ESRA Animation Board of Directors

25 June 2025
Conseil de perfectionnement Animation

On Tuesday June 3, 2025, the ESRA Animation board of directors met.

A committee of professionals shared with us the latest technical and economic news from the sector, to enable the school to adapt its teaching methods as closely as possible to the issues at stake. 

For this 2025 edition, the Conseil de Perfectionnement is composed of :


Board, chaired by

  • René Bonnell - Chairman of the Board
  • David Azoulay - Chairman of the ESRA Group

    General Secretary
  • Gilles Podesta - Director, Producer Diabolo Films

    Board members
  • Gilles Gaillard - Film and Post-Production Producer, Nine Studios
  • Sophie Decroisette - TV and LM animation scriptwriter
  • Rodolphe Ploquin - Post-Production Animation, Transperfect Media
  • Julien Borde - General Manager, Animation, Mediawan Kids
  • Dominique Bourse - CEO and Producer, Cyber Group
  • Caroline Audebert - Executive Producer, Passion Studio Paris
  • Uriell Priser - Illumination Mac Guff
  • Stéphane Berla - Director Animation
  • Arnaud Bouron - Director Animation
  • Jacques Bled - Illumination Studio Paris
  • Benjamin Azoulay - Vice-President of ESRA
  • José Moure - Research Department Manager
  • Nathaniel Brendel - Managing Director, ESRA Group
  • Armelle Mahé - Director ESRA Paris
  • Maxime Labate - ESRA Group Animation Coordinator
  • Stéphanie Cleray - ESRA Program Quality Manager

ESRA, France's leading private film school (Figaro 2025 ranking).

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