Caterina Gonnelli - Linden

Chief Content Officer at Xilam Animation

Caterina Gonnelli - Linden serves as the Chief Content Officer and EVP of content at Xilam Animation since January 2020. Prior to this role, Caterina spent eight years at The Walt Disney Company, working as Director of Acquisitions and Coproductions for Disney Channels EMEA and serving as Responsable Sr. Acquisitions et Développement Productions. Career beginnings included positions at Moonscoop as a creative producer, production manager, and development manager, and an earlier role at TV France International, focusing on organizing international showcases for French audiovisual producers. Additionally, Caterina contributed to JETRO PARIS, offering advisory services to SMEs interested in the Japanese market. Academic qualifications include a DESS in Relations Internationales and a Maîtrise in Japanese Language and Literature from the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales.

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Paris, France

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Xilam Animation

A major player in animation, Xilam is an integrated studio founded in 1999 that creates, produces and distributes original programmes in more than 190 countries for both children and adult audiences. Xilam content is broadcast on television, and is also available on SVoD platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon and NBC Universal, and ADVoD streaming platforms including YouTube and Facebook. With its creativity and capacity for innovation recognised worldwide, and editorial and commercial expertise at the cutting edge of its industry, Xilam is positioned as a key player in a fast-growing market. Each year, Xilam builds real successes and capitalises on its powerful historical brands including Oggy and the Cockroaches and Zig & Sharko, as well as new properties such as Oggy Oggy for a preschool audience, Moka, Mr. Magoo, and Academy Award® nominated adult feature film I Lost My Body. Xilam’s expanding and strong catalogue now consists of over 2,200 episodes and three feature films. In 2019, Xilam acquired Cube Creative, a studio providing the company with unique expertise in 3D and computer generated images. Xilam employs more than 500 individuals, including 400 artists, across its studios in Paris, Lyon, Angoulême and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam.


Headquarters

Paris, France

Employees

201-500

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