Management Team

Christophe Di Sabatino Benoît Di Sabatino

Christophe Di Sabatino and Benoît Di Sabatino Co-Presidents After both graduating from law and film schools in France and the United States, the two brothers founded Antefilms Production in 1990.
Today, Christophe and Benoît co-lead the destiny of the Company. Having reinforced the group's activities in the production, international television sales and consumer products departments, they are now focusing their efforts on developing new content delivery platforms.
In parallel to their operational roles, Christophe and Benoît set development strategies for the group.

Axel Dauchez

Axel Dauchez Co-Chief Executive Officer, IP Exploitation and New Media and Chief Financial Officer After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique, Axel successively trained in marketing and strategy at Procter & Gamble and strategy at Bossard Consultants.
In 1995, Axel led the European Consumers department at Cendant Software. In 1998, Axel became CEO at BDDP Interactive, the leading French new media agency, part of OMNICOM.
Axel joined the di Sabatino brothers in 2002 to assist them in defining and implementing their European strategy. Axel currently assumes MoonScoop's general management.

Nicolas Atlan

Nicolas Atlan Co-Chief Executive Officer, IP Development and Production Nicolas joined Antefilms Production in 1994.
In 1999, Nicolas produced Cartoon Network's new corporate design when the thematic channel was launched in France.
 In 2000, Nicolas produced Antefilms hi series, such as « Funky Cops ».
Today, Nicolas continues to develop and produce MoonScoop's hit series such as Fantastic Four , Code Lyoko, Pet Alien, Invisible Man  or Casper.
Currently, Nicolas is in charge of development/production of all properties as well as consumer products strategies.

Laurent Billion

Laurent Billion COO Europe An econometrics graduate, Laurent began his career at Bossard Consultants where he specialized in supply chain management for global retail groups.
Laurent joined Vivendi-Universal Games as Operations Manager for Europe and the U.S. and subsequently became Managing Director of the French division.
Laurent founded a video game development studio and joined Wonderphone as CFO.
Laurent is currently COO Europe at MoonScoop, overseeing the Company's animation studios and new media operations in the region.

Laurent Billion

Maïa Tubiana Vice-President and Executive Producer After graduating with degrees in both Business Administration and Film and Television, she first worked as an independent director and producer. She then worked for firms such as Télé Images (1984/1994) and Médialab/Groupe Canal + (1994/1998), as Executive Producer and Head of Development, producing numerous hours of documentary, fiction and animation shows.
Maïa joined France Animation in 1998, as Head of Development, then as General Manager from 2002 to 2003. Today, she is the producer of France Animation series, "Tootuff," "Dr Dog," "Little Vampire," "Lamimila", to name but a few. She is also the woman behind development of licensing activities for series that she produces.

Mike Young

Mike Young Co-COO U.S. / U.K. and Executive Producer An Emmy and British Academy Award winning creator and producer, Mike began his career in 1978 with the invention of a teddy bear named Superted. He founded Siriol Animation and produced the Superted series, which became the first ever animated series bought by Walt Disney from an outside producer and was distributed in over 60 countries around the globe.
In 1989, Mike moved to Los Angeles and set up Mike Young Productions, producing shows for Universal Studios, Scholastic, Sony, Mattel and MGA Entertainment.
Mike currently presides over the expansion of the U.S. and U.K. operations of MoonScoop as well as serving as Executive Producer.

Liz Young

Liz Young Co-COO U.S. / U.K. and Executive Producer  Liz is an Emmy and BAFTA Award winning supervising producer. Before co-founding Mike Young Productions, Liz served as executive Vice President of Marketing and Licensing at Booker plc, where she launched the licensing campaign for the U.K.'s highly successful series Fireman Sam.
Liz has produced many series for Mike Young Productions, including Clifford the Big Red Dog for Scholastic and Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
Liz currently oversees ongoing production development at Mike Young Productions U.S. and U.K.

Bill Schultz

Bill Schultz COO New Media and Executive Producer With more than 20 years' experience in the entertainment industry, Bill began his career as Executive Vice President of Film Roman for nine years.
Bill also served as animation produce on two signature Fox primetime series: The Simpsons and King of the Hill.
Prior to joining Mike Young Productions, Bill worked for Cartoon Network as a supervising producer on a number of the network's long running series.
Bill has been one of the principals at Mike Young Productions and Taffy Entertainment for the last ten years, where he currently manages new media operations while serving as Executive Producer.

Cynthia Money

Cynthia Money President, Worldwide Consumer Products Cynthia holds a BA graduate in Communications from California State University and ha more than 20 years of experience.
Prior to joining MoonScoop, Cynthia was a Vice President at VIZ Media, with responsibility for all licensing, marketing, merchandising and retail development activities in the United States and Canada for they Consumer Products Group.
Cynthia also served as Senior Vice President at World Wrestling Entertainment, Senior Vice President of SurfMonkey, and vice President of Winterland, formerly owned by Universal Studios.
Cynthia currently manages worldwide consumer product licensing at Taffy Entertainment.

Lionel Marty

Lionel Marty President, Worldwide Distribution Lionel holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and a graduate degree from the Université de Paris IX Dauphine in television and communications management.
Before joining France Animation, Lionel was head of the French and German language Sale and Acquisitions department at Télé Images from 1994 to 1998.
In 1999, Lionel was hired by France Animation and charged with both developing and launching a distribution division. Lionel was promoted to Head of Television Sales and Acquisitions in 2005.
Lionel has also served on the board of directors and as Vice President of TV France International since 2003.


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