2023 The Interpreter of Silence Miniseries; 5 episodes
2023 Pamela Rose, la série Producer
2023 Pax Massilia Executive producer
2024 Pereviznytsya 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Film Result Ref.
César Awards 2014 Best First Film (shared with Jean Cottin, Christophe Offenstein and Laurent Taïeb) Turning Tide Nominated
2016 Best First Film (shared with Kheiron and Simon Istolainen) All Three of Us Nominated [7]
2021 Best First Film (shared with Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax) Tout simplement noir Nominated [8]
2022 Best Film (shared with Alice Girard, Valérie Lemercier and Edouard Weil) Aline Nominated [9]
Best Film (shared with Olivier Delbosc and Xavier Giannoli) Lost Illusions Won

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Décret du 13 juillet 2023 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 14 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Sidonie Dumas". AllMovie. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Document de référence 2017" (PDF). Gaumont Finance. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Sidonie Dumas : «Le cinéma est un bouc émissaire»". Le Figaro (in French). 7 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ^ Bénabent, Juliette; Ferenczi, Aurélien (9 January 2014). "Les 50 qui font tourner le cinéma français (2/2)". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. ^ Roxborough, Scott (17 September 2024). "Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas to Receive 2024 International Emmy Directorate Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Les César 2016". Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Cinéma : Et les nommés pour les César 2021 sont..." Vanity Fair France (in French). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  9. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (25 February 2022). "'Lost Illusions' and 'Annette' Lead France's Cesar Awards — Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2012 portant promotion et nomination". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 1 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – hiver 2021". www.culture.gouv.fr (in French). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  12. ^ "«Ce prix arrive à point nommé»: Sidonie Dumas, directrice générale de Gaumont, récompensée à New York". Le Figaro (in French). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
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