Type: Public Company Address: 30 Ave. Charles de Gaulle, Neuilly sur Seine, F-92522 Cedex, France Telephone: (+33 01) 46 43 20 00 Fax: (+33 01) 46 43 20 00 Web: http://www.gaumont.fr Employees: 116 Sales: EUR 131.1 million ($160 million) (2006) Stock Exchanges: Euronext Paris Ticker Symbol: GAM Incorporated: 1895 as Société Léon Gaumont et Cie NAIC: 512110 Motion Picture and Video Production SIC: 7812 Motion Picture & Video Production
One of the most illustrious names in motion picture history, Gaumont S.A. is also one of France's leading film production and distribution companies. Founded in 1895, Gaumont has narrowed its focus in the middle of the first decade of the 2000s to its production and distribution operations. In 2006, the company produced nine films, including Je vous trouve très beau, starring popular French actor Michel Blanc; Un ticket pour l'espace, by Eric Lartigau; the James Bond spoof OSS 117, Le Caire nid d'espions; La science des rêves (The Science of Sleep); and Le lièvre de Vatanen, starring Christopher Lambert and Julie Gayet. Altogether, Gaumont-produced films generated more than 10.4 million in individual ticket sales in French theaters. The company also produces films for French television, and distributes its films on DVDs.
Gaumont was part of the three-year Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films distribution partnership, which was dissolved in 2006. In that year, the partnership was the leading distributor in France. Gaumont also operates its own distribution subsidiary, Gaumont Video. In addition, the company controls 57.5 percent of the Gaumont-Pathé Archives, which represents arguably the most prestigious catalog of French films. Gaumont also holds a 34 percent stake in EuroPalaces SAS, France's largest operator of movie theaters, and one of the largest in Europe, with additional theaters in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Italy. Gaumont is led by Chairman Sidonie Dumas, daughter of longtime leader Nicolas Seydoux, and CEO Christophe Riandee. The company is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange. In 2006, Gaumont's sales topped EUR 131 million ($160 million).
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