ESRA Board of Directors

27 June 2025
Conseil de perfectionnement ESRA

On Thursday June 5, 2025, ESRA's 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
  • Marianne Carpentier - Emerging Technologies Director, TF1
  • Yarone Maman - Development Director, France TV Studio
  • Romuald Lagoude - Post-Production Specialist, Amazon
  • Marc Bouhris - Community leader of Program Manager, Cap Digital
  • Stephan Faudeux - DG Satis, Génération Numérique
  • Thibault Ribéreau Gayon - ARRI
  • Charles Touboul - Head of Scripted Acquisitions, Mediawan Rights
  • Eric Laroche - Producer, Empreinte Digitale
  • Steven Bawol - Showrunner, Helion Pictures
  • Benjamin Azoulay - Vice-Chairman ESRA Group
  • Nathaniel Brendel - Managing Director, ESRA Group
  • José Moure - Research Department Manager
  • Armelle Mahé - Director ESRA Paris
  • Ariane Stassar - Director ESRA Brussels
  • Thierry Collard - Director ESRA Nice
  • Jennifer Simon - Director ESRA Rennes
  • Gaëtan Kerviche - ESRA Paris Coordinator
  • Aurore Voisin - Pedagogical Engineer, ESRA Group

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

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