Biography
Julien Deris is a French film producer. He began his career in international trade and finance, working as an economist for Elf Aquitaine International and later heading Asia-Pacific operations at Renault Véhicules Industriels. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris with a postgraduate degree in international trade from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, he taught private equity at Sciences Po before moving into entertainment financing in 2009.
Between 2009 and 2012, Deris structured investment vehicles for production companies including 4Saisons Prod and Mangouste Productions. In 2012 he became general manager of Cinéfrance, where he established Europe’s first family of investment funds dedicated to French cinema. Since 2018 he has been founder and managing director of CinéFrance Studios. As a producer his credits include Yves Saint Laurent (2014), Five (2016), Meander (2020), Falcon Lake (2022), Boléro (2024) and All of a Sudden (2026).
