Paris, France / Los Angeles, CA- Christophe Riandee, Vice-CEO of Gaumont, announced that Gaumont will be expanding Gaumont’s animation activities into the U.S., growing its animated feature film division and increasing activity in its already established area of animated series. Gaumont has hired industry veteran Nicolas Atlan to the new position of President of Animation, as well as Terry Kalagian to the new position of Vice President, Creative for Animation.

Both executives, based in Los Angeles, will report directly to Sidonie Dumas, CEO of Gaumont and Riandee. Atlan, who will split his time between the Los Angeles and Paris offices, will work closely with Cecile Gaget, Gaumont’s President of Sales on the movie side; Gene Stein, President, Gaumont Television US; as well as Erik Pack, President of International Distribution for Gaumont Television. Pierre Belaisch, based in Paris, will continue to serve as President of Animation with a focus on European TV series and will now report directly to Atlan.