Christophe Riandee

Christophe Riandee is a French film producer and entrepreneur, best known for the productions of crime drama series Narcos and Hannibal.
Riandee served as the Vice CEO of French film company Gaumont from 2003 to 2024. He lives in Paris and Los Angeles.

Career

Christophe Riandee graduated from the business school ESCP Europe in Paris. His early career steps include service network Ernst & Young, TV production company France Animation, where he was CEO and France Telecom (Orange S.A.) where he developed the Wanadoo theme channels.
In 2003 Riandee joined French film studio Gaumont where he was named Vice CEO in 2004. Under his leadership, Gaumont International Television was created in 2010 to produce mainly US series for international markets. Subsequently the Los Angeles office was launched in 2011. Gaumont successfully entered the US American Market with the "straight-to-series" producing model. In 2016 Riandee received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Narcos as "Best Television Series — Drama".
In 2019, he headed the jury of Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

Classical music

In 2002 Christophe Riandee founded the music school Jeune Choeur de Paris, a singing school for young singers. He is president of the classical music ensemble Ensemble Matheus in Paris.