---
name: "Ardavan Safaee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ardavan-safaee"
fi1m_id: "ardavan-safaee"
imdb_id: "nm3495682"
tmdb_id: 2030610
wikidata_id: "Q119372543"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 March 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-24T11:52:04.355322+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ardavan Safaee

## Identity

Ardavan Safaee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ardavan-safaee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ardavan-safaee
- **IMDb ID:** nm3495682
- **TMDB ID:** 2030610
- **Wikidata ID:** Q119372543
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119372543, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3495682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2030610

Producer. Born 1 March 1981 in Paris.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 March 1981, Paris
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:**     Ardavan Safee
- **Frequently works with:** [Antonin Baudry](https://film.one/person/antonin-baudry.md), [Axelle Boucaï](https://film.one/person/axelle-boucai.md), [Bérénice Vila](https://film.one/person/berenice-vila.md), [Jérôme Seydoux](https://film.one/person/jerome-seydoux.md), [Simon Abkarian](https://film.one/person/simon-abkarian.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 73 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Adventure 2, History 2, Action 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $126m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119372543, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3495682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2030610

## Coming up

- *Il faut brûler maman* (2026-11-11), Producer
- *Bunker* (2027-02-19), Co-Producer
- *Dumas: Black Devil* (2027-10-13), Producer

## Biography

Ardavan Safaee is a French film producer and president of Pathé Films. He began his career in film finance at Memento Films in 2005, later serving as a producer at Elzévir Films and Bonne Pioche Films before joining Pathé Films in 2015 as director of production and becoming president in 2018.

Safaee has produced or co-produced numerous films, including *The Wolf's Call* (2019), *La Belle Époque* (2019), *CODA* (2021) as executive producer, *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2024), *Emilia Pérez* (2024), *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023) and *De Gaulle: Liberté* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, screendaily.com, watch.plex.tv, biographie.whoswho.fr.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *De Gaulle: Liberté* (2026), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-liberte.md)
- *De Gaulle: Résistance* (2026), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-resistance.md)
- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)
- *Emilia Pérez* (2024), Fi1m 58, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/emilia-perez.md)
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2024), Fi1m 80, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-count-of-monte-cristo.md)
- *Io Capitano* (2023), Fi1m 78, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *CODA* (2021), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/coda.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dumas: Black Devil* (2027), Producer
- *Bunker* (2027), Co-Producer
- *Il faut brûler maman* (2026), Producer
- *The Unknown* (2026), Co-Producer
- *De Gaulle: Liberté* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-liberte.md)
- *De Gaulle: Résistance* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/de-gaulle-resistance.md)
- *Flashback to the 80s* (2026), Producer
- *Marsupilami* (2026), Co-Producer
- *Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due* (2025), Producer
- *No Signal!* (2025), Co-Producer
- *13 Days, 13 Nights* (2025), Producer
- *Leave One Day* (2025), Co-Producer
- *A Hint of Love* (2025), Co-Producer
- *God Save the Tuches* (2025), Producer
- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)
- *Parthenope* (2024), Producer
- *Emmanuelle* (2024), Co-Producer
- *Limonov: The Ballad* (2024), Co-Producer
- *Emilia Pérez* (2024), Co-Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/emilia-perez.md)
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2024), Co-Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-count-of-monte-cristo.md)
- *This Is the Goat!* (2024), Co-Producer
- *Acid* (2023), Producer
- *Io Capitano* (2023), Co-Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *La Graine* (2023), Producer
- *Life for Real* (2023), Producer
- *Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom* (2023), Producer
- *Ride Above* (2022), Co-Producer
- *Masquerade* (2022), Producer
- *Quasi orfano* (2022), Executive Producer
- *L'immensità* (2022), Co-Producer
- *Revoir Paris* (2022), Co-Producer
- *The Time of Secrets* (2022), Co-Producer
- *Notre-Dame on Fire* (2022), Producer
- *Drift Away* (2021), Producer
- *Stuck Together* (2021), Producer
- *Eiffel* (2021), Producer
- *CODA* (2021), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/coda.md)
- *My Cousin* (2020), Producer
- *The Fantastic Journey of Margot & Marguerite* (2020), Producer
- *The Lost Prince* (2020), Co-Producer
- *The Best Is Yet to Come* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Proxima* (2019), Co-Producer
- *La Belle Époque* (2019), Producer
- *The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo* (2019), Producer
- *Let's Dance* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Sweetheart* (2019), Co-Producer
- *The Golden Glove* (2019), Co-Producer
- *The Wolf's Call* (2019), Producer
- *Capri-Revolution* (2018), Co-Producer
- *The Brand New Adventures of Aladdin* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Interrail* (2018), Producer
- *Looking for Teddy* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Loro 2* (2018), Producer
- *Loro 1* (2018), Producer
- *Dumped* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno* (2018), Producer
- *Le Brio* (2017), Co-Producer
- *You Choose!* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Cezanne and I* (2016), Producer
- *Eternity* (2016), Co-Producer
- *Le Horla*, Producer
- *L'Enragé*, Producer

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